Yes, after a 3-year pause for the pandemic, Food ‘n’ Fun in the Fields returns to Ladywell Fields, North Field on Sunday 7 August from…
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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…
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Ladywell’s Labour councillors are restarting their regular advice surgeries which were postponed during the Covid pandemic. The three councllors – Bill Brown, Laura Cunningham and…
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Russ community Hub with kitchen, fast internet connection, projector and wheelchair access can now be hired for classes and events
by TonyThe RUSS Community Hub is offering affordable events, exercise, meetings and workspace at its Church Grove site. It’s a welcoming space with some great features…
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CommunityLocal History
Ladywell’s ‘Claude Monet’ who helped gain equal rights for women in Royal Institute of Watercolour Painters
by TonyMike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, is an admirer of impressionist painter Terrick Williams, who he describes as Ladywell’s Claude…
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Inflation squeeze on the high street: small businesses struggle to contain price rises as local consumers cut spending
by TonyWith inflation at a 30-year high, local businesses are feeling the squeeze as costs soar and households cut spending. Local resident Molly Toomey talks to…
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Local History
Alfred Graham & Co, once the biggest employer in the area, made the loudspeaker phones on the Titanic which sank 110 years ago
by TonyMike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, discovers that Ladywell Heights was the site of Alfred Graham & Co’s St Andrew’s…
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Ravensbourne ‘remains the priority’ as Sister Midnight explore other possible sites for community owned music venue
by TonyA massive thank you to our community! Sister Midnight writes: After 6 months of campaigning our Crowdfunder closed on March 3 with £260K raised towards…
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Brockley Max ‘will be bigger, better and more fun’ in 2022 as it celebrates its 21st birthday
by TonyDespite the trials and tribulations of 2021 with an extremely successful, albeit mainly on-line, festival, Brockley Max returns in its full in-person glory to celebrate its 21st Birthday…