- In 1829, the first Metropolitan Police Force was established in London and set up an office at 4 Whitehall Place to be organized by two police commissioners.
- There are two stories about how Scotland Yard got its name - either from a house that used to belong to the kings of Scotland where they stayed in London, or from a street near the house that had the words "Scotland Yard" in its name.
- Scotland Yard is famous worldwide for its ability to solve many of the crimes it investigates, and houses fictional detectives from Sherlock Holmes stories and Miss Marple stories.
- In 1829, the first Metropolitan Police Force was established in London and set up an office at 4 Whitehall Place to be organized by two police commissioners.
- There are two stories about how Scotland Yard got its name - either from a house that used to belong to the kings of Scotland where they stayed in London, or from a street near the house that had the words "Scotland Yard" in its name.
- Scotland Yard is famous worldwide for its ability to solve many of the crimes it investigates, and houses fictional detectives from Sherlock Holmes stories and Miss Marple stories.
- In 1829, the first Metropolitan Police Force was established in London and set up an office at 4 Whitehall Place to be organized by two police commissioners.
- There are two stories about how Scotland Yard got its name - either from a house that used to belong to the kings of Scotland where they stayed in London, or from a street near the house that had the words "Scotland Yard" in its name.
- Scotland Yard is famous worldwide for its ability to solve many of the crimes it investigates, and houses fictional detectives from Sherlock Holmes stories and Miss Marple stories.
n 1829, the British established the first Metropolitan
Police Force in London. Two police commissioners, Charles Rowan and Richard Mayne, had the job of organising this force. They set up an office in a private house at 4, Whitehall Place. There are two stories about how Scotland Yard got its name. The first story is that the house used to belong to the kings of Scotland. When the kings, or their ambassadors, were in London, they stayed at the house. There was a courtyard behind the house, and they used this courtyard as a police station. They called it Scotland, so the courtyard was called Scotland Yard. The second story is that one of the streets behind the house had the words Scotland Yard in its name. This is because the area around there belonged to a Scot in the Middle Ages. Scotland Yard is famous all over the world for its ability to solve many of the crimes that it investigates. Many famous characters from books worked at Scotland Yard, like Inspector George Lestrade from the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Superintendent Nash from the Miss Marple stories by Agatha Christie. S COT L A N D YA R D 1 How much do you know about Scotland Yard? Write T (true) or F (false). ..... 1 Scotland Yard is in Scotland. ..... 2 Scotland Yard is a police station. ..... 3 There werent any metropolitan police forces in England before 1829. ..... 4 Scotland Yard solves all the crimes that it investigates. 3 Answer the questions. 1 Where was the first Metropolitan Police Force established? 2 Where was the first police station of that force? 3 Which story do you think is true about how Scotland Yard got its name? Why do you think it is true? 4 Why is Scotland Yard famous? 2 Now read and check your answers to Exercise 1. A G A T H A C H R IS T IE M u r d e r
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N ile ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE A Case of Identity N e m e s i s
C H R I S T I E N or M? AGATHA CHRISTIE N e m e s i s A G A T H A C H R M u r d e r o n th e N ile SCO Photocopiable B Burlington Books Answers 1 1 F 2 T 3 T 4 F 3 1 London 2 4 Whitehall Place 3 Accept all logical answers. 4 Scotland Yard is famous because it solves so many crimes. SCOTLAND YARD Photocopiable B Burlington Books
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