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Most of the articles written here were published on a regular basis by the Bramley Advertiser.
- Bramley Baths
The baths were opened at 3 p.m. on 17th October 1904 by the then Lord and Lady Mayoress Mr. & Mrs. A. Currer Briggs.
- The Old Hall
Bramley Old Hall, to give it its full title, seems to have been shrouded in mystery for hundreds of years.
- Mushroom Growing & Fertilizers
J.E. & H. Cartledge, were market gardeners for many years but it wasn't until the late 1920's/early 1930's that they commenced growing Mushrooms.
- WM Witt - Printers
Whilst the name may no longer be used, the Bramley ‘Advertiser’ is still very much with us.
- Houghley Ghyll
Ghyll – meaning stream or ravine
- 'Gowsha Wildcats' and 'Waterloo Lane Abdabs'
Not names one hears of these days, and yet in times gone by if you had lived in certain areas of Bramley, you would have been proud to have been referred to as such.
- Mount Cross
The history of this house and its owners is a little unsure although popular local belief is that at one time a French Count and his seven sons lived there for six months of each year.
- D-Day 6th June 1944
For those of us who lived through this time and whose memories can remember the event it is difficult to believe that, indeed, over sixty years have gone by so quickly.
- Cat Babbleton
An area of the Broad Lane and Bell Lane areas.
- Bombed Out and 'Pot-less'
During the moonlit night of August 28th 1942, Bramley had German visitors in the shape of aircraft and bombs, which were dropped on ‘our village’.
- Bramley Carnival
A happy, joyous, carefree event you might think. Well yes – up to a point but it wasn’t always quite the case, as you will see...
- Stocks Hill
No doubt one of the oldest areas of Bramley, sitting as it does more or less at the centre of Town Street itself.
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