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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...

Seasons greetings from the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries

Dec

2013

On behalf of the Officers and Committee of the Friends of Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries may wish you a Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year, and thank you for your support during 2013. The next meeting is a General Meeting, and will be held on Tuesday 14th January 2014 at 7.30pm in the Chapel in ...

David Jones Between the Wars: The Years of Achievement

Nov

2013

The David Jones Society has commissioned another film about the poet David Jones who lies buried in the Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries.Beginning with Jones’s conversion to Roman Catholicism and his joining the Ditchling community in 1921, the film traces his various sojourns in England, Wales and France. Through interviews with scholars, artists, writers and friends,and ...

Storm damage – fallen tree blocks Ivy Road and takes out wall

Oct

2013

Fallen tree takes out walls and blocks traffic on Ivy RoadThe Council are quickly on hand to clear the tree: repairing the wall will take longer

Queen Victoria’s Wars: Guided Walk

Sep

2013

Our next guided walk, led by the inimitable Mike Guilfoyle, will feature visits to some of the graves of soldiers, diplomats and surgeons who saw action during Queen Victoria's reign in the furthest reaches of the British Empire from the Ashanti to the Anglo-Zulu War.The walk starts at 2:00pm on Saturday 5th October and is free though donations are welcome. Meet by ...

MUSIC RECITAL SATURDAY 28th SEPTEMBER 7pm – 8pm

Sep

2013

Local contemporary composer and musician (and FoBLC members) Hugh Shrapnel, his wife Ruth, and fellow composer/musician John Lewis, will be performing their own compositions, on a keyboard specially brought into the Chapel.Hugh and John’s pieces include topical references to Ladywell and Lewisham. Ruth will play pieces by classical composers. Because of limited capacity, this is ...

Francis Paget Hewkley: awarded Military Medal for bravery at the Somme

Sep

2013

Many thanks to Stuart Hallifax who has written a great piece on Francis Paget Hewkley in his Great War London blog. Hewkley was brought up in London, emigrated to Australia in 1912 and then enlisted a signalman in the Australian infantry. He served at Gallipoli before transferring to the Western Front where he won a Military Medal for ...

Convicts, Conmen and Calamities – an introduction to the cemeteries’s amazing maritime history

Aug

2013

On Sunday 18th August there will be a guided walk themed around the rich maritime history of the Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries. Entitled 'Convicts, Conmen and Calamities' and led by local historian and FOBLC stalwart Mike Guilfoyle the tour will run from 2pm to 4pm.The tour is likely to range from the sinking of SS ...

FOBLC 6th ANNIVERSARY EVENT

Jun

2013

FRIENDS OF BROCKLEY & LADYWELL CEMETERIES JOIN US FOR OUR 6th ANNIVERSARY EVENT SUNDAY 14th JULY11am - 4.30pmPhotographic Exhibition of monuments and wildlife in the Ladywell ChapelGuided walks of the Cemeteries visiting the graves of sportsmen, poets, war veterans and local figuresRefreshmentsLadywell Cemetery, Ladywell Road, SE13 7HYLadywell station, (Ladywell Road closed to through traffic)Brockley Cemetery, Brockley Road, ...

British Lion and Great War hero

Jun

2013

The somewhat run down family grave of Forest Hill Wine Merchant Bruce Beveridge Todd and his wife Phoebe lies next to the Dissenter's Chapel in the Ladywell section of the cemetery. However that of their son Alexander Findlater Todd born 20 th September 1873 , known as 'Fin' to his friends, is sadly missing from ...

Bird Watching Guide to the Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries

Apr

2013