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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Commander Archibald Buckle’s grave in Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries restored

Oct

19

2012

The grave of World War 1 hero Commander Buckle in Brockley Cemetery has been refurbished by members of the British Army Association.  Sir Winston Churchill has referred to Buckle as one of the “salamanders born in the furnace,” who survived “to lead,to command, and to preserve the sacred continuity”.His history has been featured on blog ...
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Cemetary · Commander Buckle · First World War · Great War · memorial

Lionel de Jersey Harvard: Brockley’s Ivy League link

Oct

2

2011

Lionel de Jersey Harvard was the only descendant of John Harvard (who gave his name in 1638 to the prestigious Ivy League University in the USA) ever to attend Harvard University. The direct descendant of John Harvard's brother, Thomas he entered the University in 1911 having gained a place with some assistance from Harvard president ...
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First World War · Harvard · Lionel de Jersey Harvard