HEFTY GIRLS WANTED FOR POLICE FORCE (must be fairly good looking). London Metropolitan Police, 1930s

5 comments

1. The Daily Mail hasn’t changed much.

2. “They must be hefty enough to withstand a “rough and tumble” and they must be fairly good looking.”

   If I was ever to create a dating profile, I’d want to use that line.

3. Noo I’m too short 😮‍💨

4. Other than the rampant sexism in the article I’m going to assume that the marriage ban is specifically to avoid having pregnant women risking themselves. 

5. I think the HEFT was the real important thing.

   Back then, I feel for them a ‘high standard of intelligence’ for a woman, would be being able to open a door.