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.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING with talk by Tessa Boase: Saturday 18th June at 2.30pm

The FoBLC will hold its Annual General Meeting on Saturday 18th June* at 2.30pm in the Ladywell Cemetery Chapel.  Both members and Non-members are welcome.

Following the business, there will be a break for refreshments, then Tessa Boase, social historian, investigative journalist and author of Etta Lemon: The Woman Who Saved the Birds will speak about her book and its subject. Margaretta Lemon is the magnificent woman who built the RSPB, growing it from an all-female Victorian tea party to Britain’s largest conservation charity.

She relentlessly called out the cruel fashion for feathers in hats. She fought a running battle with the plumage trade, triumphing with the Plumage Act of 1921. But her legacy has been eclipsed by the more glamorous campaign for the vote, led by the ultra-elegant Emmeline Pankhurst.

This will be an interesting talk by a well-regarded speaker so please do come along.  There will be the opportunity to buy her book as well. Here is a video where Tessa Boase gives a brief introduction to the founding of the RSPB

* apologies this was previously listed as 24th July 

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

Meeting reminder

The next (6^th) Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries meeting will be held on Tuesday 15^th January 2008, 7.30pm at the Envirowork Brockley Grove Depot, (opposite Baptist Church)

Hope to see you there!

Next (6th) FOBLC meeting

The next (6^th) Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries meeting will be held on Tuesday 15^th January 2008, 7.30pm at the Envirowork Brockley Grove Depot, (opposite Baptist Church)

UK membership of FOBLC costs just £3 a year. Membership applications and enquiries should be addressed to the FOBLC Membership, c/o 88 Adelaide Avenue, London SE4 1YR (please include an S.A.E.) or by email to patrick@foblc.org.uk

Next FOBLC meeting Tuesday 27th November

The next meeting of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemetries will be held on Tuesday 27^th November at 7.30 in the Envirowork Lewisham Depot, 113 Brockley Grove, opposite Huxbear Street

Next meeting of FOBLC is on Tuesday 16th

This is a reminder that the next meeting of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemetries is to be held on Tuesday 16^th October at 7.30 in the Envirowork Lewisham Depot, 113 Brockley Grove, opposite Huxbear Street.

Thursday 13th September - next meeting date of the Friends

The next meeting of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries will be taking place on Thursday 13th September at 7.30pm, at the Brockley Grove Depot, adjacent to the Brockley Cemetery, opposite the Baptist Church.

Minutes of the meeting from the 8th August will be available shortly.