The catering business run by Liv and Molly, two sisters in South East London, was finally taking off after four years of hard work. But…
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Hilly Fields Midsummer Fayre 2021 …. music, food, beer, bric a brac and barking
A photo essay by Damian Griffiths of Catbytes
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Play Tower update 2: Councillors say lease with cinema operator likely to be signed within the next two weeks
Council officers are working with developers Guildmore to agree leases for the occupation of the Play Tower once restoration and redevelopment work has been completed,…
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UPDATE: Frendsbury Gardens, a community space for local people, is holding an open day and looking for more volunteers
Frendsbury Gardens, which is used by hundreds of local people as a place to learn, and a place to play, is holding an open day…
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Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, follows a trail that takes him from a William Hillyard Baglehole buried in Ladywell…
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Borough of Culture 2022: Lewisham offers grants of £1,000 – £5,000 to schools and community groups getting involved in artistic projects
Lewisham are looking for community organisations that want to be involved in Lewisham Borough of Culture 2022. The borough’s 2022 Creative Change Fund will empower…
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‘There’s a good community feel here in Ladywell’ – PC Andrew Dobson on policing in the local neighbourhood
PC Andrew Dobson is looking forward to the end of the pandemic so that he can begin to meet everybody again in normal circumstances. “It’ll…
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Life at a first school in Victorian Ladywell – learning the virtues of ‘unthinking obedience’ for one shilling a week per child
Local historian Julian Watson rediscovered a much amended and incomplete photocopy of Maude Ehrenstein’s memoir of her childhood in Ladywell. This memoir was a contribution…
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Update: Council funding available from NCIL scheme for pandemic recovery projects, air quality initiatives and other community schemes. Apply NOW!
Lewisham Council, which launched its NCIL community funds scheme in May, has funding available for local and borough-wide community projects delivered by individuals, organisations and…
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Time to hit the right note: Quaggy community choir looks forward to singing together again
Lewisham should be alive with the sound of music. But sadly our local amateur choirs are still not allowed to sing even though Covid restrictions…