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1973: The fascinating back story of the iconic DCI Jane Tennison.
Tennison
What you need to know before your trail
In 1973 Jane Tennison, aged 22, leaves the Metropolitan Police Training Academy to be placed on probationary exercise in Hackney where criminality thrives. We witness her struggle to cope in a male-dominated, chauvinistic environment, learning fast to deal with shocking situations with no help or sympathy from her superiors. Then comes her involvement in her first murder case.
Travel Guide
Tennisons’ London – Hackney
Hackney station. this is where it all starts. Where Jane starts her career and really starts to find her feet in the policing world. This is her learning curve and then some for Hackney is not the easiest of places to work. It’s described as a cesspit of criminality.
Pembroke Estate and the Hackney Marshes
Just off Homerton Road, this is a notorious estate built in the 1930s.” It was eight five-storey blocks of grimy brick and contained a thousand flats. Drug dealing, fights and vandalism and graffiti were part of daily life and the stairwells served as urinals for drunks”
The marshes, a crime scene in this novel, are actually a large and popular green area of the city – Internationally known as the spiritual home of Sunday league football apparently.
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: Tennison
Author/Guide: Lynda La Plante Destination: London Departure Time: 1970s
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