Lewisham will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of Windrush Day on June 22 2023 with an evening of live music, spoken word, dance and more…
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UPDATE: Still standing … just! Council places Tree Protection Order on ancient Mulberry in Ladywell House garden
by TonyLewisham council has placed a Tree Protection Order on the ancient Mulberry tree in the garden of Ladywell House, the former vicarage for St Mary’s…
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A Ladywell link to Rudyard Kipling and one of the wealthy families that benefited from British rule in India
by TonyMike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, uncovers a Ladywell link to one of Rudyard Kipling’s good friends and delves deeper…
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Council offers grants for Windrush projects to mark 75th anniversary
by TonyTo mark the 75th anniversary of Windrush Day on June 22 2023, Lewisham council is offering micro grants of up to £500 to support community…
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Over 20 women keen to find out about local women’s history joined a special walk in Ladywell & Brockley Cemeteries on Saturday 8 April, writes…
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Profiles in Courage: 16 women from south London who campaigned for the right to vote
by TonyLadywell resident Julie Robinson, who worked as a local studies librarian at the Lewisham Local History Centre, has written a fascinating booklet on South London’s…
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Ladywell family link to the designer of famous German Spring Derby course who died in the Holocaust
by TonyMike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, stumbles across a Ladywell link to a Hamburg merchant, entrepreneur and horse breeder who…
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Mike Guilfoyle’s investigative curiousity takes him from Tressillian Crescent to India as he follows the colourful career of the ‘bigamist barber’. The vice-chair of the…
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Well I never-never … how the son of a well-known Lewisham GP became the close friend and theatrical agent of Peter Pan creator JM Barrie – and embezzled his fortune
by TonyCuriosity piqued by the Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens, Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, goes in search of…
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Farewell Sebastian Roche – welcome Dexters! It appears that Dexters, a leading independent estate agent in London, has taken over Sebastian Roche’s offices in Ladywell…