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8 unusual facts about Bromley


A. Bromley Davenport

He was the youngest son of the politician William Bromley-Davenport and a brother of William Bromley-Davenport, the British Army officer, England footballer and Conservative politician.

Alec Bregonzi

Bregonzi began his career as a professional actor in 1955 in repertory theatre in Farnham, then in York, Bromley and Leatherhead, amongst other places.

Bromley, Zimbabwe

Originally it was called Broomley after a dower house on Tullichewan Estates on the banks of Loch Lomond in Scotland

Ellen Gandy

Ellen May 'Elly' Gandy (born 15 August 1991 in Bromley, England) is an Australian female butterfly swimmer originally from Great Britain.

Foster Wikner Wicko

The prototype aircraft was built at the J.F. Lusty's furniture factory at Bromley-by-Bow.

Frank Maine

Francis William (Frank) Maine (born 15 September 1937 at Hayes, Kent, England) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons.

Georg Schories

He won at Tunbridge Wells 1908, shared 1st with Victor Wahltuch at Blackpool 1907, shared 1st with Frederick Yates at Blackpool 1910, but lost the play-off match (0 : 4), took 2nd behind Yates at Bromley 1910, tied for 3rd-5th at Oxford 1910, and won at Glasgow 1911.

George Sharratt Pearson

He was born in Bromley, Staffordshire, the son of Joseph Dudley Pearson and Emma Sharratt.


Bromley Contingent

The notoriety of the Bromley Contingent in the press continued in June 1977, when Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren rented a boat for the band and fans to sail down the River Thames during Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee anniversary celebration.

Bromley War Memorial

The Bromley War Memorial was unveiled on 29 October 1922, by Lord Henry Horne, 1st Baron Horne, G.C.B., K.C.M.G. (1861–1929).

Brookmill Park

The footpath and cycle path in the park are part of the Waterlink Way, which runs through Lewisham and Bromley.

Charles Landon

Born in Bromley, Kent, England, the son of the chaplain at Bromley College, he was educated at Bromsgrove School and appeared for their first XI in 1866 and 1867.

Charlton Athletic L.F.C.

Following a swift rise through the divisions, the club won promotion into the National Premier League as Bromley Borough in 1994, with a team including Hope Powell and Brenda Sempare.

Christopher Rawlinson

His portrait, engraved by Joseph Nutting, with those of other members of his family, is in the Bodleian Library (Bromley).

Circular 10/65

As a result, a number of LEAs otherwise supporting the tripartite system, such as Bromley and Surrey, felt forced to go comprehensive.

Cold Ash

Downe House School, a girls' boarding school, moved to Cold Ash in 1922 when it outgrew its original premises, Downe House, Charles Darwin's former home near Bromley in Kent.

Cornovii

Graham Webster in The Cornovii (1991), about the Midlands tribe, cites Anne Ross's hypothesis and points out that it is interesting that the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance has survived from pagan ritual – Abbot's Bromley being only 55 km away from the tribal centre of Viroconium.

Dina Asher-Smith

Dina Asher Smith (born 4 December 1995) is a British sprinter who represents Blackheath and Bromley A.C. She is the 2013 European Junior Champion at 200 m and won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow as a member of the British 4 x 100m relay team.

Dinah Craik

At Shortlands, near Bromley, Kent, while in a period of preparation for Dorothy's wedding, she died of heart failure on 12 October 1887, aged 61.

Don Gilet

In 2010, he appeared as Abanazar in the Churchill Theatre Bromley's Christmas pantomime Aladdin alongside Melinda Messenger.

Downe House

Down House, Charles Darwin's home in the village of Downe in the English Borough of Bromley

Edward Betts

After his bankruptcy, Betts was forced to sell Preston Hall (to his friend, Thomas Brassey) and moved to The Holmwood, Bickley Park, near Bromley, Kent "... where he could still maintain a carriage." For the sake of his health he was sent by his doctors to Egypt in 1871 but he died the following year in Aswan.

Flora Bramley

In 1928, she was selected to be a WAMPAS Baby Star (sometimes mis-credited as Flora Bromley), receiving a good amount of publicity.

Harry Bromley Davenport

This began an ongoing professional relationship between Bromley Davenport and Daryl Haney, which ultimately changed the direction of Bromley Davenport's career, culminating in a trio of films that are arguably his finest works: Life Among the Cannibals (1996), Erasble You (1998) and the true story Mockingbird Don't Sing (2001), starring Sean Young.

Following his apprenticeship, Bromley Davenport made his directorial debut with the little seen Whispers of Fear (1976) and co-wrote the screenplay for The Haunting of Julia (1977), which was adapted from the Peter Straub novel Julia (1975) and starred Mia Farrow in the titular role.

