Francis Paget Hewkley: awarded Military Medal for bravery at the Somme

Many thanks to Stuart Hallifax who has written a great piece on Francis Paget Hewkley in his Great War London blog.  Hewkley was brought up in London, emigrated to Australia in 1912 and then enlisted a signalman in the Australian infantry.  He served at Gallipoli before transferring to the Western Front where he won a Military Medal for ...

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Children’s ballet class recommendation – SR Dance

The 2013 Brockley Front Garden Sale

The first ever Brockley Front Garden sale is tomorrow, 11am-4pm.More than 50 houses are taking part. You can see the full list of gardens on the BrocSoc website and look out for bunting and balloons indicating participating houses (or children's birthday parties you might want to crash).

Ladywell roadworks expected to drag on until Christmas

The BC style-guide frowns upon the use of newspaper-favourite words like "farce" and "fiasco", but in this case, we're happy to make an exception. The Ladywell town centre roadwork delays are reaching farcical proportions. Local resident Tony writes:Ladywell businesses have written to Lewisham Mayor Sir Steve Bullock calling for an urgent meeting to discuss further ...

Rewind Nunhead

Lots of amazing free events happening at the Peckham and Nunhead Free Film Festival over the next ten days, including tonight 'Rewind Nunhead'. From 6 pm to 8 pm, short films will be shown in shops along Evelina Road/Nunhead Green, followed by a showing of 'Be Kind, Rewind' on the Green at 8:30 pm.Among the shorts ...

*New* Yoga classes in Forest Hill & Honor Oak

Found: Women’s Leather coat near Hilly Fields

Brockley Social 2

Jayne is organising another Brockley Social meet-up. She says:We are three neighbours trying to get to know more people locally.  A few weeks ago we organised a drinks night in the Talbot pub and 6 people joined us.This Saturday 7th Sept we are meeting at 1:30pm in Pistachios cafe in Hillyfields for lunch, or coffee and ...

Pret a LeSoCo

Two LeSoCo (formerly Lewisham College incorporating Southwark College and not to be confused with Lesotho) fashion students will be on show at London Fashion Week on 17th September.Work by 18 year old Nhung Le Thi Hong and Gloria Iyare will be showcased at Freemasons’ Hall in Covent Garden. The students are competing in the 2013 ...