Long & Lazy Lewisham
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Glimpses into the history of our streets in Lewisham, London SE
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Jack Payne and an unusual war grave in Ladywell
This is the second of two posts in the run-up to Armistice Day 2025, looking at local Lewisham men who served in the Great War. In the previous post, we met a war hero who survived the conflict and…
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New post: an unusual war grave in Ladywell
Jack Payne was killed in action in neutral Danish waters. He was one of only a handful of the WW1 war dead repatriated after dying overseas.
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Jack Payne was killed in action in neutral Danish waters. He was one of only a handful of the WW1 war dead repatriated after dying overseas.
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A delightful journey, "Not applicable" to London Bridge, not surprised it's so popular!
Transport for London has released 2025 data up to 1 November on the most common point-to-point Tube and rail journeys. Bank–Waterloo leads the list, with central interchanges, airport links and key commuter routes. An extended top 100 list is in the article, URL in the next post.
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A delightful journey, "Not applicable" to London Bridge, not surprised it's so popular!
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On Saturday, apropos of nothing in particular, we walked down into Bowie Country. So, this is the site of the house on Southend Road, Beckenham, in which David lived from October ’69 to May ’73 and passed the time writing The Man Who Sold The World, Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane. [1/5]
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
On Saturday, apropos of nothing in particular, we walked down into Bowie Country. So, this is the site of the house on Southend Road, Beckenham, in which David lived from October ’69 to May ’73 and passed the time writing The Man Who Sold The World, Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane. [1/5]
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New ahead of Remembrance Day tomorrow - Chiesman Brothers' "Paris House" roll of honour and the men from this prominent Lewisham firm who died in WW1
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Chiesman Brothers’ WW1 Roll of Honour
Somewhere in Lewisham Heritage’s storage is a wooden frame containing yellowed paper with a long list of names. Across the top are the words “Paris House Roll of Honour”. During the First World War…
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November 9, 2024 at 8:34 AM
New ahead of Remembrance Day tomorrow - Chiesman Brothers' "Paris House" roll of honour and the men from this prominent Lewisham firm who died in WW1
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New post: an unusual war grave in Ladywell
Jack Payne was killed in action in neutral Danish waters. He was one of only a handful of the WW1 war dead repatriated after dying overseas.
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2025/11/08/j...
Jack Payne was killed in action in neutral Danish waters. He was one of only a handful of the WW1 war dead repatriated after dying overseas.
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2025/11/08/j...
Jack Payne and an unusual war grave in Ladywell
This is the second of two posts in the run-up to Armistice Day 2025, looking at local Lewisham men who served in the Great War. In the previous post, we met a war hero who survived the conflict and…
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
New post: an unusual war grave in Ladywell
Jack Payne was killed in action in neutral Danish waters. He was one of only a handful of the WW1 war dead repatriated after dying overseas.
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2025/11/08/j...
Jack Payne was killed in action in neutral Danish waters. He was one of only a handful of the WW1 war dead repatriated after dying overseas.
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2025/11/08/j...
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New blog post- "Fred Neville: a sporting Lewisham war hero" (1st of 2 in run up to Armistice Day)
Over nearly half a century, Neville played a role in Lewisham civic life - interspersed with army service that saw him awarded 2 medals for bravery in WW1
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/f...
Over nearly half a century, Neville played a role in Lewisham civic life - interspersed with army service that saw him awarded 2 medals for bravery in WW1
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/f...
Fred Neville: a sporting Lewisham war hero
This is the first of two posts in the run-up to Armistice Day 2025, each telling the story of someone from Lewisham who served in the First World War. The second will be about an unusual war grave …
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
New blog post- "Fred Neville: a sporting Lewisham war hero" (1st of 2 in run up to Armistice Day)
Over nearly half a century, Neville played a role in Lewisham civic life - interspersed with army service that saw him awarded 2 medals for bravery in WW1
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/f...
Over nearly half a century, Neville played a role in Lewisham civic life - interspersed with army service that saw him awarded 2 medals for bravery in WW1
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/f...
New post: an unusual war grave in Ladywell
Jack Payne was killed in action in neutral Danish waters. He was one of only a handful of the WW1 war dead repatriated after dying overseas.
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2025/11/08/j...
Jack Payne was killed in action in neutral Danish waters. He was one of only a handful of the WW1 war dead repatriated after dying overseas.
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2025/11/08/j...
