Herbert Laming was my supervisor when I joined Nottinghamshire probation service in 1965. He taught me the values of attention to detail and consistency in dealing with offenders.
In return, I persuaded him to play for the Nottingham probation officers’ football team against the young monks based at Kelham Hall, near Newark.
We won 1-0. Laming was a fierce full back: nothing passed him and he was not yellow carded.
