Local News Stories during WW2

Read about the stories that made the local newspapers during World War 2.

Photo of a stone tablet acknowledging the people of Bromley during World War Two published in the Bromley & District Times newspaper

War Savings Campaign

Permanent Memorial for the Borough In the hour of peril People of Bromley earned the gratitude of the British nations ...
Ladies with packed cigarettes for Prisoners of War in September 1941

Cigarettes for Prisoners of War

Rooms at Rothwell, Sundridge Avenue are used five days a week by the workers, who number a hundred, most of ...

Bad Traffic Lights

It's strange to imagine a world without traffic lights, as they have now become a necessity in keeping our busy ...
Wedding of Gunner Sydney Bax and Miss Gwendoline Prior reported in the Bromley Times - 12th Sept 1941

Gunner Sydney Bax: Wedding

A member of an old Bromley family was married at St John's, Eden Park, on Saturday, when the bridegroom was ...
Truck used as a canteen for the Fire Service in World War two

Canteen Truck donation to Bromley Fire Service, 1941

The donor, Mrs King, with the canteen she presented to Bromley Fire Services. On the left are Mr E. Ford ...
Article from the Bromley & District Times newspaper featuring the Earl of Woolton, 1941

Complaints about Food Waste, 1941

Looks like complaints about food waste is not a new phenomenon.  Although it seems comical now, this complaint printed in ...