August 2022 - Brockley SE4

Guided Walk: EAST OF SUEZ-ADVENTURERS , ADMIRALS AND ANARCHISTS – MONDAY 29TH AUGUST -2022

Aug

24

2022

MONDAY 29 TH AUGUST -2022.FREE GUIDED BANK HOLIDAY HISTORY WALK IN THE TWO CEMETERIES, STOPPING AT THE GRAVES OF SOME OF THE MORE FLAMBOYANT OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS DECEASED BURIED HERE.LED MY MIKE GUILFOYLE.MEET AT THE LADYWELL CEMETERY GATE ENTRANCE AT 14.00 PM.WALK AROUND TWO HOURS.ALL WELCOMENewly restored headstone of the Rev.Dr Sharupji Bhabha in Brockley ...

Falkor the Dragon spotted in SE14

Aug

20

2022

Wolfgang Petersen, director of the Neverending Story, died last week. Is that why Falkor the dragon was flying over New Cross yesterday?

Falkor the Dragon spotted in SE14

Aug

20

2022

Wolfgang Petersen, director of the Neverending Story, died last week. Is that why Falkor the dragon was flying over New Cross yesterday?

Art, Loot and Empire: The Benin Bronzes

Aug

19

2022

Located aside the pathway close to the thorn laden berm between the two Ladywell and Brockley cemeteries lies the recently discovered headstone of Charlotte Mabel Alleyne d.1961. Her grave now features as a stopping point for guided history walks. Mabel achieved a modest fame in the art world from her career as an artist and ...

Swimming at Birchmere Lake, Thamesmead

Aug

14

2022

Going for an outdoor swim at Thamesmead hasn't been top of my bucket list, but when the opportunity arose this weekend for a dip at Birchmere Lake I thought I would give it a go and I am glad I did. PTP Coaching, who run the lake swimming at Beckenham Place Park, were putting on ...

Malcolm Hardee sets himself on fire as a teenage DJ

Aug

13

2022

The famed South London comedian Malcolm Hardee made his name in the 1980s, including opening The Tunnel comedy club next to the Greenwich entrance to the Blackwall Tunnel and then Up the Creek in Creek Road, Greenwich. He went on to the run The Wibbley Wobbley floating pub in Greenland Dock, Rotherhithe, near to which ...

Fredrick William Winder (1817-1912) – An Old Thames Postman.

Aug

12

2022

Browsing through old newspaper cuttings, seeking interesting stories on Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, I struck gold with this interesting article on the life of Frederick William Winder, an old Thames Postman. Postman’s Adventurous life. The Funeral took place at Lewisham Cemetery on Saturday of Mr. Frederick William Winder, who has terminated a remarkable career at the age ...

Music Monday: Saint Jude ‘No Angels’

Aug

8

2022

Forest Hill based Saint Jude (Jude Woodhead) has been putting out music for a few years now and gradually getting more attention in terms of critical interest, radio plays on BBC6 Music etc. A couple of his tracks have over a million plays on Spotify. I am sure it's only a matter of time before ...

Music Monday: Saint Jude ‘No Angels’

Aug

8

2022

Forest Hill based Saint Jude (Jude Woodhead) has been putting out music for a few years now and gradually getting more attention in terms of critical interest, radio plays on BBC6 Music etc. A couple of his tracks have over a million plays on Spotify. I am sure it's only a matter of time before ...

Bethlem Museum of the Mind/Bethlem Gallery

Aug

5

2022

The Bethlem Royal Hospital in Beckenham (Monks Orchard Road) is one of the world's oldest mental health institutions. Starting out near Bishopsgate in the City of London in the 13th century, it moved to Moorfields in 1676, and then to St George's Fields in Southwark in 1815, now site of the Imperial War Museum. It ...

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