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 Footsteps to the Past – 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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Signalman Charles Clarke
Charles Clark, son of Mr & Mrs C Clark of Tweedy Road, Bromley was a signalman in the ...
National War Bonds – invest every shilling you possibly can!
No sum can be too large! Another example of an advert, often seen in local newspapers, encouraging local people ...
Where they have succeeded Chislehurst will not fail – War Weapons Week, 1918
Help us to win Our Gun Adverts like this were often featured in local newspapers encouraging local people ...
Local schools finally acquire land for gardening purposes
Gardening at Bickley Schools Bickley and Widmore schools reported that at last it was possible to acquire a ...
Strong Protest by Butchers as to the Fair Distribution of Meat
The Meat Supply: Strong Protest by Butchers Supported by Committee The question of the quality of the meat ...
3 looks for the Bromley Fashionistas – c.1918-style
For the lady of fashion in June - So elegant! The latest fashions brought to you from Sainsbury's in ...
The Supreme test of British Womanhood
Adverts like this one from the Bromley & District Time (31st May 1918, page 6) appeared in local ...
Captain John Champion Faunthorpe, C.B.E., M.C.
Born in Battersea on 30th May, 1871, John Champion Faunthorpe was the son of the Reverend John Pincher ...
Women of Britain – We Need You…
An advert which appeared in the Bromley & District Times on the 24th May 1918 (page 6), advertising ...
Second-Lieutenant John Potter, D.S.O.
Second-Lieutenant John Potter, D.S.O., was born about 1895, son of the late Mr William Manuel Potter and Mary ...
Sergeant H E A Squelch, D.C.M.
Sergeant H E A Squelch served with the Wireless Section, Royal Engineers, and was the only son of ...
Wartime Weddings
Sergeant G. N, Beazlie and Miss S. Mockford An attractive wedding took place at Widmore Road Baptist Church, ...
