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Bromleag the Newsletter of the Bromley Borough Local History Society Bromleag The newsletter of the Bromley Borough Local History Society June 2004 Bromley on the world history map — Darwin’s Downe Celebrating 150 A forgotten building – years — Crystal Sydenham’s mystery Palace hospital Bromley Borough Local History Society Registered Charity No 273963 About the Society Bromley Borough Local History Society was formed in 1974 so that anyone Contents with an interest in any part of the borough could meet to exchange information June 2004 and learn more about Bromley’s history. History is continually being made and at the same time destroyed, buildings All copy for the are altered or demolished, memories fade and people pass away, records get September edition of destroyed or thrown in the bin. We aim, in co-operation with the local history Bromleag must reach the library, museums and other relevant organisations, to make sure at least some of this history is preserved for future generations. editor by the end of July. We hold regular meetings and produce a journal and occasional publications where members can publish their research. P3 Society news Chairman and Membership Secretary P4 News: Insurance Dr Anthony Allnut Woodside, Old Perry Street, Chislehurst, BR7 6PP records project 020 8467 3842 P5 News: [email protected] West Wickham Secretary stables Mrs Patricia Knowlden The Studio 62 Harvest Bank Road, West Wickham, BR4 9DJ P6 News: Bromley 020 8462 5002 Museum and Local Bromleag Studies This newsletter is published four times a year. The editor welcomes articles of P7 News: Crystal Palace between 100 and 1,000 words, along with illustrations and photographs. 150th anniversary These can be on CD, disk, e-mailed or paper copy. P8/9 Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope if you wish material to be returned. Items remain the copyright of the authors and do not necessarily Society Meeting: reflect Society views. Each contributor is responsible for the content of their Darwin at Downe article. P11/12 Articles are not always used immediately as we try to maintain a balance between research, reminiscences and articles about different subjects and Reminiscences: parts of the borough. D-Day Editor P12 Feature: Olympian Christine Hellicar tales 150 Worlds End Lane, Chelsfield, Kent BR6 6AS P13/15 01689 857214 Research queries E-mail chrisandpathellicar @talk21.com and answers: Chinese garage Sydenham’s mystery hospital P16 Book: Monks Subscription Rates Orchard and Eden Yearly subscription from 1 January Park Individual £8.50; couple £10. Senior citizens pay a re- duced rate of £6 per person or £8 for a couple. Members joining after 30 June pay half rates. 2 Bromleag June 2004 News Financial help for local history projects ver the past few years the society has been successful in obtaining Lottery Grants, from the Community Fund, to undertake major projects O initiated by the committee. Now we would like to offer the expertise gained in applying for grants to any of our members who have a project they would like to develop. In 1999 we obtained a grant to allow us to buy audio-visual equipment for the presentations that our speakers make at our monthly meetings - a screen, a projector stand, a 35 mm projector, an overhead projector and an endoscope for projecting post cards and pictures. We also bought a voice activated tape recorder and an audio system for our speakers. Roman Bath The grant was also sufficient to allow us to bring up-to-date and publish a new version of our book on the whole borough. House opens In 2001 we were awarded another grant to re-print books 1 and 2, which had Poverest Roman Bath House, St gone out of print, and also undertake a very new project of putting all of our Mary Cary will be open, free of books onto CD (computer disk) which has meant that members (and others) charge, for the weekend of 17 who are computer literate can do searches on the whole range of our and 18 July as part of National publications. Archaeology Day. Orpington and At a recent committee meeting we discussed the subject of further lottery District Archaeology Society funding. As a result we would like to know if there are any of our members who (ODAS) will be staging a display have projects or research that might be suitable for lottery funding and could we offer to help, financially or otherwise in their efforts? Scadbury Open If you want to find out more please contact Tony Allnutt, on 020 8467 3842, Weekend or Brian Reynolds, on 020 8462 9526. There is a chance to see the latest work being carried out by ODAS at the medieval moated AGM - treasurers report 2003 manor of Scadbury when they have the annual open weekend I am pleased to say that the surplus for the year