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Ted Lasso at the Rivoli

Apr

11

2023

Finally catching up with Ted Lasso, and pleased to spot a scene filmed at the Rivoli Ballroom in Crofton Park. In series one there's an episode based around an AFC Richmond charity gala and guess they needed somewhere with red velvet walls and chandeliers like many before them.Ted Lasson (Jason Sudeikis) gets a round inRebecca ...

Skehans – best pub in London?

Apr

9

2023

Good showing for SE London in Time Out's '50 Best Pubs in London' 2023 pub of the year awards, announced a couple of weeks ago.My local, Skehans (Kitto Road SE14), is now the best pub in London apparently. A few years ago it was quite empty on some mid week nights but its managed to ...

Wildflower & Nature Guided Walk, Sunday 16th April, led by Tom Moulton and Peter Robinson

Apr

4

2023

Please join us for a free Wildflower & Nature Guided Walk on Sunday 16th April led by Tom Moulton and Peter RobinsonMeet 2pm at the Ladywell Road gate, the walk is expected to last around 90 minutes Cuckooflowers, Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries

The Scandal that ended Governor Eardley- Wilmot’s career

Mar

27

2023

Hobart Town chain gang'. Charles Bruce c.1831Located close to one of the pathway intersections in Brockley cemetery lies an imposing cruciform headstone. Although some of the lettering has disappeared the uxorious epitaph speaks of the sudden loss of a beloved wife - Louisa Charlotte Mackenzie Wright who died in Deptford in April 1870 at the ...

Heather’s – vegetarian delights in turn of century Deptford

Mar

27

2023

Heather's was a legendary Deptford vegetarian (and indeed mostly vegan) restaurant in the 1990s/early noughties. This was a period in which options were often limited for those who didn't eat meat. There were some vegetarian places to eat (see previous post here), but there was often a kind of standard wholefood fare which lacked variety. ...

Opposing the Iraq War in South London

Mar

20

2023

The Iraq War started on 20 March 2003 with a massive American-led 'shock and awe' bombing campaign, followed by a land invasion of US, British and other troops. Over the next eight years more than 100,000 civilians were killed.Early protestsThere was a long build up to the war, with sanctions against Iraq dating back to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Communist Doner and Grill, New Cross Road

Mar

14

2023

'The Communist' doner grill and takeaway is coming soon at 492 New Cross Road promising that the first 1000 portions of food will be delivered free of charge'. The site has been a kebab shop in various guises before, including 'London Kebab', and a place of eating and drinking sociality for a lot longer - ...

Trees of Hilly Fields and AGM 7pm 15th March, 2023

Mar

14

2023

Join us for our illustrated talk this Wednesday -Trees of Hilly Fields, followed by a presentation of the annual report and our AGM. Talk from 7pm. Elms on the crest of Hilly Fields in the early 1900s The post Trees of Hilly Fields and AGM 7pm 15th March, 2023 first appeared on www.hilly.org.uk.

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