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
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Showing posts with label guided walk. Show all posts
ILLUSTRIOUS LADIES TOUR, SATURDAY 9th MARCH 2pm
The Illustrious Ladies Tour on Saturday 9th March, led by Jane Hart, ties in with International Women’s Day, and will explore the lives of some of the women commemorated in the two cemeteries.
Meet 2pm at the Ladywell gate for this free tour which will be very informative.
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| Josie Kennett Bletchley Park code-breaker |
Forthcoming Events including Cemetery Tour Sunday 22nd October at 2pm and Remembrance Sunday Event 12th November
Next Open Committee Meeting Saturday 21st October at 2pm.
The next open committee meeting will be on Saturday 21st October at 2pm in the Chapel. We still need members to join the committee, either as officers or committee members, for the group to function in accordance with the constitution. The tasks are not onerous and will help to maintain the viability the group. Please contact Vice-Chair Jeff Hart if you would like more information (Jeff.Hart@btconnect.com)
Work session Sunday 15th October 10am – 12.30pm
We will be planting additional daffodil bulbs on Chiesman Island, Ladywell Cemetery, so as to create a colourful display in the spring. Meet at the Brockley gate. If you can, bring a spade or trowel to dig the holes for the bulbs. Please let geoffrey@foblc.org.uk know if you will be coming along. Thank you.
General Tour of Both Cemeteries Sunday 22nd October at 2pm
Jeff Hart will be leading a general tour of the Cemeteries starting from the Ladywell gate. Please let your friends and neighbours know and join Jeff for his informative tour.
Remembrance Sunday Event 12th November 11am – 12pm
Our event will start of the Ladywell Cross of Sacrifice with the 11am Silence, followed by a reading and wreath-laying. On the way to the Deptford memorial in Brockley Cemetery, two or three significant graves will be visited. A wreath will be laid on the Deptford memorial. All are welcome to join our act of remembrance.
Guided Tour by Jeff Hart, part of the Brockley Max Festival and National Cemeteries’ Week Saturday 3rd JUNE 2.30pm – 4.30pm
There will be a free guided tour, led by Jeff Hart, as part of the Brockley Max Festival and National Cemeteries’ Week on Saturday 3rd JUNE 2.30pm – 4.30pm.
Discover the many facets of the two Cemeteries: the famous, not so famous and infamous people as well as the abundant natural world of trees, plants, butterflies and birds.
Meet at the Ladywell Road gate
The following new printed guide book will be available for sale at the walk
Wildflower & Nature Guided Walk, Sunday 16th April, led by Tom Moulton and Peter Robinson
Please join us for a free Wildflower & Nature Guided Walk on Sunday 16th April led by Tom Moulton and Peter Robinson
Meet 2pm at the Ladywell Road gate, the walk is expected to last around 90 minutes
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| Cuckooflowers, Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries |
Guided walk tying in with International Women’s Day, starting Saturday 1pm 11th March, led by Julie Robinson
There will be a guided walk, tying in with International Women’s Day, starting at 1pm on Saturday 11th March 2023, and led by Julie Robinson. Julie has carried out extensive research on prominent and forgotten women buried in the two Cemeteries.
Meet at the gates to the Ladywell Cemetery. Please be aware that the walk contains some distressing content.
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| Josie Kennett Bletchley Park code-breaker |
POETS , PIRATES AND PERFORMERS - NEW YEAR'S DAY GUIDED HISTORY WALK Sunday 1st January 2023
Sunday 1st January 2023 - POETS , PIRATES AND PERFORMERS - NEW YEAR'S DAY GUIDED HISTORY WALK
Meet at the Ladywell cemetery entrance gate at 14.00
This free walk will last around 2 hours and finish at the Brockley cemetery entrance gate.
Led by Mike Guilfoyle : Chair of the Friends of Brockley & Ladywell cemeteries.
It will include stops at some of the familiar and less familiar illustrious deceased buried here.
All welcome -
It maybe subject to alteration in light of any adverse weather conditions at the time.
Image from Vintage Crime Shorts -
William Evans Burton 1837 Short story' The Secret Cell'
Was this the world's first detective story, which has a link to Brockley cemetery?
Open House London Festival 2022 Guided Walks
WOMEN OF BROCKLEY AND LADYWELL CEMETERIES - Sunday 11th September 11am
Led by Julie Robinson. We will visit a few graves of some women buried in the cemeteries including Jane Clouson, pioneer artist Beatrice Offor, also one of the first women to be awarded the O.B.E. for conspicuous courage in World War One.
NB This walk is not suitable for young children and contains references to murder and suicide.
GENERAL TOUR - Saturday 17th September 11am
Led by Jeff Hart. A whistle-stop tour covering quite a bit of ground in the two cemeteries!
Both walks start at the Ladywell Road gate SE13 7HY
Places bookable through the Open House Festival website: www.openhouse.org.uk
or come along on the day.
Guided Walk: EAST OF SUEZ-ADVENTURERS , ADMIRALS AND ANARCHISTS - MONDAY 29TH AUGUST -2022
MONDAY 29 TH AUGUST -2022.
FREE GUIDED BANK HOLIDAY HISTORY WALK IN THE TWO CEMETERIES, STOPPING AT THE GRAVES OF SOME OF THE MORE FLAMBOYANT OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS DECEASED BURIED HERE.
LED MY MIKE GUILFOYLE.
