policeman's helmet

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policeman's helmet

(Plants) a Himalayan balsaminaceous plant, Impatiens glandulifera, with large purplish-pink flowers, introduced into Britain

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"Having confounded my enemy," he continued, smiling, "by an embarrassing situation, a little argument, and the distant view of a policeman's helmet."

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1928: A policeman's helmet and a bunch of red roses were among the pictures shown on Scottish inventor John Logie Baird's first television transmission in colour at Baird Studios, London.

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1928: A policeman's helmet and a bunch of red roses were among the pictures shown on John Logie Baird's first television transmission in colour at Baird Studios, London.

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One rock star - a man who sold more than 100 million records - was so taken with a policeman's helmet that he found that he incorporated it into his act.

I saw the dragon costume and went ahead - well head only!

"A serious phase was reached when a stone crashed through one of the windows, and fell upon a policeman's helmet," the Mail revealed.

The deadly riot that cast a long shadow over the city; How 'Battle OFVICTORIA Square' left one dead and Lloyd George lucky to esape with his life..

A touch-judge was also reportedly man-handled and a policeman's helmet knocked off.

One of European rugby's greatest turnarounds and the Welsh club at centre of the tale

1928: A policeman's helmet and a bunch of red roses were among the pictures shown on John Logie Baird's first television transmission in colour at Baird Studios, London - as was a young girl called Noele Gordon, later to become a successful actress including 17 years as Meg Mortimer in TV soap Crossroads.

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Whether he's working a zebra costume, a policeman's helmet, or just posing for the hell of it, he knows how to work the camera.

Just horsing around; ANIMALS

BATTLING Ben Baddeley gets to wear a policeman's helmet after taking his NHS campaign all the way to No10 Downing Street.

Ben Downing St; Cop takes hat off to cerebral palsy lad as he takes his campaign to PM's doorstep; EXCLUSIVE

This young St Cuthbert's pupil tries a policeman's helmet for size while PC Mark Leadbitter, top, gets Serren Bullock, four, and Ebeenezer Afonne, three, on the right wavelength

'ELLO, 'ELLO, 'ELLO... Nursery tots tune into community police beat

The cover featured a pig wearing a policeman's helmet and cops confiscated its publicity posters.

FILTHY FICTION FELL FOUL OF LAW

For reasons unknown he had a toy policeman's helmet on his head (I later discovered the reason was simply that he was an extremely immature human being).