Bromley, High Street c.1957
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Memories of Bromley, High Street c1957

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My father took a position with Costains, the big construction company. They had recently built several hundred semi-detached homes in a new development in Elm Park; Dad decided, as we needed a new place to live after leaving Buckhurst Hill, that we buy one of the new houses. It was No 90 Windermere Avenue, Elm Park. Moving in day was just as the winter began, not long before Christmas 1947, and it was ...see more
remember being packed off to this boys home, well it was a self contained village really. every amenetie was taken care of church just inside the gates...school,,,,about 8/10 houses..the experience was quite exiting,what with near misses from german bombs.......sadly one house got a direct hit at night..........there were fatalities,not sshure of the count...it was quite rightly ,kept quite ...see more
Please can someone help? We run #bromleyhour every Thursday 8-9pm on Twitter, do you have any idea what the name of the fantastic coffee shop was? I'm thinking the Importers but I can't be sure. The smell of coffee to this day reminds me of walking past and sometimes if my Mum had enough money, we'd go in for a treat. Who else remembers?
My family moved to Shortlands, between Bromley and Beckenham, in 1945 when I was a three-year-old. I lived in Shortlands, in Recreation Road, until 1968 when I moved abroad to work. Now, over 40 years later, back in the UK, it's wonderful to know that people still refer to Beckenham Lane as "Swan Hill". There has never been a Swan Hill in Bromley, but the upper section of Beckenham Lane has always been ...see more