Reference codeI396Name of interviewee (English)DICKINSON, PaulDate of interview10/10/2010BiographyPaul Dickinson was born in Liverpool in 1936 and moved away to the countryside when the Dickinsons’ home was bombed during the Blitz. Dickinson was later accepted into the Crown Agents and was posted to Hong Kong at the Aberdeen Police Training School, from which he graduated in 1959. He served in the Hong Kong Marine Police, and retired in the 1990s. Paul Dickinson was living in Australia with his wife at the time of the interview.Interview summaryRecounts his childhood and the beginning of his career as a police cadet in Hong Kong. Speaks of his work as a marine police and the various cases and challenges he had faced while stationed on Cheung Chau and Tai O, such as opium smoking and dynamite fishing. Mentions the issues of racism in colonial Hong Kong, rivalry between police forces, the works of the Kadoorie Agricultural Aid Association as well as some of the ghost stories he had encountered during his career as a marine police.Duration125 minutesInterviewerAmelia AllsopDonationYes - documentsTopicICACKAAAMarine PolicePolice ForceSocial IssuesLanguageEnglishLevel of accessUnclassifiedCollectionOral History CollectionCollection SummaryDICKINSON, Paul
