Erection date: 2002
Thornton's Corner
Beckenham Journal, 1881 - 1965
First British Airmail Post Office, 9th August 1902.
Bromley & Beckenham Philatelic Society 2002
BR3, Beckenham High Street, 102 - 104
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Thornton's Corner
At this time post offices were 10-a-penny (cheaper than the stamps they sold,...
Newspaper. Started as a 24 page monthly publication costing 1d (about 0.5p). ...
A retail business established by Tom William Thornton and run by his family f...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Thornton's Corner
Foundation Stone laid by Raymond Denham Poland Esquire, master of the Worshipful Company of Skinners, 22 October 1932. Sir Horace Hamilt...
Booth moved his meetings which had begun in the summer in a tent inside as the winter approached. The building was known as the Assembly...
In our photo the plaque can be seen above the head of the passer-by on the right.
English Heritage Augustus Siebe, 1788 - 1872, pioneer of the diving helmet, lived and worked here.
Greater London Council R.H. Tawney, 1880 - 1962, historian, teacher and political writer, lived here.
