Three-Decker Bunk beds in Bromley Air Raid Shelter

Three-Decker Divans in Elm Bank Hotel Shelter The entrance to these improvised sleeping quarters is down a six-feet stairway directly below the main stairs. Each bunk, made with deep springs and coil interiors, measures 6-feet by 3-fet, ensures complete relaxation – the 20-inch walls, utmost safety. Guests now have their choice  upstairs wit H and C, or downstairs with comfort and quietness, which coupled with excellent food, is obtainable at as low as 3 1/2 Guineas per week. ELM BANK HOTEL Widmore Green, Bromley   Source: Bromley & District Times,…

Father And Daughter Killed

Mother had gone to Hospital Seven Bombs on S.E. Area Wife Killed: Husband and son injured Tragedy came to two houses in a South-East residential area on Tuesday morning when an enemy plane came from behind a dark cloud and dropped seven bombs. Several dropped at a road junction and in a garden, making wide craters, and three on or near houses in three different roads. A father and his daughter were killed and another daughter gravely injured.  In another house a women was killed, but her husband injured and…