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Bromleage the Newsletter of the Bromley Borough Local History Society BROMLEAGE THE NEWSLETTER OF THE BROMLEY BOROUGH LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY No. 4/94 AUGUST 1994 Here we are at the start of our twenty first season. Your new membership card and programme is enclosed and you will see that our Programme Secretary has once again managed to arrange an interesting selection of talks which I am sure you will enjoy. The first one is on Tuesday October 4th and we hope you will be able to come along to set the season off to a good start. An extra event not included on your programme is a tour of Elmers End cemetery which will be on Sunday 11th September. The tour will be conducted by Mr Castle the local florist and nurseryman whose business is right opposite the cemetery. As the tour is on a Sunday the main gates will not be open so cars will have to be parked outside the cemetery but this should not present any difficulties. Walk through the cemetery to the car park which is just past the crematorium, from where we will be starting at 3.00 p.m. Please wear stout sensible shoes. For our last meeting on July 5th Mr Andrew Scott, the Ecologist for the Corporation of London Kent and Surrey Commons Office, gave a most interesting talk and slide display on the history of West Wickham Common and Spring Park. As a follow up to this talk there will be an organised walk across West Wickham Common on Sunday October 2nd at 2.0 p.m. See your programme for full details. EXCAVATIONS AT SCADBURY MOATED MANOR, CHISLEHURST On Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th September the archaeological excavations at the medieval moated manor site at Scadbury will be open to the public. Members of the Orpington & District Archaeological Society (ODAS) will give guilded tours, showing the work that is currently being done on the site as well as the remains of the foundations of the buildings associated with the Walsingham family and unlike many similar moated sites the island is still completely surrounded by water. Guided tours will be given at 15 minute intervals throughout both afternoons, the first at 2.00 p.m. and the last at 4.30 p.m. There will also be a slide show, refreshments, and bookstall. Admission is free. Limited car parking is available close to the site, by ticket only, for which application should be made (enclosing s.a.e. and stating for which day required) to: Mr M. Meekums, 27 Eynsford Close, Petts Wood, BR5 1DP HOME GUARD On page 27 of our April Newsletter we asked for help regarding the use of the hut at the 'Bird in Hand' public house at Bickley. George and Alan Church have now written to say that Mr Shoesmith, the Secretary of the Bromley Kent Home Guard Association phoned them to say that he could confirm the Old Hut was used by the Home Guard during the last war and again between 1952 43 and 1956. Mr Shoesmith also told them that the Home Guard would be commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Standing Down during November. Further details about this will be issued in our next newsletter. ANOTHER WEST WICKHAM CONTRIBUTION from Joyce Walker "OLD MARY ACCOUNT" Among the records held at St. John the Baptist church, West Wickham are the Poor Rate account books dating from the mid 18th century onwards. Since Tudor times every parish had been responsible for its own poor, and so vestry officials levied annually a rate sufficient to meet local needs. These account books give a vivid insight into life at the bottom layer of society and just how wars and economic crises affected the level and range of assistance given. Overseers of the Poor, appointed annually from the vestry, administered the funds and kept the accounts. Very often their style and command of English reflected their own characters. Take, for instance, James Alexander, landlord of the Kings Arms, and Overseer of the Poor when 'Dame' Mary Townsend, a pauper, died. During her final years she had been given a weekly allowance of three shillings, items of clothes and other necessaries. It fell to James Alexander to produce the final accounts concerning Mary Townsend - "Old Mary Account £ s d Paid for a coffin 10 6 Charges 1 6 Paid Mr. Bargrove his Bill for finding old Mary a nurse and other things before she Diye 1 4 9 1/2 Paid for Burial of old Mary 6 0 Paid the Clark the fees 4 3 Paid for Beer for the men that carried her to Church and other charges 4 0 2 11 0 1/2 Sold old Mary close for 3 7 0 Paid out of it 2 11 0 1/2 16 0 So "Old Mary's" legacy of sixteen shillings was paid into the funds. "Old Mary" suggests an affectionate term - not so in the burial registers where she was entered as "Townsend - buried 26 April 1787" NEW BOOKS AT LOCAL STUDIES LIBRARY With the co-operation of Llinos Thomas at the library we hope to make this a regular feature in the newsletter so that you will know as soon as new books and information are available 44 Never Been Here Before? by Jane Cox This is written for the complete beginner in family history or anyone who finds visiting the Public Record Office a worry! Starting off with a simple introduction to finding your way around and getting a reader’s ticket. The book provides tips for short cuts, it aims to help you have fun finding out about your family in the vast archive of the British government. Southern League Football - the post war years by Paul Harrison A book for all enthusiasts, [are there any out there!] of the Southern League. It follows each season including newspaper reports, memories and photographs.. Dating Old Photographs by Robert Pols Photographs form an important and treasured part of many a family archive. This book is a good introduction to how to exploit your collection, exploring the early history of photography, how to date your photos and moves on to copying of early photographs. Inn of the Few by Kath Preston Kath Preston was the landlady of 'The White Hart1 at Brasted which was a haven for the men of RAF Biggin Hill. Inn o f the Few shows us something of the life at 'The White Hart' and of the men who crossed its threshold . The History of Bromley Road School 1818 - 1993 by Mary Jane Roberts The construction of Bromley Road school commenced on April 20th 1818. Six months later the school opened with Mr Thomas Pritchett as master and his eldest daughter as mistress. The Pamphlet traces the school from its beginnings until August 1993 when the then headmistress, Mrs Mitchell, left to take up a headship at Crofton Infants School. Trinity Presbyterian Church 1875 - 1970 This pamphlet, though produced in 1971, has only recently been donated to the collection. In June 1895 the memorial stone of the church was laid and a dedication service conducted by the Rev. D.Mactwan. Biographic information on the ministers are provided as well as a brief history of the church. A large number of'family history* reference books, such as Records o f the Militia from 1757 and the new edition of Quarter Sessions Records have already been added to the collection. PENGE & BECKENHAM GROUP On Wednesday 13th July Mr A. Hills talked to us about his career with the Beckenham Fire Brigade and told of some of the characters with whom he had worked. We were on that occasion still able to use the Urban Studies Centre but future use of this venue was very doubtful so in order to have a more settled meeting point we are transferring to the Methodist Church Hall in Bevington Road, Beckenham. This will not be quite as convenient to some of you, but more so to others. Bevington Road is just past the Public Hall so a 227 bus to St. George's Church will set you down very near the hall. There is a public car park at the back of Bromley Road school and this again is very close to the venue. The hall will be larger than the one at the Centre and we shall still be able to supply our normal refreshments. It will certainly be good to know that we have a secure meeting place for our future meetings. We shall still meet at 2.30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of September, November, January, March, May, and July, our next meeting being on 45 September 14th when Leslie Stevens will talk to us about photography of local history. Leslie has lived in the area since 1935 and I am sure will show us some very interesting views. Meeting only every other month means we are not getting a great deal of research done as a group. Having a speaker each time is very interesting and informative but I feel that we, as a group, should be producing some interesting pieces ourselves. Would any of you like to tackle some history either on your own or in a small group? If you didn't wish to speak in public yourself I would be willing to type up and duplicate your notes so that we could all share the results of your labours. There have been many prominent people in the Penge and Beckenham area but not a lot has been written about them, and most of the local churches have very sketchy histories which I am sure we could improve on.
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