Jack Payne and an unusual war grave in Ladywell
This is the second of two posts in the run-up to Armistice Day 2025, looking at local Lewisham men who served in the Great War. In the previous post, we met a war hero who survived the conflict and…
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
New post: an unusual war grave in Ladywell
Jack Payne was killed in action in neutral Danish waters. He was one of only a handful of the WW1 war dead repatriated after dying overseas.
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2025/11/08/j...
Jack Payne was killed in action in neutral Danish waters. He was one of only a handful of the WW1 war dead repatriated after dying overseas.
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2025/11/08/j...
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Former bay line terminated here at Blackheath station.
Long gone but can easily imagine how it was
Long gone but can easily imagine how it was
November 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Former bay line terminated here at Blackheath station.
Long gone but can easily imagine how it was
Long gone but can easily imagine how it was
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I think many of us who have researched War Memorials can relate to this.
WW1 soldier honoured after local sleuth's research.
#WarMemorial #WW1
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
WW1 soldier honoured after local sleuth's research.
#WarMemorial #WW1
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Selby woman finds unmarked grave of forgotten WW1 soldier
Church will now hold ceremony for the private, who died of complications from gas attack wounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I think many of us who have researched War Memorials can relate to this.
WW1 soldier honoured after local sleuth's research.
#WarMemorial #WW1
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
WW1 soldier honoured after local sleuth's research.
#WarMemorial #WW1
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New blog post- "Fred Neville: a sporting Lewisham war hero" (1st of 2 in run up to Armistice Day)
Over nearly half a century, Neville played a role in Lewisham civic life - interspersed with army service that saw him awarded 2 medals for bravery in WW1
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/f...
Over nearly half a century, Neville played a role in Lewisham civic life - interspersed with army service that saw him awarded 2 medals for bravery in WW1
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/f...
Fred Neville: a sporting Lewisham war hero
This is the first of two posts in the run-up to Armistice Day 2025, each telling the story of someone from Lewisham who served in the First World War. The second will be about an unusual war grave …
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
New blog post- "Fred Neville: a sporting Lewisham war hero" (1st of 2 in run up to Armistice Day)
Over nearly half a century, Neville played a role in Lewisham civic life - interspersed with army service that saw him awarded 2 medals for bravery in WW1
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/f...
Over nearly half a century, Neville played a role in Lewisham civic life - interspersed with army service that saw him awarded 2 medals for bravery in WW1
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/f...
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London's Ringways are a whole network of unbuilt urban motorways threaded through the capital. There's never been a complete map of them,not even one made by their designers, until now. Today we're publishing the Ringways Map from @roads.org.uk to let you see in the city that London nearly became.
November 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
London's Ringways are a whole network of unbuilt urban motorways threaded through the capital. There's never been a complete map of them,not even one made by their designers, until now. Today we're publishing the Ringways Map from @roads.org.uk to let you see in the city that London nearly became.
Interested but not surprised to see 2 bus stops in #Lewisham among the 100 busiest in London:
Lewisham Centre stop X (towards Ladywell and Crofton Park) at #36 & stop B at the station (towards Catford) at #55
via edjefferson.com/busiestbusst... which you can explore by route as well as top 100.
Lewisham Centre stop X (towards Ladywell and Crofton Park) at #36 & stop B at the station (towards Catford) at #55
via edjefferson.com/busiestbusst... which you can explore by route as well as top 100.
November 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Interested but not surprised to see 2 bus stops in #Lewisham among the 100 busiest in London:
Lewisham Centre stop X (towards Ladywell and Crofton Park) at #36 & stop B at the station (towards Catford) at #55
via edjefferson.com/busiestbusst... which you can explore by route as well as top 100.
Lewisham Centre stop X (towards Ladywell and Crofton Park) at #36 & stop B at the station (towards Catford) at #55
via edjefferson.com/busiestbusst... which you can explore by route as well as top 100.
Might be of interest to @runningpast.bsky.social who's got a blog post on Bank House and Burnt Ash Road, to the right. (runner500.wordpress.com/2020/11/29/1...)
Lovely picture of Lee Green and Eltham Road just before WW1. View dominated today by the soon-to-be-replaced Leegate Centre.
November 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Might be of interest to @runningpast.bsky.social who's got a blog post on Bank House and Burnt Ash Road, to the right. (runner500.wordpress.com/2020/11/29/1...)
Lovely picture of Lee Green and Eltham Road just before WW1. View dominated today by the soon-to-be-replaced Leegate Centre.
November 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Lovely picture of Lee Green and Eltham Road just before WW1. View dominated today by the soon-to-be-replaced Leegate Centre.
