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"The Esplanade 1925"
Are you sure that's right? I lived in St Leonards (next door to Hastings) for several years, from about 1945 to 1955 and the front was always called the Promenade. But perhaps it was different back in 1925?? We lived in Blomfield ...Read more
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Abernethie & Son Ltd
I was very interested in your web site. William Abernethie, owner of Abernethie & Son Ltd 140-144 Uxbridge Road, was my Great great grandfather. He also had a branch at 25 Broadway, Ealing. It was a very successful drapery ...Read more
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Alderman's Hill
I lived in a flat over Walton, Hassell & Port in Alderman's Hill. Situated on the corner of Groveland's Road opposite Broomfield Park. Spent a lot of time in the park, on the swings etc & collecting conkers. I was living ...Read more
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Born In Gt Waltham 1953
My father Eric Grubb was one of three sons and two daughters of George Grubb. (who lived until he was 100 years old). We lived in Six Bells Cottages until we were rehoused in Cherry Garden Road. My mum Gertrude worked in ...Read more
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Brookside [ Was The Old Wool Shop ] Westbrook Street
My mum Olive Mary Broomfield known as Mary, was born at Brookside West Brook Street. Blewbury. It was originally The Old Wool Shop and was run by my grandmother Minnie Alice Broomfield [ nee Brogden ] . My grandfather was Charles Broomfield but always known as Ben.
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Broomfield Bakeries,
Yes, I remember a small branch of Broomfields in the block next to Reeves Corner and opposite the Eagle Pub. There was also a Sanders Grocers next to it where Mum would buy split peas that we had that evening with Faggots bought from ...Read more
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Broomfields Bakeries
Does anyone remember Broomfields Bakeries? They had several shops during the1930`s through to the 1950`s. My mum used to work in one shop in Croydon near the flyover and not far from Fairfield Halls, she bought the lovely bread home ...Read more
A memory of Croydon
Broomfields Bakeries
Christmas with chestboard cakes that yellow and chocolate cake was always part of my Christmas as a child My nan joyce bamford worked in the one in purley
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Catapault Elastic And More
I lived in Midhurst Hill, off Townley Road, a couple of years after this photo was taken, quite scarey to see how old fashioned it looks now. I used to buy my catapault elastic in Jennings. I went to Upton Road Primary ...Read more
A memory of Bexleyheath by
Chelmsford
I remember Chelmsford, my dad used to work on the Eastern National Buses for twenty eight years as a 'clippy' til 1973 when he died. We used to live in Waltham where he cycled down to the village to catch the bus, which was two miles ...Read more
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Captions
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Ahead, below the church, is Bloomfield's engineering works – Bloomfield's were agents for Massey Harris machinery.
The school was designed by Sir Arthur Bloomfield in 1883; it contained the Headmaster's residence, boarding accommodation and classrooms, including the 'Big School', later the library, on the ground floor
Canon Sir James Philipps, rector from 1859 to 1897, paid Blomfield to renew the church of St Denys in 1887- 89.
Broomfield Road corner was already a problem, with its 'No Right Turn' signs and people wary of crossing the road.
The design was by Sir Arthur Blomfield, and it was carved by Thomas Nicholls of Kennington.
To the right of the picture, the present-day clock tower, designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield in 1926, is yet to be added.
Standing high above the town centre and attractively sited on the crown of the hill, the church with its elegant broach spire was designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield in c1861, but not completed until 1881
Look up the hill at the turn of the century, and see this posed but superbly evocative photograph of an attractive mixture of domestic building styles, culminating in the spire of Blomfield's Christ Church
Selwyn College was designed in the Tudor Gothic style by Sir Arthur Blomfield.
At the far end of the street, dominating the picture, is Jesus Church, built in 1879 by Arthur Blomfield.
The church beyond is St Michael's, rebuilt in 1901 to the design of Sir Arthur Blomfield, who was also the architect of the Bank of England in London.
The nave is by Blomfield, and would have been brand new when this photograph was taken.
The church peering over the rooftops was largely restored by Blomfield in 1910.
Selwyn College was designed in the Tudor Gothic style by Sir Arthur Blomfield.
Sir Arthur Blomfield's hard brick 1872 church replaced a brick one of 1713-14, which itself had replaced the medieval building destroyed in the 1648 siege.
Within the last 25 years it had undergone remodelling under the supervision of Sir Arthur Blomfield.
The Broomfield Road premises - pictured in the year of their completion - were the school's third proper home.
Included in this view (taken from the top of what is known as the Broomfields) is the old Willesborough Hospital.
Although it had decamped to Broomfield Road by the time this picture was taken, the Grammar School had formerly stood here - the entrance to the old buildings being just to the left of
The Sir Arthur Blomfield church, dedicated to St Mary Magdalen, was built a generation before, almost at the same time as the school nestling behind the trees on the left.
The nave and chancel were rebuilt again in flint in the 1880s by Sir Arthur Blomfield with rainwater heads dated 1884.
A new village was born around the railway station and with it a new church, St Mary's, built in 1892 by Sir Arthur Blomfield.
The building has echoes of the Commissioners' preaching boxes so familiar around London, but in 1898 this austere quality was partly ameliorated by additions to the designs of Sir Arthur Blomfield.
Broomfield House has a complicated history.