MEET AT THE LADYWELL CEMETERY GATE ENTRANCE AT 14.00 PM.
WALK AROUND TWO HOURS.
ALL WELCOME
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| Newly restored headstone of the Rev.Dr Sharupji Bhabha in Brockley cemetery -the first person of Indian origin ordained and served in the UK as an Indian( Malankara) Orthodox Priest. |
FOBLC Open Day Sunday 10th July 2022 11am-4:30pm including Guided Tours
GUIDED WALKS SCHEDULE
11:30 - Military heroes from 1802 to 1918 led by Peter Mealing;
12:30 - Nature walk: the flora and fauna of both cemeteries led by Tom Moulton & Peter Robinson;
13:30 - Poets, Painters & Pirates led by Mike Guilfoyle;
14:30 - General tour of Brockley cemetery led by Jeff Hart;
15:30 - Women of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries led by Julie Robinson. (NB: This tour is not suitable for children and contains references to murder and suicide)
Brockley Max 2022: Guided Walk Saturday 4th June 2:30pm-4:30pm
Join us for our Guided Tour as part of Brockley Max 2022 and discover the many facets of the two Cemeteries: the famous, not so famous and infamous people as well as the abundant natural world of trees, plants, butterflies and birds
Meet at the Ladywell Road gate Saturday 4th June 2:30pm, the tour is free and will last around 2 hours
Also be sure to check out Andrew Dawson's amazing film about the Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries
CONVICTS, CARTOGRAPHERS & CAPTAINS! Mike Guilfoyle will lead a guided walk Sunday 1st May at 2pm
Sunday 1st May at 2pm
As part of National Cemeteries’ Week, sponsored by the
National Association of Cemetery Friends
Mike Guilfoyle will lead a guided walk starting from the Ladywell gate
CONVICTS, CARTOGRAPHERS & CAPTAINS!
A GUIDED HISTORY WALK BASED ON RECENT DISCOVERIES OF THE LIVES OF MORE CEMETERY LUMINARIES.
The walk will last approximately two hours and end at the Brockley gate
Around the Cemetery in Eighty Minutes: from Havana to Hong Kong, free guided walk 20/2/22 1:00pm
On Sunday 20th February at 1:00pm there will be a free guided walk, led by members of the Friends of Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries, 'Around the Cemetery in Eighty Minutes: from Havana to Hong Kong'
The walk will stop at the graves of some of the illustrious deceased, including artists, soldiers and explorers connected to different parts of the globe.
Meet by Ladywell Cemetery Gate. Do join us, all our welcome.
What links the life of Sir Austen Henry Layard, 'A Real-life Indiana Jones meets Lawrence of Arabia' Adventurer who discovered the Lost City of Nineveh, whose extraordinary story is told wonderfully well in this new biography and Ladywell cemetery? Find out more about this connection on the guided walk.
The man who burned down the White House and his link to Ladywell cemetery: New Years Day guided history walk
There will be a New Years Day guided history walk (Saturday 1st January) ' More Lock down Luminaries' Based on recent research of some more of the illustrious deceased buried in the cemeteries.
Led by Mike Guilfoyle Vice-Chair : FoBLC. Meet Ladywell cemetery main gate at 13.00. Walk will last approximately 1-2 hours.
Free - All Welcome
Find out about Rear -Admiral Sir George Cockburn, the man who burned down the White House and his link to Ladywell cemetery!
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| WASHINGTON BURNING, 1814. Washingtonians fleeing the city during the burning of the White House and the Capitol by the British on 24 August 1814. Illustration by Joseph Boggs Beale |
The South London Press has details of some of the other luminaries who will be covered here https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/find-out-about-some-of-lewishams-history-makers-on-a-tour-of-cemeteries-on-new-years-day/
Cemetery tour at 2pm on Sunday 17th October led by Jeff Hart
Jeff Hart will be leading a General Tour of the Cemeteries on Sunday 17th October, starting at the Ladywell gate at 2pm. Find out about some of the "residents" as well as a bit of nature in the two Cemeteries as Jeff takes a circular tour.
All are welcome!
GUIDED WALK 'LOCKDOWN LUMINARIES' - SUNDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 14.30 -16.30
There will be a guided walk 'Lockdown Luminaries' on Sunday 26th September 14.30 -16.30
Meet Ladywell Cemetery Main Entrance 10 minutes before start
Mike Guilfoyle: Vice-Chair of Foblc will lead this free guided walk through both cemeteries stopping at recently discovered graves of historical significance, including those of artists, musicians, submariners and tragic love stories!
All welcome
Officers and sailors of the Polish Navy submarine Sokół (Falcon) with the Jolly Roger on which their exploits are recorded. Lieutenant Borys Karnicki Commanding Officer of the ship, third from the left.
Photograph taken at Greenock, July 1942. (source: Imperial War Museum)
London Open House Festival 2021 - book your tours of Brockley & Ladywell cemeteries on Sunday 5th September
Open House Festival 2021
SUNDAY 5th SEPTEMBER
2.15 – 3.15pm Short Tour of Brockley Cemetery
2.30 – 3.30pm Short Tour of Ladywell Cemetery
Both tours start from the Ladywell Cross of Sacrifice
BOOKABLE ONLY VIA THE OPEN HOUSE WEBSITE
The Chapel will be open and our publications will be on sale
Open House Festival London will take place from the 4 - 12 September with a range of in-person and online events, including guided tours, walking tours, general access visits, children's activities and workshops.
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