Hadn't realised that @serailway.bsky.social has done a 3D station map for Lewisham. More on the way for other local stations.
November 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Hadn't realised that @serailway.bsky.social has done a 3D station map for Lewisham. More on the way for other local stations.
"The Chestnuts" used to sit on Porson St, south of Loampit Vale, #Lewisham
Its residents played an important part in the development of Lewisham:
George Faulkner & his successor Benjamin Parks were brick-makers, helping to fuel the growth of suburban London. (Parks also lived a secret double life)
Its residents played an important part in the development of Lewisham:
George Faulkner & his successor Benjamin Parks were brick-makers, helping to fuel the growth of suburban London. (Parks also lived a secret double life)
October 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"The Chestnuts" used to sit on Porson St, south of Loampit Vale, #Lewisham
Its residents played an important part in the development of Lewisham:
George Faulkner & his successor Benjamin Parks were brick-makers, helping to fuel the growth of suburban London. (Parks also lived a secret double life)
Its residents played an important part in the development of Lewisham:
George Faulkner & his successor Benjamin Parks were brick-makers, helping to fuel the growth of suburban London. (Parks also lived a secret double life)
110 years ago today: Military funeral in #Lewisham
Christopher Lowe, the first man to die serving in the Lewisham Battalion, was buried in Ladywell Cemetery on 22 October 1915.
After joining up aged 41 in June, he fell ill with heart disease in September and died in Lewisham hospital on 19 October.
Christopher Lowe, the first man to die serving in the Lewisham Battalion, was buried in Ladywell Cemetery on 22 October 1915.
After joining up aged 41 in June, he fell ill with heart disease in September and died in Lewisham hospital on 19 October.
October 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
110 years ago today: Military funeral in #Lewisham
Christopher Lowe, the first man to die serving in the Lewisham Battalion, was buried in Ladywell Cemetery on 22 October 1915.
After joining up aged 41 in June, he fell ill with heart disease in September and died in Lewisham hospital on 19 October.
Christopher Lowe, the first man to die serving in the Lewisham Battalion, was buried in Ladywell Cemetery on 22 October 1915.
After joining up aged 41 in June, he fell ill with heart disease in September and died in Lewisham hospital on 19 October.
Nice illustration of the old Dubois shop at the northern end of Lewis Grove being demolished in 1931 - from an advert in Bromley & West Kent Mercury (26 June 1931)
October 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Nice illustration of the old Dubois shop at the northern end of Lewis Grove being demolished in 1931 - from an advert in Bromley & West Kent Mercury (26 June 1931)
New Post: The Chestnuts - a Lewisham House through time
The story of an old #Lewisham house whose occupants oversaw the building of Lewisham and the educating of its children. They shaped the locality and helped to form national education policy.
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The story of an old #Lewisham house whose occupants oversaw the building of Lewisham and the educating of its children. They shaped the locality and helped to form national education policy.
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/t...
The Chestnuts: A Lewisham house through time
In another brief diversion from the journey down Lewisham High Street, today we will explore the history of a prominent house off Loampit Vale. This is a story about a house that no longer exists, …
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October 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
New Post: The Chestnuts - a Lewisham House through time
The story of an old #Lewisham house whose occupants oversaw the building of Lewisham and the educating of its children. They shaped the locality and helped to form national education policy.
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/t...
The story of an old #Lewisham house whose occupants oversaw the building of Lewisham and the educating of its children. They shaped the locality and helped to form national education policy.
longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/t...
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Just six per cent social housing at Lewisham shopping centre redevelopment plans to be decided tonight.
Then again, that's still higher than Lewisham's Council's biggest future housing site at Besson Street, New Cross which has ZERO social homes planned
www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2025/10/16/l...
Then again, that's still higher than Lewisham's Council's biggest future housing site at Besson Street, New Cross which has ZERO social homes planned
www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2025/10/16/l...
Lewisham shopping centre demolition to be decided tonight - Murky Depths
Plans to demolish Lewisham shopping centre are set to be decided tonight with up to 1,700 homes and replacement shops
www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Just six per cent social housing at Lewisham shopping centre redevelopment plans to be decided tonight.
Then again, that's still higher than Lewisham's Council's biggest future housing site at Besson Street, New Cross which has ZERO social homes planned
www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2025/10/16/l...
Then again, that's still higher than Lewisham's Council's biggest future housing site at Besson Street, New Cross which has ZERO social homes planned
www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2025/10/16/l...
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Love this image from 100 years ago in #Lewisham.
