“  U  P T  H  E L  I  N  E  ”11th November 2009 7.15pm - 8.26pm (approx. 1 hour - 11minutes)An Evening Event at Brockley and Ladywell CemeteriesA3 poster of "UP THE LINE" EventClassical Music ~ Poetry ~ Film ~ Contemporary Dance ~ Soundscape  Children’s ProcessionYou are warmly invited to a short walk through Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries during darkness to experience a unique remembrance even... Read Full Story

NASTY HOMO-SAPIENThat most pernicious of all species is on course foR EXTINCTION(Stamp on or swat it with a rolled up newspaper if you see one!)   “ In loving my dear james” There are hundreds of wonderful observable creepy-crawly, bird and other fauna and flora species to marvel at if an eye cares to glance up-and-down or head has a mind to orientate this-way-and-that toward familiar and unfamiliar suburban nooks and crannies where the most unlikely ... Read Full Story

With so many issues raised during the walk organised through FOBLC (Friends of Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries) not just about management of Cemeteries, one may rightfully conjecture that the subject of ‘biodiversity’ has yet to be fully understood by Lewisham Council let alone other national Councils which may have similar friends groups attached to a ‘biodiverse plot’ within a Council’s aegis.  And, if there isn’t the ‘green need’... Read Full Story

LEWISHAM'S D-DAY 6TH OF APRIL 2009  Not to be confused with "D-Day 6th of June 1944"when allied WW2 landings in France spearheaded by Britishbulldog tenacity set about the defeatof the execrable Nazis.In contrast Lewisham's desparate            “D-Day 6th of April 2009”has given over Lewisham amenity space,  pretty much, entirely to the dog walker.  With implementation of n... Read Full Story

The Wonderful Pleasure Gained From A Propitious Labour Party Breeze?  I’ve loved kites for donkeys. Have made and flown homemade ones in my younger days memorably in Richmond Park where an open landscape enabled me to let out my endless line until the ‘hawk image’ kite I held to one strong single thread disappeared pretty much into the clouds. For a moment a real hawk flew by on one kite flying occasion and seemed to remonstrate with the rival kite image come threatenin... Read Full Story

Aspinall Road in Spring       My regular uninspiring route from Nunhead to Brockley presently has a through road blocked for maintenance. Traffic is redirected along Aspinall Road situated on the boundary of Southwark with Lewisham. Not in the least an inconvenience is the detour it transpires. Otherwise, one would never have known how lovely the Victorian terraced northern end of Aspinall Road surpasses all streets with its gorgeous Spring b... Read Full Story

Beneath the snow an entomologist’s chrysalis hibernates...as does zoologist’s furry fauna bide its wintry time during cold slumbering…Not so Homo Sapien's Dog which continues his poop in the cemetery whatever the season!  LEWISHAM ‘MAYOR & CABINET’ DOG CONTROL ORDERS 28 Jan. 2009Click link below to access latest info re: Lewisham Mayoral ratified Dog Control Orders  http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/CB59A665-79C4-4FEA-8E5B-80386... Read Full Story

            Camberwell GreenLondon UK London Borough of SouthwarkClick or copy/paste link and scroll down to vote CAMBERWELL GREEN for Mayoral Makeover: www.london.gov.uk/parksvote/region/southeast/camberwellgreen.jsp      I suggest we vote Camberwell Green as deserving (from list of other eligible London sites) for the Mayoral grant which will provide a much needed makeover. This spot is presently&... Read Full Story

UPDATE: WE LOST OUT!Camberwell GreenLondon Borough of SouthwarkClick or copy/paste link to vote CAMBERWELL GREEN for Mayoral Makeover: http://www.london.gov.uk/parksvote/region/southeast/camberwellgreen.jsp      I suggest we vote Camberwell Green as deserving (from list of other eligible London sites) for the Mayoral grant which will provide a much needed makeover. This spot is presently very drab and attracts too many undesirables. Camberwell Gree... Read Full Story

  Camberwell GreenLondon Borough of SouthwarkClick or copy/paste link to vote CAMBERWELL GREEN for Mayoral Makeover: http://www.london.gov.uk/parksvote/region/southeast/camberwellgreen.jsp      I suggest we vote Camberwell Green as deserving (from list of other eligible London sites) for the Mayoral grant which will provide a much needed makeover. This spot is presently very drab and attracts too many undesirables. Camberwell Green is placed a... Read Full Story