Beckenham's 30 Glorious Years 1935-65 by Pat Manning

Today Beckenham is one of the five districts comprising the London Borough of Bromley but from 1935 to 1965 it was a borough in its own right, running its own affairs. It had an exceptional fire service that was recognised during the London blitz as much better than those of the surrounding districts. Ironically this led to the eventual amalgamation of all those districts into the London Boroughs and Beckenham's consequent loss of control of its own affairs. A chapter is allocated to each of the Beckenham mayors and space given to some of the outstanding personalities of the time.

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