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
This building now houses the Junior school of the Foundation established by Sir John Cass. Previously the Sir John Cass's Foundation Prim...
The round plaque is on the wall under the main entrance canopy, high up, near the first "E" of Empire. The three brass plaques are in the...
At some point between the 60s and 80s the memorial was moved to the company's Cambridgeshire site. When the business was sold Jonathan My...
The plaques are on the stone pillars either side of the entrance; plaque 1 to the left in our photo and plaque 2 to the right. The stran...
Enid Blyton, 1897 - 1968, children's writer, lived here, 1920 - 1924. English Heritage
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