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New Deptford Folk Night

Apr

26

2023

A new folk night is starting at Endeavour (39 Deptford Broadway). Deptford Folk is being hosted by Alex MacDonald and Sarah Jones, who previously ran the successful Tooting Folk, along with Martin Howard, the singer behind Brockley's Acoustic Anarchy nights at Water into Beer.Headliners on the opening night - Thursday 27th April 2023 - are ...

Annual Report – 2022

Apr

20

2023

Hilly-Fields_-Annual-Report_2022aFriends of Hilly Fields Annual Report, presented at AGM on 15th March, 2023. The post Annual Report – 2022 first appeared on www.hilly.org.uk.

Annual Report – 2022

Apr

20

2023

Hilly-Fields_-Annual-Report_2022aFriends of Hilly Fields Annual Report, presented at AGM on 15th March, 2023. The post Annual Report – 2022 first appeared on www.hilly.org.uk.

A Poet and the makings of a Saint

Apr

16

2023

Francis Bennoch, 1812-1890 by William Ridgway after Alexander Johnston. Source : The Victorian Web (National Scottish Portrait Gallery.)Lying aside one of the inner pathways in Ladywell cemetery close to the Wall of Remembrance is a toppled headstone whose inscription is partially obscured. The inscription is of a nineteenth century Scottish born poet and patron of ...

Ted Lasso at the Rivoli

Apr

11

2023

Finally catching up with Ted Lasso, and pleased to spot a scene filmed at the Rivoli Ballroom in Crofton Park. In series one there's an episode based around an AFC Richmond charity gala and guess they needed somewhere with red velvet walls and chandeliers like many before them.Ted Lasson (Jason Sudeikis) gets a round inRebecca ...

Ted Lasso at the Rivoli

Apr

11

2023

Finally catching up with Ted Lasso, and pleased to spot a scene filmed at the Rivoli Ballroom in Crofton Park. In series one there's an episode based around an AFC Richmond charity gala and guess they needed somewhere with red velvet walls and chandeliers like many before them.Ted Lasson (Jason Sudeikis) gets a round inRebecca ...

Skehans – best pub in London?

Apr

9

2023

Good showing for SE London in Time Out's '50 Best Pubs in London' 2023 pub of the year awards, announced a couple of weeks ago.My local, Skehans (Kitto Road SE14), is now the best pub in London apparently. A few years ago it was quite empty on some mid week nights but its managed to ...

Wildflower & Nature Guided Walk, Sunday 16th April, led by Tom Moulton and Peter Robinson

Apr

4

2023

Please join us for a free Wildflower & Nature Guided Walk on Sunday 16th April led by Tom Moulton and Peter RobinsonMeet 2pm at the Ladywell Road gate, the walk is expected to last around 90 minutes Cuckooflowers, Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries

The Scandal that ended Governor Eardley- Wilmot’s career

Mar

27

2023

Hobart Town chain gang'. Charles Bruce c.1831Located close to one of the pathway intersections in Brockley cemetery lies an imposing cruciform headstone. Although some of the lettering has disappeared the uxorious epitaph speaks of the sudden loss of a beloved wife - Louisa Charlotte Mackenzie Wright who died in Deptford in April 1870 at the ...

Heather’s – vegetarian delights in turn of century Deptford

Mar

27

2023

Heather's was a legendary Deptford vegetarian (and indeed mostly vegan) restaurant in the 1990s/early noughties. This was a period in which options were often limited for those who didn't eat meat. There were some vegetarian places to eat (see previous post here), but there was often a kind of standard wholefood fare which lacked variety. ...

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