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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Dr.Crippen murder trial witness buried in Ladywell cemetery

Aug

22

2023

Located close to one of the inner pathways in Ladywell cemetery lies the final resting place of William James Spratling, sometimes referred to as W.J.Spratling. The cruciform headstone is often enveloped in shrubbery, so it needs a beady eye to spot it! Some while ago I discovered a fascinating link that W.J.Spratling had to Dr ...
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Cemetary · Dr Crippen · murder · WJ Spratling

Genius, Madness and Murder – Richard Dadd and Ladywell cemetery

Mar

16

2023

Located close to the outer pathway in Ladywell cemetery close to Ivy road lies a stooped family headstone amidst saturnine undergrowth. The interested passer by would need to approach much closer to discern the faded inscriptions to know that members of the Dadd family were interred here.Richard Dadd working on his painting 'Contradiction. Oberon and ...
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Cemetary · Dadd · madness · murder

Genius, Madness and Murder – Richard Dadd and Ladywell cemetery

Mar

16

2023

Located close to the outer pathway in Ladywell cemetery close to Ivy road lies a stooped family headstone amidst saturnine undergrowth. The interested passer by would need to approach much closer to discern the faded inscriptions to know that members of the Dadd family were interred here.Richard Dadd working on his painting 'Contradiction. Oberon and ...
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Cemetary · Dadd · madness · murder