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    Ladywell family link to the designer of famous German Spring Derby course who died in the Holocaust

    by Tony March 11, 2023
    March 11, 2023

    Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, stumbles across a Ladywell link to a Hamburg merchant, entrepreneur and horse breeder who…

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    £5,000 needed to save the legendary Brockley Max Opening Night of free music

    by Tony February 23, 2023
    February 23, 2023

    Over the last 15 years Brockley Max, the community arts festival, has held an opening night of free music. But this year the legendary Opening…

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    How the ‘bigamist barber’ found fame and fortune on the Ganges River

    by Tony February 9, 2023
    February 9, 2023

    Mike Guilfoyle’s investigative curiousity takes him from Tressillian Crescent to India as he follows the colourful career of the ‘bigamist barber’. The vice-chair of the…

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    Car scrappage scheme launched as London mayor prepares to expand Ultra Low Emission Zone in August 2023

    by Tony February 6, 2023
    February 6, 2023

    London Mayor Sadiq Khan has today launched a £110m  scrappage scheme to support disabled Londoners, people on lower incomes, and charities and small busineses with…

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    An estate agent writes: why I like living in Ladywell and have stayed here for 20 years

    by Tony January 30, 2023
    January 30, 2023

    Local estate agent Simon Kyriacou who owns Ewemove in Brockley and Lewisham has lived in the area for more than 20 years. He likes Ladywell,…

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    Well I never-never … how the son of a well-known Lewisham GP became the close friend and theatrical agent of Peter Pan creator JM Barrie – and embezzled his fortune

    by Tony January 20, 2023
    January 20, 2023

    Curiosity piqued by the Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens, Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, goes in search of…

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    Council unveils ‘sustainable streets’ programme to cut pollution and increase tree planting

    by Tony January 20, 2023
    January 20, 2023

    A “Sustainable Streets” programme unveiled by Lewisham council will aim to make better use of road space and pavements in the borough by planting more…

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    Farewell Sebastian Roche … welcome Dexters!

    by Tony January 9, 2023
    January 9, 2023

    Farewell Sebastian Roche – welcome Dexters! It appears that Dexters, a leading independent estate agent in London, has taken over Sebastian Roche’s offices in Ladywell…

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    Volunteers create attractive garden in St Mary’s Churchyard after tree crashes down across paths

    by Tony January 9, 2023
    January 9, 2023

    The last day of 2022 saw a large tree come crashing down in St Mary’s Churchyard in the early hours of December 31, writes Marion. …

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    The first film version of a Christmas Carol and a certain Mr Buckstone

    by Tony December 23, 2022
    December 23, 2022

    Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, on J B Buckstone – a 19th century actor, playwright and comedian who was…

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