Step into Bromley's Past through historical newspapers
What was Bromley like during the War Years?
Old Newspapers are a wonderful source of information. I have been working with the Bromley and District Times during World War 1 and its aftermath collecting and listing the names of military personnel who have featured in it for my Military Ancestors project.
Through this research I have also gathered fascinating stories, articles and adverts from the time. These I can now bring to you through my website Bromley Historical Newspapers – stories written about the people of the time, by the people of the time.
I hope you enjoy reading them too.
Pam
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About Me
Pam Preedy is a local historian and author of Living Through the Great War at Home, about how the people of Bromley faced the challenges of war. As well as providing talks to local groups, Pam is also a volunteer at Biggin Hill Memorial Museum
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Bertram Edgar Spark
Bertram Edgar Spark Bertram Edgar Spark served as a rifleman...
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Thomas Beattie Sergeant Thomas Beattie served with the RAF voluntary...
Read MorePrivate Ernest John Accleton
Ernest John Accleton Private E.J. Accelton, 1957, of the 1/4th...
Read MoreMolly Sherwell
Molly Sherwell Private Molly Sherwell served with the Auxiliary Territorial...
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15th October 1915 – Letter from Gutteridge
I wonder what we fellows will do after the war...
Read MoreTanks for the Memory
The country was in desperate need of money to pay...
Read MoreCanadian Visitor talks to local Toc H group
Toc H (an abbreviation of Talbot House) was styled as...
Read MoreFrench Army Dogs
French Army dog masked ready to take a message through...
Read MoreLetters from the front: Harold Parker #2
Corporal Harold Parker, from the Royal West Kent Regiment wrote...
Read MoreMan Survives Air Raid which Destroyed his House
When a bomb demolished a house in a suburb on...
Read MorePaper Salvage Competition: 1942
Following on from Bromley’s waste salvage drive in September 1941,...
Read MoreWanton Bombing of Hospital
Sister Killed, Four Nurses Injured Stories of miraculous escapes and...
Read MoreWar Savings Campaign
Permanent Memorial for the Borough In the hour of peril...
Read MoreBurial of Air Raid Casualties
The idea seems to have gained currency in some districts...
Read MoreStaff-Sergeant J.W. Filby
Staff-Sergeant J.W. Filby News has been received that Staff-Sergeant J....
Read MoreSapper R. G. Jones
As reported in the Bromley & District Times in 6th...
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