Lewisham residents are organising a Right to Food rally to raise awareness of hunger in Lewisham and the need for London to become a “right…
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AssemblyCommunityLocal HistoryLocal News
St Mary’s Church holds open day with guided history tour and host of activities in therapeutic garden
The Church of St Mary the Virgin has been in existence since 918, when the monks from St Peter’s Abbey in Gent, set up the first…
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CommunityTop Stories
London Rebuilding Society aims to help older Lewisham homeowners stay independent and remain in their houses
The Healthy Homes, Healthy Lives programme, aimed at enabling older people to remain independent for longer and stay in their homes, is to be rolled…
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AssemblyCommunityLocal NewsTop Stories
Ladywell women’s stories from the inspiring and uplifting to the sad victims of violence: local women’s group holds free history walk through cemetery
Ladywell Women have organised a history walk with local historian Julie Robinson on Sunday August 28. Julie, a former Local Studies Librarian with Lewisham Local…
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Watching events in Ukraine unfold on TV has left us all moved, writes Valdez. The killing of civilians in the course of war has been…
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CommunityLocal NewsNeighbourhoodTop Stories
Wanted! Design Champions to help shape the look and feel of the new shopping centre
Property developer LandSec is looking for local residents to help design the new shopping centre in the heart of Lewisham. It wants to recruit up…
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CommunityLocal History
Operation Mincemeat and a famous coroner’s family links to Brockley and Ladywell
Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, cannot help looking for that local connection when he reads a book or watches…
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A public Zoom meeting on looking after street trees will be held on Sunday 14 10-10.30 am, writes Dom Eliot of Street Trees for Living.…
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Photos of the event on Sunday August 7 by Damian Griffiths
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CommunityLocal NewsNeighbourhood
It’s all change at Ladywell Post Office – new management, new counters, and new opening hours
It’s all change at your local Ladywell Post Office in Algernon Rd. The branch will be modernised and become what the Post Office calls one…