Friends of Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries Open Day Sunday 11th July 2021 from 11am to 4:30pm with Guided Tours

 

Captain William Veale 1791-1867 ‘The Deptford Robinson Crusoe’

Most readers will no doubt be very familiar with the 1719 story by Daniel Defoe of Robinson Crusoe, based as it was on the experiences of a Scottish sailor, Alexander Selkirk who survived for five years on a desert island. But buried in Brockley cemetery is a seafarer with an equal claim to such maritime posterity ...

The summer fair is on..17th July, 2021.

Start at 12midday and finish is at 5pm. We are helping bring some new events for this year’s fair, but the event is organised by the Brockley Society volunteers. Should you want a stall, here it their information: http://brockleysociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/General-Stall-Information-Sheet-2021.pdf THIS IS A VOLUNTEER RUN EVENT, if you want to help out with this community event, ...