Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, finds his research takes him to the Mekong River, Vietnam and Laos as he…
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From mineral springs to community spirit – Ladywell Society has campaigned since 1984 to promote the character and history of the neighbourhood
by TonyCommunity groups: The Ladywell Society has been a campaigning force in the village for almost 40 years, writes Robert smith, founder and first chair. The…
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How printer turned Sotheby’s clerk George Snowden helped force a record bid for a Gutenberg Bible
by TonyMike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, uncovers the life of George Snowden, a printer turned Sotheby’s clerk who became a…
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Mike Guilfoyle is in a suitably Dickensian mood before Christmas. Here the vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries recalls the short life…
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A prince, a baroness, two wives and a French aristocratic furore made in Ladywell
by TonyLeafing through local archives Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, discovered a tangled tale of two French aristocrats who lived in…
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The oldest shop in Ladywell – can you guess which one it is?
by CereliaIt’s none other than Ladywell Junction Express Dry Cleaners! Set up in 1966 by Arif Salih Enver and now run by his daughter Emine Enver,…
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A swashbuckling performer who was murdered by an out of work actor outside the Adelphi Theatre
by TonyMike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, discovers another famous photograph from the George Mitchells studio in Lewisham and it leads him…
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The black inventor from America who once lived in Lewisham and helped brighten up the lives of Londoners
by TonyMike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, on the life of an inventor and draftsman made the light bulb more practical and contributed to…
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From Llanllyfin to Lewisham and a meeting with Lenin, the life of Silyn Roberts, a Welsh quarryman turned poet and presbyterian minister
by TonyMike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, on the life of an accomplished poet and minister at the Welsh Presbyterian Church in…
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The Forest Hill quaker who was educated at Harvard, spied for Russia … but was imprisoned and tortured by Stalin
by TonyFor readers of Cold War espionage novels the truly fascinating story of Lewisham born Noel Field will no doubt hold a grim fascination, writes Mike…