ABSTRACT
The restrictions placed on policemen by their job and the discipline expected by the police organisation was said to turn both them and their wives inwards; for the wife, this was towards other police wives. The Police Review exploited the inward-looking nature of police wives and its impact on the police family’s children by publishing a column for wives, to which many made contributions. The Police Review noted that a Councillor in Hove urged an increase in the war bonus for each child and was ridiculed: They have a queer sense of humour in Hove. Most police wives, whether living in rural or urban areas, had the role of the incorporated wife. The continuing rise in the cost of living, particularly as it affected the working classes, was seen to be a serious problem for the government, prompting setting up the Committee of Investigation by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
