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10 Facts About Alan Hardwick

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Alan Hardwick was born on 1949 and is a former journalist and television presenter.

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Alan Hardwick was the Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner from 2012 to 2016.

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Alan Hardwick is the son of a Derbyshire coal miner, living on Chesterfield Road in Staveley.

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Alan Hardwick began his working life as an assistant in the men's clothing department of the Swallows department store in Chesterfield.

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Alan Hardwick became a junior reporter in 1965, One of the first stories he covered was the death of Horace Oakley, the Latin master at his old school and the man who first advised him to pursue journalism as a career.

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Alan Hardwick left Derbyshire to become a sub-editor with the Wiltshire Gazette and Herald in Swindon in 1969, then moved on to become a news editor for the now defunct Lincolnshire Chronicle.

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From 1973 to 2002 Alan Hardwick was a senior journalist, presenter, producer and director at Yorkshire Television, presenting the Calendar South news bulletin.

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Alan Hardwick had first encountered YTV when covering a story at Butlin's in Filey.

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Since 2003 Alan Hardwick has been a self-employed voice-over artist and PR consultant.

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On 15 November 2012 Alan Hardwick was elected the first Police and Crime Commissioner for the Lincolnshire Police area.