2018 - Brockley SE4

Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Vicars Hill Entrance – Progress

Dec

2018

Nearly finished. The bad weather put back repairing the stone wall, but it is in hand for the new year. We’ve started planting the neglected triangle of land, so hopefully we’ll have the beginnings of our bank of snowdrops..with some winter aconites for spring. The dead elm which is left as a good source of ...

A virtuoso performance – Russell Miller at the Stephen Lawrence Centre

Dec

2018

On a lovely autumn day in October, an enthusiastic group of some 60 tree enthusiasts from Lewisham and outlying areas gathered at the Stephen Lawrence Centre in Brookmill Park, Deptford for an absolutely virtuoso lecture and guided talk by Russell Miller, a hugely experienced arboriculturalist and ecologist, Chair of the Ancient Tree Forum and coordinator of Tree Musketeers in Hackney.In the ...

In memory of civilians who lost their lives through enemy air raids in Deptford, Hither Green and Sydenham in World War l

Dec

2018

There will be an exhibition at the Deptford Lounge, Giffin Square, SE8 4RJ, Monday 10th December – Saturday 12th January in memory of civilians who lost their lives through enemy air raids in Deptford, Hither Green and Sydenham in World War lOn display will be the information panels about the Hither Green, Sydenham and Deptford ...

No more Farmers’ Market

Nov

2018

The support of the farmers’ market, particularly Whitegates Farm in Kent, has meant that we’ve had some regular funding for our smaller projects. We’ve been able to purchase wild flower seeds for the WWI memorial for the last five years, we’ve sown seed and planted yellow rattle plugs in the Southern Meadow. We’ve bought bird ...

Quaggy Print Makers & Friends in the Ladywell Chapel

Nov

2018

REMEMBRANCE and ARMISTICE DAY EVENT SUNDAY 11th NOVEMBER 2018

Nov

2018

Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries (FoBLC)REMEMBRANCE and ARMISTICE DAY EVENTSUNDAY 11th NOVEMBER 10.45am – 12.15pm approxMeet at the Ladywell Cemetery Cross of SacrificeThere will be a brief introduction to the significance of the eventFollowing the 2 minute silence:Wreath laying at the Cross of SacrificeLadywell CemeteryWalk to the Brockley War Memorial viathree relevant memorialsincluding 2nd Lt. T. A. ...

Autumn festivals – Feast of St Gregorios and Halloween

Nov

2018

The end of October/beginning of November is a time for many religious, spiritual and popular festivals - Halloween, All Saints Day, Bonfire Night etc. I stumbled across one of the lesser known ones this weekend when I saw a procession heading over Telegraph Hill carrying banners and singing hymns.procession in Gellatly Road SE14 I believe the procession was ...

Thomas Archie Challis MC (1893 to 3rd Nov 1918), 2nd Lieutenant 13th Tank Corps, A Coy

Nov

2018

Thomas Archie Challis was born in Walworth in 1893 to parents Charles and Rosa. He had two elder brothers - William and Charles, a younger brother Harold and sister Isabel. Charles, Thomas' father worked as a general labourer and then as a sewerman or flusher for London County Council.Thomas is recorded as living at 8 ...

REMEMBRANCE and ARMISTICE DAY EVENT

Nov

2018

Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries (FoBLC)REMEMBRANCE and ARMISTICE DAY EVENTSUNDAY 11thNOVEMBER 10.45am – 12.15pm approxMeet at the Ladywell Cemetery Cross of Sacrifice There will be a brief introduction to the significance of the event Following the 2 minute silence:Wreath laying at the Cross of Sacrifice Ladywell CemeteryWalk to the Brockley War Memorial viathree relevant ...

The Boy who Stole Time – book launch at Crofton Books

Oct

2018

'The Boy who stole time' is a new young people's fantasy novel by Ladywell-based author Mark Bowsher (publicity says 'for fans of Neil Gaiman and Philip Pulman'). A book launch and reading is taking place on Sunday 28th October, 3 pm, at Crofton Books, 375 Brockley Road SE4 2AG. That's the excellent value second hand bookshop ...