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
Robert Willan was the founder of dermatology in Britain, so it's fairly certain that the house is named after him.
The school was formerly the Linden Lodge School for the Blind, which Shearing attended as a boy. The plaque is on a building far from the...
The Matcham plaque is inside, on the landing for the dress circle bar. The 1950 film Night and the City shows Richard Widmark entering B...
This plaque is similar to one that used to be located at the former West Ham United, Boleyn Ground.
This plaque is significantly smaller than usual and our colleague, Alan Patient, points out that it is attached to one of a pair of pilas...
