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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...

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 ...

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 ...

Spring Flowers Walk Saturday 18th April

Mar

2015

Lesser Celandines in Brockley and Ladywell CemeteriesMany thanks to the large crowd who joined us for the Spring Flowers walk around the cemeteries on Saturday 18 April at 2.00 pm, making it one of our most succesful events. Ably led by Tom Moulton and Pete Robinson this tour looked at some the flowers in bloom ...

DEATH UNDER THE WAVES – GUIDED WALK SUNDAY 15TH FEBRUARY 2PM – 3.30PM

Feb

2015

sinking of RMS LusitaniaThis free guided walk will be co-led by FOBLC members Mike Guilfoyle and Peter Mealings and cover visits to family graves in the cemeteries associated with famous civilian and military maritime disasters , including the recently located headstone to victims of the sinking of RMS Lusitania as well as the Princess Alice, SS Yongala, HMS Black ...

BROCKLEY’S CHOSEN FEW : GOETHE TO GERTRUDE!

Aug

2014

On Sunday 17th August at 2.00pm there will be a guided walk which will feature some of the fascinating stories of artists, poets and assorted luminaries buried in the cemetery.Led by Mike Guilfoyle it will commence from the Ladywell Gate entrance at 14.00 pm and last approximately 1.5 hours. All are welcome to come along and the walk is free though ...

Take a Walk on the Wild Side

Apr

2014

This Sunday 27th April, Mike Keogh invites you to 'Take a Walk on the Wild Side' will lead the walk which will look at the trees and plants in the two Cemeteries. Members with expertise in this area are welcome to join in with Mike.All members and members of the public are, of course, welcome to ...

FORGOTTEN BATTLEFRONTS OF WORLD WAR ONE

Feb

2014

With the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War later this year, the FOBLC will be undertaking a 'curtain raiser' guided walk to the family graves of some of the soldiers and seamen who gave their lives for King and Country in some of the lesser known war zones of World War 1.Men of the 1/5th Battalion of the ...

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 ...

BROCKLEY MAX GUIDED WALK

Jun

2011

Around 40 people joined members of the Friends’ group in a guided walk round the two Cemeteries on Saturday 28th May. Appreciation was shown by attendees, and about £53 was donated towards our funds. Many thanks to all who shared the guiding, and who contributed to this successful event and of course to Brockley Max

Photos from Guided Walk Saturday 5th March

Mar

2011

Mike talks Zeppelins in front of the Deptford Airship Deaths memorialFOBLC Chairman Geoffrey gives some background on the Rossi familyMick explains about surrogate war graves by the Zincraft headstone