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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Hugh Bertram Neely, 2nd-Lieutenant
Hugh Bertram Neely was 2nd-Lieutenant of the 3rd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment...
Read MoreLieutenant Kenneth J. Amos
Lieut. K.J. Amos Awarded MBE (Military Divsion) Lieutenant (temporary captain)...
Read MoreAir Raid Damage: SE London and Kent
Some pictures of the damaged caused by bombing one weekend...
Read MorePrivate Sidney Thomas Miller
Another of our brave young heroes to pass silently to...
Read MoreAlbert Henry Jennings
Leading Stoker A. H. Jennings Leading-Stoker Albert Henry Jennings, aged...
Read MoreKing Visits Anti-Aircraft in West Wickham, 1940
The King has twice visited North-West Kent this week –...
Read MoreItalian Recipes for Meatless Days
By 1917, certain foods were in short supply, especially meat,...
Read MorePrivate William Conway
A member of the Army Service Corps, who lived in Wharton...
Read MoreAir Fight over the Channel – July 1940
War news which featured in the Bromley & District Times...
Read MoreHe died a soldier’s death
3rd March 1916 (page 5) CAPTAIN W URQUHART ROSS – an...
Read MorePrivate A C J Boxall – Missing
6345533 Private Albert Clarence John Boxall (aged 19) with the...
Read MoreRAF “Presents” for Hitler
By the mid end of the Second War World, Britain...
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