Memorial

Credit for this entry to:
Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Plaque: Thornton's Corner

Inscription

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

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

Stamp collecting society.