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Suzy

Suzy Report 28 Jun 2005 09:58

I have just read a very interesting article about the author H G Wells in the Daily Mail. It was of particular interest to me because he was born in Bromley; just down the road from here. When I finished, I promptly logged onto Ancestry and found him (and others in the piece) on all the census!! Sad, or what? Suzy

Janice

Janice Report 28 Jun 2005 10:01

Not sad at all! :-) Where are you then Suzy? I'm just down the road from Bromley too. Janice

Suzy

Suzy Report 28 Jun 2005 10:05

Hello Janice I'm between Petts Wood and Orpington. Where are you? Suzy :)

Heather

Heather Report 28 Jun 2005 10:07

Hey, my dad lives there.

Suzy

Suzy Report 28 Jun 2005 10:09

Where does your Dad live, Heather? Suzy

Janice

Janice Report 28 Jun 2005 10:12

Hi Suzy, I'm in West Wickham, but on the Bromley side, off Pickhurst Lane. I know your area a bit as I help at the Bromley Youth Music Centre which is near Petts Wood. Also play in an amateur orchestra that rehearses at Poverest. Janice

Suzy

Suzy Report 28 Jun 2005 10:17

A small world Janice. One of my best friends lives on Pickhurst Lane; her daughter goes to Pickhurst school. The BYMC is just down the road from my kids' school; St James' on Southborough Lane. Suzy :))

Heather

Heather Report 28 Jun 2005 10:28

Hi, he has lived in St Pauls Cray, Orpington since 1953!!

Suzy

Suzy Report 28 Jun 2005 12:31

Hi Heather That is just 5 mins down the road. Did you live there too? Suzy

Heather

Heather Report 29 Jun 2005 07:38

Yes I lived there until 1970. Dad is 91 this year and we visit him every two weeks (take turns with sis). I went to Bromley Grammar School for Girls in Nightingale Lane, Bromey.

Sprack

Sprack Report 29 Jun 2005 07:45

I looked up mary seacole on the 1881 census after the tv program about her the other night, she was there but died shortly after the census was taken. jenny

Suzy

Suzy Report 29 Jun 2005 12:09

Jenny I'm glad I'm not the only one!! LOL Heather I know Nightingale Road very well. I live in Palace View as a child, and went to secondary school in Princes Plain! Suzy