was £38.00. Not as much as on 11 and 12 September from last year, but still the right side of the line. Again this has been achieved by the 2 pm—5 pm. careful housekeeping of all involved. I would like to thank especially all the members who have signed our ‘Gift Aid’ The nearest access into the forms which is almost all those who qualify to do so. They have made a major Scadbury Nature Reserve is via the footpath between 12—14 St contribution to our finances. Paul’s Wood Hill. Our publication sales have tailed off in this year but we hope with the launching of our Web Site they will pick up in the current year. Brian Reynolds, Treasurer Future meetings June to October 2004 Tuesday 1 June Life of Charles Dickens — Alan Watts Tuesday 6 July Shops & Shopping in 19th Century London — Peter Street Tuesday 5 October The Thames & Docks in Days Gone By — Jim Hewitt Meetings are held at 7.45 pm on the first Tuesday of the month, from October to July, in the Methodist Church Hall, North Street, Bromley. The hall has free off-street parking, good public transport links and facilities for the disabled. Non-members are welcome at the society’s meetings for a nominal charge of £1. June 2004 Bromleag 3 News Keston Roman A sunny future for tombs and 18th century windmill insurance The Council For Kentish Archaeology (CKA) are holding a London Archive Users' Forum Friends’ Open Day tour of the Keston Roman tombs and the 18th Place in the Sun project century windmill from 2 pm on 19 The Guildhall Library manuscripts section holds hundreds of registers of June. insurance policies issued by the Sun Insurance Office from 1710-1863. The tour starts at Keston Village These record, in fascinating detail, who owned what, and whereabouts it was. Hall and will be led by CKA And not just the wealthy. All walks of life are there, from peers of the realm to chairman Brian Philps. Both sites the thousands of small traders who kept the Capital running, even the are within private grounds not washerwoman with £50 of her own and £50 of her clients’ laundry. The normally open to the public. property – both buildings and goods – of individuals, businesses and First discovered in the 19th century organisations is described and valued. the tombs were excavated between The weakness of this archive is that there is no comprehensive index to help 1967 and 1992. They form part of researchers steer their way through the masses of material. a larger extensive Roman cemetery In 2003, a group of volunteers from the London Archive Users Forum created relating to the nearby Roman villa. a computerised index of 30 registers – more than 50,000 policies – from the Keston windmill - the oldest early 19th century. This is not a detailed transcript, but identifies people, surviving windmill in Kent - is 450 addresses, and occupations and trades. This opens up the registers for feet above sea level and is a post researchers. Family historians can find their ancestors, local historians can look mill based on a brick built house at individual streets, or locate where particular trades were carried on. Once a with a timber roof. policy is identified as of interest, a researcher can go to the register and read the full details for themselves, or order a photocopy from Guildhall Library. The index is now searchable on the internet. You can search for people, Penge history walk places, businesses and trades for the period 1816-24. For this period, the David Johnson is leading an historic registers deal mainly with London and its surrounding areas, but entries crop walk around Penge on 21 June. It up from all over the UK. will include St John’s Church, the The project is now focusing on the later 1820s, and will run at least until April Watermen and Lightermen and the 2005. William IV almshouses and a plaster business. Volunteers needed Last December David gave a talk to The project is looking for new volunteers to join the existing team to spend a the society about the almshouses couple of hours a week at Guildhall Library working with the registers. and wrote about them in Bromleag The work doesn’t require any specialized knowledge, and the material is (September 2003). fascinating. Experience of handling archives is a help but by no means The walk starts at 10am from the essential, as Susan Sneddon, the Project Manager, will give full training. Rangers Hut at the Penge entrance Times are flexible to suit individuals. If you feel that you might like to join our to Crystal Palace Park. friendly team of volunteers, or just to know more about the project, please get in touch with the Susan at Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, Aldermanbury A wrong number for EC2P 2EJ, email [email protected], or call her on 07939 178246.
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