Mike 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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Local History
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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Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, on J B Buckstone – a 19th century actor, playwright and comedian who was…
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Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, located the headstone of James Smith Hepburn – a solicitor. His son Patrick, also…
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Local HistoryTop Stories
A Dublin pharmacist’s headstone and his family links to the battle of Waterloo, Napoleon and James Joyce
by TonyMike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, was intrigued by a cruciform headstone in Ladywell cemetery. His research uncovers links to…
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Local History
How a Tressillian Road resident with a keen interest in Slavic culture helped translate a Slovenian national anthem
by TonyMike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, discovers a how Alfred Lloyd Hardy, a one time resident of Tressillian Road, came…
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Local History
How Zeppelins and Gotha bombers brought terror to the residents of south-east London
by TonyWatching events in Ukraine unfold on TV has left us all moved, writes Valdez. The killing of civilians in the course of war has been…
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Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries open day: a host of guided tours, community stalls, refreshments and free admission
by TonyThe Friends of Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries are holding their 15th anniversary open day on Sunday July 10 from 11.00am until 4.30pm. There will be…
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Local History
How a decadent English poet and a Hollywood comic actor were brought together by the late night drinking ‘Bingers’
by TonyMike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, on the life of decadent English poet Ernest Dowson and his admirer, comic actor…