Even if Covid -19 restrictions are still in place, we want to bring you art this summer with a festival Art Trail that you can…
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So what do you want to see in 2021? Here’s what we are hoping for at Ladywell-Live. Send LL your wishlist. For the last two…
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Council services face further £34m in budget cuts as government fails to cover mounting costs of Covid pandemic
by TonyGovernment failure to cover the cost of Lewisham’s emergency response to the pandemic will force the council to make a further £34m in cuts as…
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Local History
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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Help Catbytes get more Lewisham families online by donating your unwanted laptops and hardware
by CereliaThere are families in Lewisham who don’t have access to a computer or laptop, and/or an internet connection. There are also people who are shielding,…
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Local History
The tragic romance of the world’s strongest man: how Alexander Zass found love in Lewisham
by TonyMike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, tells the story of Russia’s amazing Samson and his first wife who is buried…
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Prisoners, poison suspects , Polish submariners … Mike Guilfoyle pores over the faded headstones and plaques of Hither Green cemetery
by TonyMike Guilfoyle, who recently published a third brief guide on 30 of the illustrious deceased buried in Brockley and Ladywell cemeteries, has been tempted to…
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Neighbourhood notables 10: A boxer, the author of Beau Geste, a link to Jack the Ripper, and a “grave crime” in 1894
by TonyIn this final part of his fascinating series on neighbourhood notables, Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, tells the stories…
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How are you keeping yourself busy in the lockdown? If you are a chess enthusiast the Lewisham Chess Club (@LewishamChess) has just what you need…
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Lewisham communities come together to support the old and vulnerable as Coronavirus crisis deepens
by CereliaCommunities in Lewisham are coming together to help their older and more vulnerable members who might be self-isolating. Facebook and Whatsapp groups have sprung up…