Friends of Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries Open Day, Sunday 14 July 2024, from 11.00am – 4.30pm

 

Pizzeria Castello and other Elephant Spectres

'Poor Fiery Blocks: four bent perspectives of the Elephant and Castle' is the latest pamphlet in Christopher Jones's remarkable ongoing explorations of the area that he has been conducting/living for more than 30 years. One day somebody needs to publish his various related writings in a big book.'Poor Fiery Blocks' is an attempt to come ...

FoBLC Annual General Meeting 15th June 2024 at 2pm & National Cemeteries Week 8–16 June 2024

Discover how Cemetery Friends throughout the UK support the people keeping your cemetery tidy and safe, and many other aspects of their work. Friends of Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries Annual General Meeting 15th June 2024 at 2pm Ladywell Cemetery Chapel Following the AGM and a break for refreshments at 3pm. approx. An Appreciation of the late Mike ...

Southwark prisons history walk, June 2024

Coming up on Sunday 9th June 2024, Radical History Faction present a walk through the prisons and sanctuaries of old Southwark FREE. Meet 2pm: Tabard Street, outside St George the Martyr Church.Nearest tube: Borough.For more on the history of London's 'outlaw' zones in Southwark and elsewhere see John Levin's excellent Alsatia site 

Skinheads at the Savoy Rooms in Catford

The original skinheads in Britain were quite distinct from the neo-nazi affiliated boneheads that became dominant in the 1980s. The style emerged as a shorter haired and tougher looking development from the mod scene, and was characterised by a love of reggae and soul. It would be oversimplifying things to pretend that there was no ...

Black Echoes – South London nights out 1987

A window into London soul, funk and reggae nightlife from Black Echoes, 14 March 1987:A 7 day 'Black Arts Festival' at the Cultural Centre in Woolwich with dance, drama and music with Smiley Culture, Ranking Miss P, Sista Culcha, Taxi Pata Pata and more...At the North Peckham Civic Centre on the Old Kent Road, Southwark ...

Black Echoes – South London nights out 1987

A window into London soul, funk and reggae nightlife from Black Echoes, 14 March 1987:A 7 day 'Black Arts Festival' at the Cultural Centre in Woolwich with dance, drama and music with Smiley Culture, Ranking Miss P, Sista Culcha, Taxi Pata Pata and more...At the North Peckham Civic Centre on the Old Kent Road, Southwark ...

Thomas McCarthy at the Goose is Out

An Irish flavoured event coming up at the Goose is Out at the Ivy House pub next week (31 May 2024) with headliner Thomas McCarthy. I first heard Tom sing at another  fine South London folk night, one of Kit and Cutter's great events at the Old Nun's Head way back in 2011. Since then ...

Becket House – an immigration prison in SE1

At present there are major building works going on next to London Bridge station in St Thomas Street with the construction of a 27 storey 'EDGE London Bridge' office block well underway.  Whatever you think of it, nobody is going to much miss the Home Office building it replaced, known as Becket House. Before the ...

Brockley Max 2024: Guided Tour of Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries Saturday 1st June 2pm – 4pm

Join us on our guided tour as part of the Brockley Max Festival on Saturday 1st June 2pm – 4pm Discover the many facets of the two Cemeteries: the famous, not so famous and infamous people as well as the abundant natural world of trees, plants,butterflies and birds Meet at the Ladywell Road gate