Mum and toddler at a bus stop: What are they talking about? What is it they are doing/saying that's attracted the attention of the bowler-hatter man?
They are on Lewisham High Road (now Lewisham Way), I think outside what's now Lewisham College).
Mum and toddler at a bus stop: What are they talking about? What is it they are doing/saying that's attracted the attention of the bowler-hatter man?
They are on Lewisham High Road (now Lewisham Way), I think outside what's now Lewisham College).
October 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Love this image from 100 years ago in #Lewisham.
Mum and toddler at a bus stop: What are they talking about? What is it they are doing/saying that's attracted the attention of the bowler-hatter man?
They are on Lewisham High Road (now Lewisham Way), I think outside what's now Lewisham College).
Mum and toddler at a bus stop: What are they talking about? What is it they are doing/saying that's attracted the attention of the bowler-hatter man?
They are on Lewisham High Road (now Lewisham Way), I think outside what's now Lewisham College).
Love this image from 100 years ago in #Lewisham.
Mum and toddler at a bus stop: What are they talking about? What is it they are doing/saying that's attracted the attention of the bowler-hatter man?
They are on Lewisham High Road (now Lewisham Way), I think outside what's now Lewisham College).
Mum and toddler at a bus stop: What are they talking about? What is it they are doing/saying that's attracted the attention of the bowler-hatter man?
They are on Lewisham High Road (now Lewisham Way), I think outside what's now Lewisham College).
October 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Love this image from 100 years ago in #Lewisham.
Mum and toddler at a bus stop: What are they talking about? What is it they are doing/saying that's attracted the attention of the bowler-hatter man?
They are on Lewisham High Road (now Lewisham Way), I think outside what's now Lewisham College).
Mum and toddler at a bus stop: What are they talking about? What is it they are doing/saying that's attracted the attention of the bowler-hatter man?
They are on Lewisham High Road (now Lewisham Way), I think outside what's now Lewisham College).
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A lost corner of Lewisham Park.
Built in the late 1870s, this north-east block of houses surrounding the park survived WW2 but were demolished in the 1980s to be replaced by flats.
If they'd last a few decades more they would have probably been saved by inclusion in the local Conservation Area.
Built in the late 1870s, this north-east block of houses surrounding the park survived WW2 but were demolished in the 1980s to be replaced by flats.
If they'd last a few decades more they would have probably been saved by inclusion in the local Conservation Area.
October 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A lost corner of Lewisham Park.
Built in the late 1870s, this north-east block of houses surrounding the park survived WW2 but were demolished in the 1980s to be replaced by flats.
If they'd last a few decades more they would have probably been saved by inclusion in the local Conservation Area.
Built in the late 1870s, this north-east block of houses surrounding the park survived WW2 but were demolished in the 1980s to be replaced by flats.
If they'd last a few decades more they would have probably been saved by inclusion in the local Conservation Area.
A lost corner of Lewisham Park.
Built in the late 1870s, this north-east block of houses surrounding the park survived WW2 but were demolished in the 1980s to be replaced by flats.
If they'd last a few decades more they would have probably been saved by inclusion in the local Conservation Area.
Built in the late 1870s, this north-east block of houses surrounding the park survived WW2 but were demolished in the 1980s to be replaced by flats.
If they'd last a few decades more they would have probably been saved by inclusion in the local Conservation Area.
October 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A lost corner of Lewisham Park.
Built in the late 1870s, this north-east block of houses surrounding the park survived WW2 but were demolished in the 1980s to be replaced by flats.
If they'd last a few decades more they would have probably been saved by inclusion in the local Conservation Area.
Built in the late 1870s, this north-east block of houses surrounding the park survived WW2 but were demolished in the 1980s to be replaced by flats.
If they'd last a few decades more they would have probably been saved by inclusion in the local Conservation Area.
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A look at how Lewisham town centre works are shaping up.
£24 million project covering the market, High Street and library
New paving, street furniture, market pavilion etc on the way
www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2025/10/03/a...
£24 million project covering the market, High Street and library
New paving, street furniture, market pavilion etc on the way
www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2025/10/03/a...
A look at Lewisham town centre and market street works - Murky Depths
A look around at progress on a £24 million project covering much of Lewisham town centre including the High Street and market
www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A look at how Lewisham town centre works are shaping up.
£24 million project covering the market, High Street and library
New paving, street furniture, market pavilion etc on the way
www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2025/10/03/a...
£24 million project covering the market, High Street and library
New paving, street furniture, market pavilion etc on the way
www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2025/10/03/a...