Sign Here!
A new print run (second edition) of our popular local history book first published in 2018.
The new and updated second edition of our Sign Here! book describes the blue plaques, town and village signs and other monuments that can be seen and enjoyed in our Bromley borough district and near environs in Kent and London.
A new print run (second edition) of our popular local history book first published in 2018.
The new and updated second edition of our Sign Here! book describes the blue plaques, town and village signs and other monuments that can be seen and enjoyed in our Bromley borough district and near environs in Kent and London.
How does English Heritage decide the awarding of official blue plaques throughout Britain? Normally there are twelve new ones each year. Very noticeably in recent years there has been strenuous effort to correct the gender imbalance that has seen men vastly outnumbering women in the choice of blue plaques.
Here in the London Borough of Bromley there is already a tribute to Rachel and Margaret McMillan in the field of children's education. And increasingly now English Heritage is recognising pioneering heroines who have excelled in their professional work or have actively campaigned in support of good causes, freedoms, justice and the betterment of society.
Here in the London Borough of Bromley there is already a tribute to Rachel and Margaret McMillan in the field of children's education. And increasingly now English Heritage is recognising pioneering heroines who have excelled in their professional work or have actively campaigned in support of good causes, freedoms, justice and the betterment of society.
Although it is only English Heritage that governs the award of official blue plaques in the UK there are many organisations that erect unofficial blue plaques to commemorate the former residence of a famous person or the location of a memorable event. Not all such plaques are blue and some of the organising bodies have more gravitas than others but generally speaking the colour blue is the chosen option because of the ready association to be made with the official blue plaques. Here in the London Borough of Bromley the wartime role of Chislehurst Caves is a significant part of local history that the local Council has decided to commemorate.