Finishing touches have now been made to the mural commissioned by the Ladywell Assembly. It was originally planned for 2018 to mark the centenary of…
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The timber framed community hub, a key part of the RUSS self build project in Church Grove SE13, is broadly complete, writes Mike Freed. RUSS is…
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After fleeing Sri Lanka’s civil war, Sabesh says Ladywell is just the ticket
Grade II listed Ladywell station, opened in 1857, has long been a central part of the neighbourhood’s Victorian heritage. Sabesh has yet to achieve quite…
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Dip and dive, and progress down to the village barn dance – the last of the year!
Definitely not to be missed – this is the very last barn dance of 2019 but sure to be the best one yet. Organised by…
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Neighbourhood notables 4 – the royal marine who died on a secret mission with 43 tons of gold, a Welsh composer, and an ethical philosopher
Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries and a local historian, reveals the stories of some of the people – the…
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Ladywell is a thriving and expanding community, says society submission to boundary review
The Ladywell Society has made the following submission to the Local Government Boundaries Commission which is reviewing ward boundaries in Lewisham. Ladywell-Live welcomes other contributions…
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UPDATE: Ladywell NCIL pot worth £48,000. You can help decide what the money is spent on!
Lewisham Council is putting residents in charge of setting the spending priorities for a new cash pot called Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy (NCIL). Ladywell will…
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Lewisham Council has approved controversial proposals for boundary changes which break up the existing Ladywell ward but create a new Ladywell Brockley ward. The council…
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“It was a bit of a whim,” says Katherine, joint owner of the Larder with Cynthia. “We didn’t have any experience of running a deli…
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How some forward thinking by a Lewisham architect created Ladywell’s curvy block of flats
Stumble down the overgrown steps in the southeast corner of Hilly Fields and you are confronted by the curvy block – a mid-1950s crescent of…