The prattle of Algiers

@BrockleyCentral have you seen new lampposts on Algiers Rd, Ladywell? Pretty, but bit tall for Narnia style posts... pic.twitter.com/bvJ4HOkm4M— Cake web content (@cakecontent) August 18, 2014As if the question of whether to embrace a CPZ extension wasn't vexing enough for the people of Algiers Road, now they have to decide how they feel about taller ...

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CPZ creep planned for Ladywell and Lewisham

As dawn broke, the Worm uncoiled its snaky twine from around the hill, and came to its rock in the river... it lashed the waters in its fury and wound its coils round the Childe, and then attempted to crush him to death. But the more it pressed, the deeper dug the spear-heads into its ...

More & more aggressive dogs in Ladywell Fields

New Ladywell Fields cafe opens August 27th

On August 27th, the new Ladywell Fields cafe will open. Run by social enterprise Ten Thousand Hands, the Jimmy Mizen Foundation, it will be the third café run by the group.Mayor Bullock will officially open the café between 1-1.30pm on the day. Barry and Margaret Mizen MBE say:“We’re really excited to be opening our third ...

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Catford Bridge access issues

More train anguish. Paul has been in touch with Lewisham Council and writes:I walk to Catford Bridge station every morning via Ladywell Fields and Adenmore Road.Recently, two high fences had appeared blocking all pedestrian access to the station from Ladywell Fields. Now pedestrians have to walk via the South Circular to get to the station, ...

Wrenches, Trenches, and Stenches

Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd August, 11am-4pmLadywell Chapel, Ladywell Cemetery, Ladywell RoadThis public art exhibition commemorates the start of the First World War. Women war artists were commissioned in the First World War, but had few opportunities to venture beyondthe domestic, social, and industrial operations on the home front.This public art exhibition has commissioned seven ...

Student accommodation plan for Mercy Terrace

10-14 Mercy Terrace (a light industrial unit tucked under the bridge in Ladywell), is to be redeveloped and the architects commissioned to design its replacement are inviting people's views on their proposals. Ladywell Village Improvement Group reports:Goldcrest Architects proposals includes flexible office space for small and medium businesses on the ground floor with high quality ...