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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...

Remembering Decadent Poet Ernest Dowson (1867-1900)

Apr

2016

The Department of English and Comparative Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London hosted the first International symposium on the poet, translator and novelist Ernest Dowson on a storm -tossed saturnine Friday 14th April 2016. Ernest Dowson who died in 1900 aged 32 is interred in Ladywell cemetery and his signature grave is a regular stopping point on guided walks ...

Take A(nother) Walk On The Wild Side

Apr

2016

Following his successful walk last year, the FOBLC invites you to take another walk on the wild side with Mike Keogh. During this free guided walk Mike will help you discover the varied wildflowers and diverse Nature in the two Cemeteries.Meet at the Ladywell Road gate at 2pm on Sunday 17th April. The walk is ...

Nunhead Cemetery Annual Open Day 21st May 2016

Mar

2016

Choir in the ruined Nunhead ChapelThe Friends of Nunhead Cemetery will be running their annual open day on the 21st May from 11am to 5pm. Admission is free and it's a beautiful cemetery as well as being a popular and well organised event so put the date in your diary!'Bugman' JonesThere will be music in ...

OUTPOSTS OF EMPIRE – GUIDED WALK

Feb

2016

Worcester Yeomanry at the Pyramids in Egypt during the Great WarOn Sunday 22nd of February there will be a guided walk entitled OUTPOSTS OF EMPIRE.This walk will be co-led by FOBLC members Mike Guilfoyle and Peter Mealing . It will cover both cemeteries and stop at some of the graves of the soldiers, missionaries, adventurers, surgeons ...

THE DAY TSAR NICHOLAS II MET BROCKLEY AVIATOR

Jan

2016

Russian aviator and inventor Captain Sergei Alexandrovich Oulianine (aka Ulyanin) 1871 -1921Part hidden off the pathway heading towards the near seamless boundary between Ladywell and Brockley cemeteries, topped by a broken cruciform headstone, lies the final resting place of the distinguished Russian aviator and inventor Captain Sergei Alexandrovich Oulianine (aka Ulyanin) 1871-1921. He lies buried ...

War poet David Jones to be commemorated with maroon plaque

Nov

2015

David Jones (1898 - 1974) Poet, Soldier, ArtistOn Wednesday 2nd December at 12:30pm at 67 Arabin Road, SE4 there will be an unveiling of a maroon plaque to commemorate the Great War poet, soldier and artist David Jones (1898-1974), who is buried in the Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries. Born in Brockley in 1895 he served in ...

Commonwealth War Graves Tour

Nov

2015

Commonwealth War Graves Tour 22/11/15 2pm to 3:30pm, meet Ladywell ChapelOur next guided walk will concentrate on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorials in Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries as part of their Living Memory Project. . We are also intending to have a small relevant display of photos and other information in the Ladywell Chapel ...

Remembrance Sunday Event on Sunday 8th November

Oct

2015

This Sunday 8th November from 10.55am - 12noon the FOBLC will be holding a Remembrance Sunday event. Please come and join us! We meet at the Ladywell Cross of Sacrifice for wreath-laying, then walk via three points of interest to the Brockley Heroes corner for the final wreath-laying.

‘Brockley Cemetery’ poem wins poetry competition

Oct

2015

Congratulation to Jake Kirner’s whose poem ‘Brockley Cemetery’ won the inaugural HopCroft Neighbourhood Forum poetry competition. The judges commented that 'This poem did a fantastic job of celebrating and evoking the tranquillity, emotion and deep-rooted personal feeling that anyone who has ever visited Brockley Cemetery will understand.' We agree !Brockley Cemetery – by Jake Kirner‘Dear’ ...

Lewisham burial records added to Deceased Online

Oct

2015

At FOBLC we get a lot of requests to help families find the graves of their ancestors and we're delighted that the burial and cremation records for Lewisham have now been added to Deceased Online. This central database of statutory burial and cremation registers for the UK and Republic of Ireland offers a unique searchable resource for ...