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
Latest Extracts
National Kitchens Open During WW1
National Kitchens were opened during World War One to provide affordable nutritious meals for war workers and poorer ...
New Suit or a Chocolate Egg for Easter?
How times have changed. I doubt very much that you would see an advert like this in the ...
Top Easter Fashions in 1918 from Sainsbury’s
So if you walking around the shops in 1918, these would have been the fashion statements that were ...
A little bit of butter; nice if you could get it
MARGARINE STOCKS REQUISITIONED DISTRIBUTION TO-MORROW MORNING The Bromley Food Control Committee have requisitioned a quantity of margarine in ...
Military Ancestors website updated
It's been a busy few weeks, but I'm happy to announce that I have added some more entries ...
Military Medal for Corp. C Brown
It will be learnt with much pleasure by residents of Farnborough that a gallant soldier, well known to ...
Military Cross for Lieut. H D Reynolds
It will be learnt with great pleasure that another son of Mr and Mrs Reynolds, of Morden Lodge, ...
A Trench View of Air Raids & Reprisals
20th July 1917, page 5 A TRENCH VIEW OF AIR RAIDS AND REPRISALS Sergeant J Gutteridge, of Bromley, ...
I came to think of him as a ‘friend’ – Letters of Gutteridge
From the beginning of 1917, letters from John Gutteridge rarely appear in the paper. Whether this was because ...
The boys did justice to the food provided by the Colonel
26th January 1918, page 2 STILL CHEERY AND BRIGHT Sergeant Gutteridge, of the West Kents, writes home another ...
Another Christmas out here, but we live in hopes of Frits giving in before long
20th October 1916, page 3 SERGEANT GUTTERIDGE STILL GOING STRONG ON CHEERFULNESS Look like having another Christmas out ...
Update from the Front Line
28th August 1916, page 6 Often the Bromley & District Times published short updates on the Gutteridge to ...
