(aka a guide to quirky British terms!)
[1] NHS - National Health Service – responsible for running all aspects of public health services in the UK.
[2] CID - Criminal
Investigation Department - plain clothes police detectives in the UK
[3] Hendon - The main
training base for new recruits to the Metropolitan Police Force (the police
force of London)
[4] The Met – nickname for
the Metropolitan Police Force (see above)
[5] “From Chance To Choice: Genetics and Justice” - Buchanan A, Brock D.W., Daniels N, Wikler D, 2002, Cambridge University Press
[6] ’66 – 1966 – the year the England football (soccer) team last won the World Cup.
[7] Sandhurst – home of the Royal Military Academy where British Army officers are trained.
[8] Soccer AM – Saturday morning TV show, shown on Sky Sports. It’s an irreverent magazine style show about football (soccer) presented by Tim Lovejoy and Helen Chamberlain, http://www.skysports.com/skysports/socceram
[9] Scouser – slang term for someone from Liverpool
[10] Home Counties – collective name for the counties to the direct north and west of London. People from these would often have what might be considered a slightly upper class English accent.
[11] Galaxy – chocolate bar manufactured by Mars in the UK http://www.chocolatereview.co.uk/individual.asp?ID=42
[12] Liverpool vs Man Utd - Before any smartarse points it out, yes I know Liverpool didn’t play Man Utd in April 2005. Their last meeting of the 2004/05 season was in January 2005, this is just a bit of writer’s license!
[13] Anfield – the name of Liverpool football club’s home ground
[14] The Kop – a seating stand in the ground at Anfield. It’s where the most passionate supporters sit, the ones that always break out into spontaneous bouts of singing “You’ll Never Walk Alone”
[15] SAS – Special Air Service – the covert operations unit of the British Army, the nearest US equivalent is the Navy Seals I believe
[16] Whitehall – the area of London with a high concentration of government buildings, such as the Prime Minister’s residence, 10 Downing Street.
[17] Lord’s – Lord’s cricket ground in London, so-called home of English cricket.