This excellent book by Lewisham resident Candy Blackham and published this year is a wonder, writes Julian Watson. She researched all available historical sources and…
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Cost of living crisis: council opens ‘Warm Welcomes’ in libraries as local community groups offer hot drinks and advice services
In the face of high inflation, escalating energy costs and increases in rent and mortgage payments many people are really struggling to make ends meet…
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A Dublin pharmacist’s headstone and his family links to the battle of Waterloo, Napoleon and James Joyce
Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, was intrigued by a cruciform headstone in Ladywell cemetery. His research uncovers links to…
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Hilly Fields tennis court upgrade will benefit community says council … but local users fear charges will make them unaffordable
Friends of Hilly Fields have been angered by a Lewisham council proposal to upgrade the tennis courts in the park with the help of the…
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Polio boosters: Lewisham urges parents to get their children vaccinated to stop spread of virus
In recent months, vaccine-derived poliovirus has been detected in sewage in north and east London. Following this, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advised that…
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Village Talk: Coral flat occupied – but there’s no electricity or warm water; car wash Co-op stalls; Playtower work to start next year; and Mercy Terrace rises from the old “rubbish dump”
News, views, comments and rumours from the neighbourhood. Coral flat occupied … but there’s no electricity and only cold water Strange happenings in the flats…
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How a Tressillian Road resident with a keen interest in Slavic culture helped translate a Slovenian national anthem
Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, discovers a how Alfred Lloyd Hardy, a one time resident of Tressillian Road, came…
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Lewisham residents organise Right to Food rally to raise awareness of food insecurity and hunger in the borough
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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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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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…