Nostalgic memories of Bromley's local history
Share your own memories of Bromley and read what others have said
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.
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Displaying Memories 1 - 10 of 47 in total
1968 I was born above the shop that was an off licence, I believe it was called Wine Ways later became Victoria Wine.My family moved in 1973 and I would like to be able to get any info or a picture of where I was born
My brother fell in here, probably around 1949.
I remember the coffee shop too. We always had to rush past as Mum couldn't bear the smell of fresh roasting coffee. We would go into Lyons and I would always have a sausage roll with my drink. Happy days.
I remember the fab coffee roasting machine in the high st when I was a kid. I was born in 1948. Even tte glass shop window was warm. There were sparks and smoke all the time it was wonderful. Mum took me there for tea and cakes when feeling flush. Waitresses all in uniform with little pinnies on. Oooh!
I was in a group then called size five, we played all over the area quite a lot. From about 1964 to 1970 ish. Anyone remember size five???
Mike grieve
We moved into a brand new home at 3,Barnfield Wood Close,in 1955.
Next door at No 4,theAgombars lived. They built No 1,2,3,and 4,No 5 was built by Mr White in 1959.
The houses in Barnfield Wood Road were full of character,At the corner of Barnfield Wood Road and Red Lodge Road I remember seeing photographers (in 1957) taking photos of the latest Rolls Royce as the home was a replica Chinese ...see more
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
Wolfe and Hollander where at bromley South opposite the station 150 yards up next door almost to 50 high street which was Evelyn pagets hairdressing college the net some 100 yards in was Harrison Gibson s with its chariot wheel restaunts which burnt down , some say it's was an insurance job (maybe schoolboy rubbish) then Medhurst which became Alders was near the mkt sq out of view in ...see more
I remember the coffee smell as one wandered up the high street. Someone on this memory board has asked what was it called. It was called: Coffee Importers, because that was what they did. You could buy beans or have them ground there and then, or buy the packets ready ground, or even have your own preferred blends. A favourite blend of a friend of mine was Moccha & Mysore. I thought it the height of chic!
A ...see more
I used to walk along Simpsons Road to go to school.I remember all the men going to the station wore suits,bowler hats and carried rolled umbrellas and briefcases.There was a dairy shop and a Post Office run by Fred and Doris (I'm pretty sure those were their names) Doris's twin sister was 'Stella' the hairdressers in the High Street.The shoe mender was there too,at the top on the other side of the road.
