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...
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Thomas Blackstone Churcher and the Murder of Hariett Monckton

Mar

19

2022

One of the undiluted pleasures of inquisitive cemetery research is lighting upon a serendipitous burial find with a compelling historic backstory in an area of the cemetery, this time close to the Ladywell chapel, I thought I had already fully explored!Foblc Vice-Chair Mike Guilfoyle aside the Churcher family headstone in Ladywell cemetery.Such was the moment ...
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Cemetary · Harriet Monckton murder

Thomas Blackstone Churcher and the Murder of Hariett Monckton

Mar

19

2022

One of the undiluted pleasures of inquisitive cemetery research is lighting upon a serendipitous burial find with a compelling historic backstory in an area of the cemetery, this time close to the Ladywell chapel, I thought I had already fully explored!Foblc Vice-Chair Mike Guilfoyle aside the Churcher family headstone in Ladywell cemetery.Such was the moment ...
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Cemetary · Harriet Monckton murder

Lieutenant Gilbert Price, a pivotal figure in the Anglo-Irish War of Independence Talbot Street gunfight, is remembered in the latest podcast by Mike Guilfoyle

Mar

4

2022

This bonus podcast by Mike Guilfoyle tells the forgotten story of Lieutenant Gilbert Price and his pivotal role in one of the most memorable and bloody events of the Anglo-Irish War of Independence - the dramatic Talbot Street gunfight and the killing of Republican leader Seán Treacy. You can stream this on the Tempest website https://www.tempestproductions.net/podcasts/episode/91435d12/london-epitaphs-12-lieutenant-gilbert-price or on Soundcloud ...
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Cemetary · Lieutenant Gilbert Price · notable burials · podcast

Love, Life & Death: The Art of Beatrice Offor – Talk by Deborah Hedgecock, Saturday 12th March at 2.15pm

Feb

22

2022

On Saturday 12th March at 2.15pm there will be a talk by Deborah Hedgecock, Curator, Bruce Castle Museum, Tottenham, London on Love, Life & Death: The Art of Beatrice OfforBeatrice Offor (1864-1920) was an extraordinary painter of women. Born in Sydenham, she was one of the first women at the Slade School of Art. There she ...
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Beatrice Offor · Cemetary · notable burials

Love, Life & Death: The Art of Beatrice Offor – Talk by Deborah Hedgecock, Saturday 12th March at 2.15pm

Feb

22

2022

On Saturday 12th March at 2.15pm there will be a talk by Deborah Hedgecock, Curator, Bruce Castle Museum, Tottenham, London on Love, Life & Death: The Art of Beatrice OfforBeatrice Offor (1864-1920) was an extraordinary painter of women. Born in Sydenham, she was one of the first women at the Slade School of Art. There she ...
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Beatrice Offor · Cemetary · notable burials

Around the Cemetery in Eighty Minutes: from Havana to Hong Kong, free guided walk 20/2/22 1:00pm

Feb

13

2022

On Sunday 20th February at 1:00pm there will be a free guided walk, led by members of the Friends of Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries, 'Around the Cemetery in Eighty Minutes: from Havana to Hong Kong'The walk will stop at the graves of some of the illustrious deceased, including artists, soldiers and explorers connected to different ...
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Cemetary · guided walk

Laura Mordaunt-Chapman’s shocking murder is the subject of the latest podcast by Mike Guilfoyle

Feb

3

2022

The shocking murder of a wealthy widow in 1936 is investigated by the greatest crime-solving minds of the time. Yes it's the latest podcast by Mike Guilfoyle with Tempest ProductionsAn unremarkable gravestone in Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries yields a gruesome murder. Local historian Mike Guilfoyle hosts this bonus true crime edition of London Epitaphs, recounting the ...
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Cemetary · podcast

Have Your Say in the Restoration of Nunhead Cemetery East Lodge

Jan

23

2022

The Friends of Nunhead Cemetery (FONC) and Southwark Council have developed a survey to find out your views on the proposed facilities and activities which they would like to make available in the restored The East Lodge.  They are keen to get as much feedback as possible on this amazing project and the survey is ...
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Cemetary · FONC

Two ‘Public Graves’ in Ladywell Cemetery reveal their secrets

Jan

17

2022

Ladywell Cemetery fits well with the Victorian notion of death, mourning and the middle class ownership (purchase) of a grave or family vault. Here a headstone of choice could be suitably inscribed and placed for commemoration of the recently departed. However not all Ladywell residents could aspire to such luxury and for them it was ...
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The man who burned down the White House and his link to Ladywell cemetery: New Years Day guided history walk

Dec

28

2021

There will be a New Years Day guided history walk (Saturday 1st January) ' More Lock down Luminaries' Based on recent research of some more of the illustrious deceased buried in the cemeteries.Led by Mike Guilfoyle Vice-Chair : FoBLC.  Meet Ladywell cemetery main gate at 13.00. Walk will last approximately 1-2 hours.Free - All WelcomeFind ...
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Cemetary · guided walk