Harwood, Greater Manchester

The popular secondary school for residents of Harwood is Turton High School in Bromley Cross, though both Canon Slade and Withins (now St Catherine's Academy) are nearby.

Hieronimo Custodis

Sir Roy Strong attributes a portrait of Sir Henry Bromley dated 1587 to Custodis, suggesting an earlier arrival, and has verified the recent attribution of a portrait of the young Edward Talbot dated 1586 to Custodis.

Holy Trinity Church, Wysall

Sir Robert H. Bromley is the patron, purchased in 1837 of Earl of Gosford, and the Rev. Thomas P. Dodson the incumbent.

Hope Powell

After adding England player Brenda Sempare in 1992, Bromley Borough won all 16 matches in the South East Counties League Division One, scoring 142 goals in the process.

International Cultic Studies Association

Finally, Cowan and Bromley criticize the ICSA list as being so broad that even mainstream organizations such as Evangelical Protestantism, the Roman Catholic Church, Buddhism and Hinduism fall within the criteria.

Isaac Milles

Bromley mentions a rare engraved portrait of him, signed by George Vertue.

Jerome Knapp Junior

Jerome was the son of Jerome Knapp Senior of Chieveley in Berkshire and Walthamstow in Essex (now Greater London) and his wife, Sarah, daughter of Thomas Preston of Bromley in Kent and heiress of her brother, Alderman Thomas Preston of the City.

John Bryan Ward-Perkins

John Bryan Ward-Perkins, CMG, CBE, FBA (3 February 1912, Bromley, Kent, United Kingdom – 28 May 1981, Cirencester, United Kingdom) was a British Classical architectural historian and archaeologist, and director of the British School at Rome.

Kenelm Hutchinson Digby

Digby was educated at Quernmore School, Bromley, and undertook his medical studies at Guy's Hospital, London, where he was a prize-winning student (holding the Michael Harris, Hilton and Beaney Prizes) and where he gained his MB, BS in 1907 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1910.

Locksbottom

Locksbottom is served by many Transport for London Bus services connecting it with other areas including Orpington, Bromley, Chislehurst, Hayes, Beckenham, Catford, Lewisham and Crystal Palace.

Matthew Featherstone

Matthew Ross Featherstone (born 5 July 1970 in Bromley, Kent) is an English born Brazilian cricketer.

Michael Baughen

Born at Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, he was educated at Bromley County Grammar School, the University of London and Oak Hill Theological College.

Mike Conway

Conway who was born in Bromley, Kent, England attended Sevenoaks Prep School from 1986 to 1996.

North Side, Binghamton

The North Side can be defined as encompassing the area north of the Norfolk Southern tracks and Downtown Binghamton, east of the Chenango River and the First Ward, west of the East Side of Binghamton and a small portion of the town of Dickinson and south of the village of Port Dickinson of the town of Dickinson along Bromley Avenue.

Paul Bowes

He was born at Great Bromley, and after being educated in the school at Moulton, Norfolk, was admitted a pensioner of St. John's College, Cambridge, 21 Dec. 1650.

Ronnie Chamberlain

In March 1945, he recorded with three different line-ups of Carlo Krahmer’s Chicagoans, including Johnny Best, Stephane Grappelli, Vic Lewis (g), Tommy Bromley (b), Lad Busby (tb), Aubrey Frank (ts) Gerry Moore (p), Don Jacoby (tp), Harry Roche (tb), Derek Hawkins (cl), Sam Donahue (ts), Rocky Collucio (p), and Bert Howard (b).

Send the Light

Koorong Books of Sydney, Australia, bought the Wesley Owen brand and domain names and took over 8 bookshops at Bath, Birmingham, Bristol, Bromley, Coleraine, Derby, Glasgow and York.

South London Radio

Despite an adjustment in the survey area to incorporate the boroughs of Bromley and Croydon in late 2007, RAJAR figures were largely unaffected: in its final listening survey at the end of 2008, the station reached 19,000 listeners a week, representing a 0.4% audience share.

Stan Charlton

He started his career as an amateur with Bromley, and won four caps for the England amateur team, and was a member of the 1952 Olympic football tournament squad for the Great Britain team, although he did not play.

Woodmansterne

Just beyond Woodmansterne upper part border to the north, in the Oaks area of the Wallington is on the A2022, a chord-like route within the M25 from Epsom to the London Boroughs of Croydon and Bromley.

Yard of ale

John Evelyn records in his Diary the formal yet festive drinking of a yard of ale toast to James II at Bromley in Kent, 1685.

Zoe Fairbairns

Fairbairns has worked as a freelance journalist and a creative writing tutor; she has also held appointments as Writer in Residence at Bromley Schools (1981-3 and 1985-9), Deakin University, Geelong, Australia (1983), Sunderland Polytechnic (1983-5) and Surrey County Council (1989).


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