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    The Greenwich astronomer who used plaster models of the lunar surface to illustrate his influential book on the moon

    by Tony October 9, 2023
    October 9, 2023

    Mike Guilfoyle, a member of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, recalls the life of Greenwich astronomer James Carpenter who wrote an influential book…

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    The short life of John Digby Swinburne, surgeon with the Bengal Lancers

    by Tony October 4, 2023
    October 4, 2023

    Mike Guilfoyle, a member of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, on the life of a Bengal Lancer who died aged 29 after playing…

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    Ladywell’s link to the stormy politics of 1840s Germany – Ida Melos, favourite of Goethe and the wife of poet Ferdinand Freiligrath, a long time friend of Karl Marx

    by Tony September 14, 2023
    September 14, 2023

    Located aside the outer pathway in Ladywell cemetery, nestled between two larger headstones lies the cruciform edifice of Ida Melos final resting place, inscribed with…

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    Harry Hutchens, the ‘Usain Bolt of the Victorian era’ who was undefeated for 15 years

    by Tony August 10, 2023
    August 10, 2023

    Mike Guilfoyle, a member of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, ran marathons in his youth. But he could never match the speed of…

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    Nikolai Yakovlevich Marr, Stalin’s favourite linguist and his link with Ladywell

    by Tony July 25, 2023
    July 25, 2023

    Mike Guilfoyle, a member of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, finds a Ladywell connection to a Scottish-Georgian professor who had a class theory…

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    Portrait of an artist … the son of a samurai who lived in Lewisham, studied at Goldsmith’s and enjoyed Bohemian London

    by Tony July 8, 2023
    July 8, 2023

    Mike Guilfoyle, a member of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, stumbles upon a painting by a prolific Japanese artist who lived in Lewisham…

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    A Ladywell link to the Fry’s chocolate making family

    by Tony June 4, 2023
    June 4, 2023

    Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, finds a Ladywell link to the saccharine pleasures of a Fry’s Turkish Delight bar.…

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    Lewisham celebrates Windrush Day on June 22

    by Tony May 18, 2023
    May 18, 2023

    Lewisham will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of Windrush Day on June 22 2023 with an evening of live music, spoken word, dance and more…

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    UPDATE: Still standing … just! Council places Tree Protection Order on ancient Mulberry in Ladywell House garden

    by Tony April 19, 2023
    April 19, 2023

    Lewisham council has placed a Tree Protection Order on the ancient Mulberry tree in the garden of Ladywell House, the former vicarage for St Mary’s…

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    A Ladywell link to Rudyard Kipling and one of the wealthy families that benefited from British rule in India

    by Tony April 17, 2023
    April 17, 2023

    Mike Guilfoyle, vice-chair of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, uncovers a Ladywell link to one of Rudyard Kipling’s good friends and delves deeper…

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