Next FOBLC meeting Tuesday 18th March

Friends of Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries

The FOBLC is a voluntary group which promotes the conservation and appreciation of the Brockley & Ladywell cemeteries as places of remembrance, historic importance & natural beauty. The FoBLC is recognised by HMRC as a charity, ref. XT38745, and is a member of the National Federation of Cemetery Friends For all enquiries please contact our Chairman geoffrey@foblc.org.uk

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Next FOBLC meeting Tuesday 18th March

The next FOBLC meeting will be on 7.30pm Tuesday 18th March at the Envirowork Centre, Brockley Grove Depot, (opposite Baptist Church).

All are most welcome to attend

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Membership is just £3 a year. To join click here for a printer friendly version of our membership form and send a cheque or postal order, made out to FOBLC, to: Colin Nash, 13 Amyruth Road, London SE4 1HQ. (Cheques can be made out to FOBLC). Or you can join online by paying £3 via Paypal. We accept the cards shown below:

Heritage Lottery Fund Projects

FoBLC acknowledges the financial support of the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Ladywell Ward Localities Fund in making possible the project to record the history of a few of the civilian victims of bombings during the First World War, who are memorialised in the Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries

Here are some projects that have been realised thanks to that support:

1/ A Commemoration of Civilian Deaths in the Deptford area in the First World War, an explanatory booklet is available from the Friends group. Click here to see the display panels

2/ The Bombings of South East London 1915-18, a two part resource for schools, click here for School Studies information and here for Questions of Evidence

3/ A Commemoration of Civilian Deaths in Hither Green and Sydenham in the First World War, click here to see the display panels

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Forthcoming meetings & events

Open committee meetings are usually held every other month, on the third Tuesday; general meetings are held in January and June (AGM). Meetings are held in the Chapel in the Ladywell Cemetery, starting at 7.30pm. Volunteer workdays, under the guidance of the Council Bereavement Services staff, generally take place on Sundays in alternate months

Future activities:

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY EVENT

SUNDAY 8th NOVEMBER

We regret that, due to the Coronavirus Lockdown Restrictions, our public event will not take place this year

While the government's rules on "social distancing" are in force, all meetings and events have been cancelled or are under review.

The burial records of the Cemeteries in Lewisham, including Brockley and Ladywell, have been scanned and digitised under an arrangement between the London Borough of Lewisham and Deceased Online. Initial basic searches are free of charge. Log on to www.deceasedonline.com for more details.

Click below for:

FOBLC 2019-20 Annual Report

List of plants found in the Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries

David Jones Between the Wars: The Years of Achievement

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Notable Burials

Commander Buckle, World War 1 Hero

Gunner Howard, Rorke's Drift veteran

Gilbert Arthur Price, British Intelligence Officer killed by IRA in Talbot Street battle

Jane Clouson, teenager controversially murdered in 1871

Lionel de Jersey Harvard, descendent of Harvard University founder

George Lacy Hillier, Cycling Champion

Harry Albemarle Swepstone, England Goalkeeper

Robert Walton Cook, victim in SS Yongala sinking 1911

Harry Cox, detective in Jack the Ripper case

Edward Henry Windred, Victorian Pigeon Painter

AS Gilbert, founder The Hash Harriers

Elisabeth Watkins, Waterloo veteran

Margaret McMillan, childrens champion 1860-1931

David Jones, war poet and genius

Fernando Del Marmol, Cuban anarchist

Walter Southey, World War 1 flying ace

Horation Henry Couldery, famous Victorian painter

Ernest Dowson, 'decadent' poet

Major Leslie Andrews, World War 1 veteran

Directions

Opening hours

1 March to 31 October: 10am to 4.30 pm daily
1 November to 28 February: 10am to 3.30pm daily

Facilities

Entrance for cars in via Ladywell Cemetery, parking available on site in Brockley Cemetery.
Nearest Station Crofton Park about 5 mins walk.
The buses convenient for the Brockley Cemetery are: 122, 171, 172; Ladywell Cemetery: P4 (and 122 with a short walk up Ladywell Road).
Toilet and Chapel facilities are in Ladywell Cemetery, which is adjacent to the Brockley site.