Brompton Heritage Group

Pages from the original Bromptonmatters website are archived below.

Brompton history & literature

• Introduction to Brompton's Linen Industry
• Chartism and the Linen Industry
• Rev John Ketlewell and his legacy
• A 19th century Brompton weaver's story
• Clacking shuttles

Brompton reminiscences

• Vera Brittain
• Doreen Newcombe (nee Forth): Childhood
• Doreen Newcombe (nee Forth): Wartime Schooldays
• Doreen Newcombe (nee Forth): A wartime childhood
• Pat Whitehead: A wartime evacuee
• Bert Langthorne
• Yesteryear shopping in Brompton
• Gladys Wetherill
• The Baines family
• The Boon family
• George Appleby
• Lorna Emmerson (nee Fletcher)

Visitors and emigrés

• Schoolboy evacuees
• The Wilford family in Australia

Pictures of Brompton and its people

• Pictures of old Brompton 1
• Pictures of Old Brompton 2
• Brompton characters
  • Collection 1
  • Collection 2
• Carnival
• Carnival images from the Baines family
• Schooldays
  • Collection1
  • Collection2
• Floods
• Farming
• Football
• Village Hall events 
• Forth/Newcombe family gallery
• The Linen Mill Owners
• Trewhitt family pictures
• Elizabeth Coupe's pictures