Just over 10 years ago Ladywell community group LVIG ran a campaign to force owners E Coomes to renovate and let the double fronted flats…
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Thriving Ladywell steps up crowdfunding campaign for more trees in Embleton Road and Ellerdale Street
by TonyThriving Ladywell is a group of local residents aiming to plant trees along Embleton Road and Ellerdale Street. Organising through their streets’ WhatsApp groups, Thriving…
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Ladywell’s Winter Olympic connection: Audrey the aviator and alpine skiing champion
by TonyMike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, delves into his Rolodex and tracks down Audrey Florice Durell Drummond Sale-Barker and a…
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Nature volunteering in Lewisham. What’s the big idea?
by TonyI had a bit of a lightbulb moment during a recent meeting of the Lewisham Biodiversity Partnership after someone said that they couldn’t get any…
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Construction work now underway at the Russ community housing project in Church Grove
by TonyConstruction of the RUSS community housing project in Church Grove finally got under way at the end of last year, writes Eleanor Margolies. The RUSS…
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Ladywell Fields forever! ‘You can find peace and calm along the Ravensbourne … and river clean-ups are fun too’
by TonyNew faces, skilled hands. That is what we see nowadays when we organise a clean up of the river Ravensbourne, which winds its way through…
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A Ladywell inventor of fire alarm systems who worked alongside Alexander Graham Bell deserves more recognition
by TonyMike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, believes Alfred Charles Brown should be better known for his pioneering work on London’s…
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Funding Alert! Ladywell ward has £63,000 to spend on community projects but time is running out for bids
by TonyLadywell has almost £63,000 to spend on community projects – but only if members of the local community put in bids for the funding! Residents…
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Lewisham looks for community organisations to help manage Ladywell Arena sports venue
by TonyLewisham council is inviting expressions of interest from community organisations interested in managing along with the council the Ladywell Arena sports venue. The council says…
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Mayor’s awards celebrate local businesses that supported community through Covid pandemic
by TonyThe Mayor’s business awards which celebrate the borough’s brilliant local businesses are back for 2021. Local businesses have done a great job supporting the community…