The Lewisham Mayor’s Business Awards celebrate the achievements of local and independent businesses in the borough, and give a platform to some of Lewisham’s most…
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Yes, after a 3-year pause for the pandemic, Food ‘n’ Fun in the Fields returns to Ladywell Fields, North Field on Sunday 7 August from…
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September Ladywell assembly to discuss next steps for Place Ladywell, Lewisham-Catford cycle lane, NCIL projects and lots more … don’t miss it!
The next Ladywell Assembly meeting will be held in person in the school hall at St Mary’s CE Primary School on Lewisham High Street on…
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Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries open day: a host of guided tours, community stalls, refreshments and free admission
The Friends of Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries are holding their 15th anniversary open day on Sunday July 10 from 11.00am until 4.30pm. There will be…
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Local History
How a decadent English poet and a Hollywood comic actor were brought together by the late night drinking ‘Bingers’
Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, on the life of decadent English poet Ernest Dowson and his admirer, comic actor…
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Ladywell’s Labour councillors are restarting their regular advice surgeries which were postponed during the Covid pandemic. The three councllors – Bill Brown, Laura Cunningham and…
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Russ community Hub with kitchen, fast internet connection, projector and wheelchair access can now be hired for classes and events
The RUSS Community Hub is offering affordable events, exercise, meetings and workspace at its Church Grove site. It’s a welcoming space with some great features…
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Local History
Grape-picking nuns? Late-night drinking sessions with a bottle of Liebfraumilch? How nostalgia and a wedding celebration sent me on a search for Blue Nun, a 1970s favourite
Blue Nun, for those too young to remember it, is a sweet white German wine. It was a popular tipple in the 1970s and early…
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‘Folk music from around the world’ at Ladywell’s free, fun-filled family friendly festival
The Ladywell World Folk Music Festival returned on Saturday June 18 2022! The free festival took place on the green in front of the Ladywell…
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CommunityLocal History
Ladywell’s ‘Claude Monet’ who helped gain equal rights for women in Royal Institute of Watercolour Painters
Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, is an admirer of impressionist painter Terrick Williams, who he describes as Ladywell’s Claude…