When Schroeder moved on to the larger Pye Records, he once again signed Trent. The producer was John Schroeder, who had composed the first hits of Helen Shapiro, and he unsuccessfully tried to present Trent in the Shapiro mode, when her big voice was more comparable with those of Vera Lynn and Kathy Kirby. In 1961, Trent made her first record for the small Oriole label. She recalled meeting Elvis Presley during his time in the US army in Germany. She then joined shows that toured Europe and the Middle East, entertaining British servicemen. With the blessing of her parents, she left for London, where she soon found work as a singer and dancer. By this time she had tried out the stage name of Jackie Tremayne before settling on Trent, inspired by the river. Little Yvonne had a precocious talent as an entertainer, winning a talent show at the age of nine, singing in British Legion and working men’s clubs from the age of 11 and being crowned North Staffordshire Coal Queen at 16. Nonetheless, the officer on the street always has the power and the choice to deliver respect and kindness where other individuals and institutions don’t.She was born Yvonne Burgess in Newcastle-under-Lyme to Les, a miner at Holditch colliery, and Lily. Sometimes these are large issues with broad reach. The officer on the street is often tasked with societal issues that community and government leaders can’t or won’t solve. This much is clear: be cautious about citing or arresting for sleeping on the subway (or sidewalk). The court’s majority and dissenting/concurring opinions are long and speak to other procedural issues. The court observed the “city cannot, via the threat of prosecution, coerce an individual to attend religion-based treatment programs consistently with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.” One plaintiff claimed he was forced to listen to religious preaching before being fed at one shelter. Two of the plaintiffs complained they were forced to choose between staying in a shelter – where they would be listening to religious messages and sleeping in room with religious art on the walls – and camping on the streets. The court was careful to observe it was not requiring the city to provide shelters, only barring the city from enforcing the public camping ordinance against the homeless. The court held “the Eighth Amendment prohibits the imposition of criminal penalties for sitting, sleeping, or lying outside on public property for homeless individuals who cannot obtain shelter.” In other words, homelessness can’t be criminalized.
Martin and his fellow homeless plaintiffs alleged a violation of the Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
However, if there was space available in the shelters, police could cite or arrest sidewalk campers. When Robert Martin and five of his fellow plaintiffs were arrested for camping and sleeping on the “streets, sidewalks, parks, or public places” of Boise, Idaho, they sued.Ĭity officials established a protocol prohibiting police enforcement of the public camping ordinance on any night the city’s various homeless shelters-operated by various faith groups-were full. In the Queen’s English, Clark was referring not to an underground train, but to the sidewalk tunnel passing under a British city street. No doubt you remember the 1967 number one hit by British pop star Petula Clark, “Don’t Sleep in the Subway, Darling” (or, maybe not).
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