HISTORIC BUILDINGS
OLD PHOTOS
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Save our Town Centre
from being dominated by tower blocks: Look here and email our ward councillors about:
* High rises in the Local Plan
* housing and a hotel on the civic centre (old palace)
and
* 16+ high rises from the draft Master Plan down the Lower High Street
* and there's others...
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Widmore Road Demolished – Homeopathy Hospital
Homeopathy was a popular treatment in Bromley, starting in 1865 when part of the White Hart Inn was opened as a homeopathic dispensary, and when it outgrew this accommodation, Bromley’s first homeopathic hospital opened in 1889 at 19 Widmore Road. … Continue reading
Posted in Lost Heritage, the Cage Field triangle streets, named after compass points
Tagged Lost-Heritage
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New Virtual Tour – A visit to Bromley Palace and Park!
Join us for a close look at the 18th century Bromley Palace, now the nerve centre of Bromley Council – we’ll also ‘walk’ around the secluded Park behind the Palace The 18th century Bromley Palace was the Georgian home of the Bishops of Rochester. It was transformed in … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Green Space - Palace Park
Tagged palace-park, Self-Guided Heritage Walk
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Saturday Mornings at the Gaumont by Adrian
An extract from Adrian’s contribution to the memories on the Havelock Rec in 2018, he writes: “On Saturday mornings many of us attended the Gaumont cinema at Bromley South where, for sixpence, we would sing popular songs before watching features like Zorro, Hopalong … Continue reading
Posted in Reminisciences
Tagged Broadway, Gaumont Cinema, High Street, memories
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Reminices – Weeks Ironmongery by Peter
An extract from Peter’s contribution to the memories on the Havelock Rec, he writes: “I had a regular delivery (of broken coke) to the lady next door at No 109 Homesdale Road, called Mrs Stokes. Her husband was the manager of … Continue reading
Posted in memories
Tagged 206 High Street, High Street, memories, Weeks & Son
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High Street No. 111 – Heritage Building
Number 111 is Tweed cottage. This modest 2-storey building marked the southern most end of the High street until the railway came, in 1858. Since then, this Georgian building has been Barclays Bank, before becoming Tiger shop, selling arts and … Continue reading
Posted in pre-victorian
Tagged Heritage Buildings, High Street, Tiger Shop, Tweed cottage
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Comments on the Supplementary Planning Document consultation
This summer the council has run a consultation to decide whether to issue supplementary planning guidance for Bromley and Orpington town centres. The consultation was run by Commonplace and closed 5th October 2020. You can view the comments people made by … Continue reading
Posted in 2019 Local Plan Site
Tagged Local Plan, SPD, Supplementary Planning Document
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Supplementary Planning Document consultation: ‘The Future of Bromley Town Centre’
This summer the council had a consultation for drawing up a supplementary planning documents for Bromley (and Orpington) town centres.
These guidelines could determine the appearance and height of future developments. Continue reading
Posted in 2019 Local Plan Site
Tagged SPD Consultation, Supplementary Planning Document Consultation
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Bromley Town Centre consultation: Bulletin No.2 –‘Have your say on your Local Area’
At Bromley Civic Society, we think it is important that we all take part in this Consultation. To assist you in making your contribution we are producing a series of Bulletins on each of the Themes in the Consultation to meet … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns
Tagged SPD Consultation, Supplementary Planning Document Consultation
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Bromley Town Centre consultation: Bulletin No.1 – ‘Quick Feedback’
At Bromley Civic Society, we think it is important that we all take part in this Consultation. To assist you in making your contribution we are producing a series of Bulletins on each of the Themes in the Consultation to meet … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns
Tagged SPD Consultation, Supplementary Planning Document Consultation
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New Town Centre Planning consultation – How to work the commenting and thumbs up
A quick guide to commenting, or giving a comment a thumbs up: The consultation is divided into 12 categories, so to prevent the old blank-page scare, compose what you want to say, and work out which ‘theme’ it fits in, … Continue reading
