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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Private Sidney Thomas Miller
Another of our brave young heroes to pass silently to rest, as a result of wounds received whilst ...
Food Economy during wartime
During war time local stores would help customers visualise what they could spend their money on in adverts. Here ...
French Army Dogs
French Army dog masked ready to take a message through a gassed area Source: The War Illustrated, 1st ...
Word of warning from the London General Omnibus Company
The London General Omnibus Company often created adverts like this in local newspapers to help inform readers about ...
Lieutenant Arthur Gerard Tapp
The Military Cross has been awarded to Lieutenant Arthur Gerard Tapp, R.F.A. (Royal Field Artillery), for gallantry in ...
Advert for LSD? Surely not in the Bromley Times!
Like the large letters L.S.D? No, drugs had not been legalised. This refers to pounds (L) shillings (S) ...
Fritz the Ship’s Mascot
Two sailors , on board one of the American naval units in British waters, with “Fritz,” their ship’s ...
Who Said War Prices?
Taken from the Bromley & District Times on 5th January 1917 [page 2], this advert is promoting World's ...
Lieutenant Thomas Edward Coney Fisher
Lieutenant Thomas Edward Coney Fisher of the East Lancashire Regiment was a gallant young officer, who fell while ...
Salt a Good Cleanser
Household hints were often printed in the local newspapers. The following account was printed in the Bromley & ...
Phosferine #2
Another advert for Phosferine in the Bromley & District Times from 1917, and again another genuine soldier is using ...
Gordon Ewart Thatcher
Obituary for Gordon Ewart Thatcher, a Petty Officer on the Destroyer "Cherwell" was reported in the Bromley & ...
