Step into the Past

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


Soldiers Entertained

This extract, taken from the Bromley & District Times, 6th September, 1918 [pg 5] and gives an account ...

I had a feeling that the Germans had no bullets made for me

15th October, 1915 In a further letter, written on the 8th of the present month, Lance-Corporal Gutteridge says:- ...
List of names of those who were evading conscription in WW1 published in the Bromley Times

Conscription Introduced

Conscription IntroducedWithin a year of Great Britain declaring war on Germany in August 1914, it had became obvious ...

Pantomime time in Penge

Christmas and the New Year are traditionally pantomime times. On January 5th the Penge Empire were showing Little ...

Red Cross Animals

One of the four-footed friends of the French soldiers approaching a wounded man with a bandage in its ...

Serving on the Italian Frontier

Letter set to the Bromley & District Times from Gunner F Andrews, who was serving on the Italian ...

15th October 1915

"In a hurry to get the job over and get something to eat" "Dear Sir, - Thought perhaps ...

Letters from the front: Harold Parker #2

Corporal Harold Parker, from the Royal West Kent Regiment wrote to his parents at West Wickham. This letter ...

Teaser the Mascot of H.M.S. Warwick

A lot of ships had pet mascots like Teaser, who was the mascot on H.M.S. Warwick during World ...

British Soldier saves Canaries

A British soldier with two canaries that he had rescued from a shell-struck house in France, the only ...

Letter from the Front: Harold Parker #1

Taken from the Bromley & District Times on 9th March 1917, pg 6 Extracts from a letter from ...
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Lady Grocers keeping store in business

International Stores was noted as "The Biggest Grocers in the World".  During the war they were able to ...