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


Poisoned Sores

Another advert for Zam-Buk as featured in the local Bromley & District Times in 1917.   Remember this ...

Wearing Furs

Fur Coats, Fur Trimmed Coats, Cloth Coats, Furs and Millnery. In October 1917, the shops were advertising winter ...

The Bus Conductor

Some of us will still remember the days when we paid our fares to a bus conductor or ...

Phosferine #1

Every few weeks an advert for Phosferine would appear, featuring a soldier and saying how it had helped ...

Poetry from the Front Line

A Poem from G.R. SOLDIER’S LAMENT ON A DULL EVENING If this were June – sweet month of ...
Kids fashion 1917

The House for Juvenile Clothing, 1917

Here are the fashions for the younger generation. No mobiles here, just running around! I think the Peter ...

Corporal H W Mummery

Mrs Mummery, Albion Road, Marden, has received news that her husband, Corporal H W Mummery, King’s Own Royal ...

Excitement at Naval Balloon

Some excitement was caused on Saturday afternoon last, when a Naval balloon with one occupant made a descent ...

Sainsbury’s Fashion, 1917

Yes, it is Sainsbury’s. When I started reading these newspapers I was surprised to see that at that ...

‘It is nice, Mother!’

That is what the children say when their Cuts, Scrapes and Bruises are dressed with Zam-Buk. They have ...

Care of candles and lamps

To the country resident the problem of lighting the house is always more or less a vexed one ...

Safety First

At first I thought this was an overcrowded escalator, but you can see it is an open-topped bus ...