The perfect romance It seems this was the perfect romance. In the 1939 Register, William Page, then living at 17 Cloisters Avenue, Bromley was listed as a Butcher’s Assistant, along with his younger brother David. Margaret, on the other hand, who was living with her parents on Southlands Road, was noted as being a cashier in a Butchery department. No details of the company they worked for are given, but it could very well have been the same place, and so was how they met. The couple went on to…
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Flying Officer Albert Cyril Batt
Gallant Conduct Flying Officer A.C. Batt, R.AF.V.R., Commended The gallant conduct of Flying Officer Albert Cyril Batt, R.A.F.A.R., on the night of April 16, when the Odeon Cinema, Bromley was damaged by enemy action has been recognised by his Majesty the King. The calm manner in which he handled the situation and prevented fires from surrounding buildings spreading to the cinema set at fine example to those around him. Mr Herbert Morrison felt that his resource and initiative were deserving of high praise, and the King has been graciously pleased…
Bromley’s Drive to Salvage Waste, 1941
During the Second World War recycling was at a high in Britain. Though at the time it was not for environmental reasons – far from it. During the war Britain feared a Nazi blockade would leave the country with a paper shortage, so the wartime Government made recycling paper compulsory in 1940 as part of its National Salvage Campaign. Three days after the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the Ministry of Supply sent a memo to every council in the country demanding an “intensification of salvage work and fullest co-operation…
Jones & Higgins: Reliable Furniture
Jones & Higgins for Quality – Value – Service Reliable Furniture Jones & Higgin make it possible for you to buy furniture of finest quality at competitive. prices. Here are two typical examples of value offered. Figured Oak Dining Room Suite 4ft Sideboard with two spacious cupboards and two drawers, one drawer balze-lined for cutlery, Draw-leaf tables opening to 5 x 3ft and four well built Chairs, loose seats covered in hide effect rexine. £47.5.0 Figured Oak Bedroom Suite 4ft Wardrobe, fitted hanging rod and hooks. 3ft 4Ins Sunk Centre…
Amazing Ordeal of Two Local Airmen
Blazing Bomber 12,000 Feet up Fought fire over Germany for three hours THEN 57 HOURS ON SEA WASHED ASHORE IN RUBBER DINGHY A gallant young wireless operator whose home is at Bickley, Sergeant John Barry Holdsworth, third son of Mr and Mrs GK. Holdsworth, of Wellsfield, Denbridge Road, was one of the crew of the Wellington Bomber who were washed up in their rubber dinghy on the Isle of Wight at Ventnor after a heavy raid on the German capital a fortnight ago. Another gallant member of the crew was…
Share the Sunday Times: 1941 advert
Share the Sunday Times Trusted for its news and views through 120 years through 20 other wars – the Sunday times is Britain’s great Sunday newspaper. As in all its history, outstanding men write its pages – Scrutator, James Agate, Lord Vansittart, Philip Guedalla, Ernest Newmanm Desmond MacCarthy, Dilys Powell, Norman Crump. But the Sunday Times is in such demand for its authoritative journalism, that supplies run short; so hand your copy round. If the man next door – the vicar, the air raid warden, good friends and relatives, have…
A great favourite with Men: spice Cake
Spice Cake This is a rich and heavy textured cake and a great favourite with men: 1 1/2 cupfuls of water 3 ozs sugar 4 ozs grated carrot 4 ozs dried fruit 1/2 teaspoonful of ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoonful of mixed spice 2 ozs margarine 8 ozs self-raising flour 1 teaspoon bi-carbonate of soda Put the sugar, grated carrot, fruit and fat, with the spices and the water into a stout little saucepan an bring to the boil. Cook for five minutes, stirring well together. Let these ingredients get quite…
History made on ruins of Bromley Parish Church – 1941
Bromley Parish Church has played a significant role in the life of Bromley for over 800 years. The church was destroyed by a bomb on the night of 16 April 1941. Doubly unique Institution and Induction Ceremony on ruins of Parish Church. Impressive procession of Clergy and Laity. Task ahead: Rebuilding the Church. For the first time in the history of the Church of England a Vicar has been instituted in a Methodist building and inducted on the ruins of his Parish Church. Source: Bromley & District Times, 14th November…
Look Out in the Blackout – Advert from WW2
Be careful when crossing For safety’s sake, before you start to cross, look right – look left – listen. Remember that drivers may not see you although you can see their lights. So wait for a clear passage and don’t cut it fine. Look out in the Blackout Source: Bromley & District Times,
True Tales from The Navy: 1941
The price of Admiralty By Commander A.B. Campbell, R.D., of the BBC “Brains Trust” Minesweeper making port – at dark – and they’ve had no sleep to speak of for four days. A plane looms up – drops to 90ft, and lets go two bombs. One hits the funnel. The other explodes in the coal in the after hold, Which seems lucky at the time, for the coal absorbs the worst of the blow – and Grimsby trawlers are made to take hard knocks. But the third bomb blows her…