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
Beckenham’s Own War Ship
Make this Beckenham's Own Destroyer Sikh's Glorious Record Beckenham's Warship Week starts on Saturday February 21st [1942]. This ...
A Home Guard Against Winter Chills
Another advert for OXO which was published in the Bromley & District Times newspaper during the 1940's. Read ...
Rector of West Wickham Leaving: 1942
Rev. Charles A. S. Page was the Rector of West Wickham for nearly 12 years, before he moved ...
Squadron Leader Henry Charles Shaw Page
Henry Charles Shaw Page (known as Harry) was the only son of West Wickham Rector Charles Alexander Shaw ...
Shopkeepers re-planning their delivery services
Advert article which featured in the local Bromley Times newspaper in February 1942 from the Ministry of War ...
Commuting in 1942
Commuting in 1942 Trains were by far the main mode of travel for any distance in Britain during ...
Prisoners of War: 1942
Prisoners of WarDo you know anyone here?These are men of the Royal West Kent Regiment who are prisoners ...
Queen’s Message to Nurses: 1942
West Kent Hospital Board Lieut.-Colonel G.A. Fulcher, OBE presided at the meeting of the West Kent Joint Hospital ...
Paper Salvage Competition: 1942
Following on from Bromley's waste salvage drive in September 1941, a competition was set up to encourage more ...
Training of Uncertificated Nurses
Orpington Institution and emergency Hospital, Orpington, Kent Training of Uncertificated Nurses The county Council invites applications from persons ...
Lieutenant Kenneth J. Amos
Lieut. K.J. Amos Awarded MBE (Military Divsion) Lieutenant (temporary captain) Kenneth John Amos, Royal Corps of Signals, is ...
Bringing in the New Year: 1942
The White Hart Hotel, which once stood in the heart of Bromley High Street, was a large premises ...
