Figure 1.-- Here wee see a Lollipop Man or Trasfic Warden heling primary children scross a busy street. Notice the blck bar where the license plate of a reckless driver could be quickly noted. The photograph is undated, but looks like the 1960s. |
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Quite a number of crossing guards help the children. They are called Lolipop Ladies in England. This of course had to change when a number of mostly retired gentelmen men joined the lafies. They would be alled lollipop man. They then began called Lolipop Wardens, although Lolipipop Ladies in the popular lingo, rather like Meter Maids in Anerica. Of course the children would find out names. Then it would be mr. .... a.d for a lady she would be called mrs...... Often they lived in the neighbourhood and you already knew them. A reader mentiond a Mr. Cowell who had a fruit shop and he was a special constable. I liked him for there was nothing he didn't know. Adults did not like him all that much." These Lollipop ladies commonly manned the major crossings. We are not sure just when that began, but a British readerr tells us the 1950s. This corresponds to the imagery we have found so far. The 1950s is also when British road traffic began to increase. Not all the crossing guards are women, but the first ones were mostly women, expalining the name. Many are retirees that are at home and have the time to take on the task. The stop signs they hold looks like a big lollypop. Notice the black bar across the circle. This was for the warden to write down the license plate of any motorist behaving badly. The wardens were armed with a stick of chalk for this purpose. They made friends with the children so they had no fear of crossing with them. Of course this was jusdt for major road crossings. The British do not seemn yo have safty patrols using the older children as crossing gurds. They are a friendly face to and from school and often the children become quite attached to them. A British reader advisding us on this subject reports, "My friends and I in the 1950s crossed the road where there was no Lolypop Warden and walked to school down a track."
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