Christmas cheer comes to Ladywell! St Mary’s Church is holding a Christmas market in the Therapeutic Garden and the church on Saturday December 9 from…
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Ladywell Women are campaigning to improve safety for women living, working, shopping or regularly out and about across the Ladywell ward. With the help of…
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CommunityLocal NewsNeighbourhood
Ladywell’s family run Posh Fish Shop puts its heart and sole into catering for the whole community
Ladywell’s Posh Fish Shop had a brilliant opening night – “30 bottles of champagne and 350 oysters”, says Can Ozdemir, who has taken over the…
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Local HistoryTop Stories
The Greenwich astronomer who used plaster models of the lunar surface to illustrate his influential book on the moon
Mike Guilfoyle, a member of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, recalls the life of Greenwich astronomer James Carpenter who wrote an influential book…
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AssemblyLocal NewsTop Stories
The RUSS Church Grove project: two years on the 36 flats are close to completion
RUSS, the volunteer-led community land trust that promotes sustainable communities, recently held an Open Day for prospective residents at its latest project on Church Grove.…
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Mike Guilfoyle, a member of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, on the life of a Bengal Lancer who died aged 29 after playing…
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Local NewsNeighbourhood
Oscar’s couple Joel and Alina look at other options for restaurant in Ladywell after dropping plans for former Coral betting shop
We were all hopeful for a while. But it is not to be. Oscar’s couple Joel and Alina have decided they can no longer go…
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CommunityLocal NewsTop StoriesUncategorized
Tiny Forest 0f 600 saplings takes root in Ladywell Fields
Ladywell Fields now has a ‘Tiny Forest’ of 600 saplings, planted in November 2022 as a result of a partnership between Earthwatch, Lewisham Council and…
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AssemblyLocal News
Town centre improvements, 2030 vision for Lewisham, and neighbourhood safety top agenda for Ladywell Assembly on October 5
Coming soon! The next Ladywell Assembly – your chance to have a say on what’s going on in your neighbourhood – will be on Thursday…
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Local History
Ladywell’s link to the stormy politics of 1840s Germany – Ida Melos, favourite of Goethe and the wife of poet Ferdinand Freiligrath, a long time friend of Karl Marx
Located aside the outer pathway in Ladywell cemetery, nestled between two larger headstones lies the cruciform edifice of Ida Melos final resting place, inscribed with…