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137 Drake in Bromley High Street.
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Between 4 and 16 March 1918 Mark IV Male tank Drake 137 moved around various parts of London: Southwark, Bermondsey, Deptford, Greenwich, Woolwich, Lewisham, Camberwell, Lambeth and Bromley. Then in April and May it moved to the north west of England: Rochdale, Wigan, Creww and Southport, also Crewe. It was a training tanks not one shipped back from France. The first photo is from the photo album of Nursing Sister Ada A Kemp

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The next one is from a post card in Bromley. Notice the same Garland decorations

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Here is a local street scene of this section of Bromley High street. E.W. Payne closed in 2013

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See also this.  (I am "Sidearm" on the GWF).

Gwyn



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