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Post by joykentishmaid on Feb 3, 2009 0:22:32 GMT 1
My father served on Beckenham Borough Council from 1947 to 1951, I believe. Is there any way I can obtain copies of the election results, or anything at all to do with his service on the council?
Thank you.
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Post by The Historian on Feb 3, 2009 17:18:18 GMT 1
There are two ways you can do this providing you can get to Beckenham or Bromley Library.
It will all be in the Beckenham Journal. Cllr Boyd Boyd was Mayor from Nov 1947 to May
1959 so the elections should be in Nov 1947 and then in May from 1949 onwards. The newspapers
are on microfilm at Bromley library and in large books at Beckenham library up the stairs
from the reference section.
There are also the Beckenham minutes that list all the councillors and what they served on.
They are on the open shelves at Bromley library in the right hand corner of local studies
floor. This would be the best bet!
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Post by joykentishmaid on Feb 4, 2009 20:57:08 GMT 1
Thank you. I don't know if I'll ever get to Beckenham or Bromley again.
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Post by chrisdoran on Mar 11, 2009 12:22:12 GMT 1
From Beckenham Council Minutes, Councillors elected on 1-Nov-1947 were:-
Frank Roland Took, Lawrie Park ward
Robert Arthur Waylett, Kent House
George Charles William White, Copers Cope
William John Brooks, Manor House
Christopher Benjamin Curtis & Alfred William Waller, Eden Park
James Frederic Aldridge, Shortlands
Ronald John Elmes, Langley Park
Kathleen May Florence Constable-Gray, west Wickham
5-Nov-1948 (by-election):-
Mary Elizabeth Gundrey, Langley Park
Rowland Clement Cheeseman, west Wickham
12-May-1949:-
Thomas William Mallett, Lawrie Park
Hugh Edward William Botting, Kent House
William Duncan & Arnold Fielder Hooper, Copers Cope
Gilbert Harold Robertson, Manor House
William Sidney Robbins, Eden Park
Charles Percy Christie, Shortlands
William Bulthingy Barrett & Gerald Arthur Petty, Langley Park
Kathleen Agnes Moore, west Wickham
11-May-1950:-
George Montagu Rochfort Lord, Lawrie Park
Kenneth Moreland Price, Kent House
William Duncan, Copers Cope
Thomas Boyd Boyd, Manor House
Christopher Benjamin Curtis, Eden Park
Kenneth Russell Maynard, Shortlands
Edward Charles Dixon, Langley Park
Rowland Clement Cheeseman, west Wickham
10-May-1951:-
Robert Henry Barraclough, Lawrie Park
Robert Arthur Waylett, Kent House
David Robert Knox-Johnston & George Charles William White, Copers Cope
George Edwin Fish, Manor House
Alfred William Waller, Eden Park
James Frederic Aldridge, Shortlands
Gerald Arthur Petty, Langley Park
Arthur Charles Garrett, west Wickham
If you give me your father's name (by PM if you prefer), I can tell you which committees he served on, but the Minutes rarely say exactly who was responsible for specific proposals.
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Post by joykentishmaid on Mar 12, 2009 9:51:21 GMT 1
Thank you very, very much, Chris  . That was daft of me not giving his name! My Dad is Bill Brooks ie William John Brooks. |
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Post by joykentishmaid on May 8, 2009 13:24:38 GMT 1
Some surnames ring a bell -
Waylett - the newsagents
Curtis - a builder
Duncan - a builder
Knox-Johnston - son Robin is famous.
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