Text Box: Beckenham in 1930’s. Bromley Library Archives have released two DVDs filmed in the 1930’s which has been professionally transferred to DVD. One is called ‘Beckenham Remembered‘, a two DVD set, with a total running time of 67 minutes. The set is priced at £10. The other one is ‘Three Films by John W Mantle’ and is in three sections. One about the funding appeal to extend Beckenham Hospital, the second is a road safety film shot entirely around Beckenham and a third called ‘Know your Kent’ recording Mr Mantle’s trips to the countryside. The total running time is 43minutes and it is priced at £5. Both sets of films are really interesting even if you weren’t around in the 1930’s and all profits from the sales of these DVDs will be donated to local charities. They can be obtained from the Local Studies Library within the Central library in Bromley. Text Box: Stag Beetles. Has anyone any sightings of Stag beetles or lesser stag beetles this year? Perhaps you could let us know time and place to see if the area is still a ‘hot spot’ for them. Contact details bottom of front page. Thanks. Text Box: Painted Lady Invasion. There was a great number of these in April. They came to local gardens in big groups settling on open flowers and then moved on to pastures new, but a treat to see while they were here. Text Box: Newt Egg Hunt. On May 1st three of us joined Alex from Froglife and Fran from The Herpetological Conservation Trust at the ancient pond to see if there was any evidence of newt occupation. Fran found some newt eggs laid in the folded leaves of pond weed. She left some cut up flimsy bin liners attached to a stick (honest!) around the edge of the pond as newts will happily lay their eggs on these as a substitute for weed. They are easier to check at a later date. It was an interesting evening as we disturbed a mouse, ‘heard’ bats on the bat detector and saw lots of stars as it was a lovely clear night.