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  Thread: Council's Plans for Camberwell Cemetery Woodland
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To Lewisham Residents: Camberwell New Cemetery and Camberwell Old Cemetery are in Southwark but it used by Lewisham residents. If you want some role in what happens to our greenspace, you must take so...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 24-04-2019, 10:51 PM
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I meant to attach this photo. Taken over the weekend.
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 03-07-2018, 07:12 PM
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Latest photo in Camberwell Old Cemetery Wood. This is what four years of burial looks like. Four years. This could have been a sports field or a community orchard or left alone and continue to be a me...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 03-07-2018, 01:34 PM
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Here is a 360 degree view of Camberwell Old Cemetery Wood. <iframe width="720" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0cOMeErSMqY?ecver=1&rel=0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 07-05-2018, 08:39 PM
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Sorry, I gave my wrong phone number. 07886504221 ! Call me. There is still much to save.
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 24-04-2018, 12:15 PM
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My name is Lewis Schaffer. We are Friends of Camberwell Cemteries, Save Southwark Woods campaign. My phone number is 0788650221. Photo is of trees cut down on Underhill Road side of Camberwell ...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 24-04-2018, 11:50 AM
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Please see aerial photo in the post.
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 23-04-2018, 03:11 PM
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3m We are counting trees. Please join us. Tomorrow Earth Day 2018, Sunday 22 April 2.00pm - 4.00pm Camberwell Old Cemetery, East Dulwich, Camberwell Old Cemetery Gates, Forest Hill Road To save the ...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 21-04-2018, 09:25 PM
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[attachment=4386][attachment=4387][attachment=4388] Flooding is just one reason why Southwark devastating burial projects should be stopped and land on the Honor Oak Nature Corridor should be prote...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 06-10-2017, 12:31 PM
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Memorials being stripped away from Camberwell Old Cemetery in plan to reuse burial plots. Possibly memorials of ww1 and/or ww2 soldiers and those who died in the blitz. we dont know. Photo take this w...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 21-09-2017, 06:18 PM
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More trees cut down by Southwark Council, this time in an area we weren't expecting. Camberwell New Cemetery. Photo take Saturday, 29th July 2017
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 31-07-2017, 04:42 PM
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Yes, we are reaching out to everyone, everywhere, to save our green spaces. Here is a new rough cut video : The beautiful & doomed Camberwell Old Cemetery, E Dulwich. https://t.co/HOsZY1GLAd I...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 03-07-2017, 06:01 PM
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Southwark is planning on maximising burial in the cemeteries by digging up the dead. Five of the people whose deaths were commemorated with a plaque on Peckham Rye last Friday are buried on the sid...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 30-06-2017, 07:13 PM
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We have had to cancel the Families Day Protest as it conflicts with the annual bereavement service - which Southwark only informed us of on Thursday.
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 25-06-2017, 12:31 PM
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Can't make this up: Yesterday, Southwark honoured victims of a 1944 Nazi rocket attack with a ceremony and a plaque. Meanwhile they rush through plans to destroy memorials and graves of war vic...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 24-06-2017, 10:47 AM
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Michael Email me at LewisSchafferpr@gmail.com and I will send you the faith leaders statements. While a small percentage of Southwark's Muslims find the burial provided by Southwark satisfactory, t...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 23-06-2017, 12:38 PM
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It is not a myth. It is fact. Right now Southwark is providing for only a small number of Muslims - about 7 a year when almost 270 need burial. This is approximately half of all burial demand in t...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 22-06-2017, 03:38 PM
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Save Southwark Woods and the Friends of Camberwell Cemeteries have been working to save trees on One Tree Hill - on all of the hill and not just in the Nature Reserve. We have been fighing for the...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 22-06-2017, 12:37 PM
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Who would think that it is joke? It wasn't and isn't. It is shocking that a council could discriminate against its Muslim residents the way Southwark is. Is Lewisham treating its Muslim residents the...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 20-06-2017, 07:16 PM
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Thank you lacb, I thought I was going mad. Crazy that some people insist that One Tree Hill is not a hill. Some only want their bit of turf defended - ie the Nature Reserve - and don't care about what...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 20-06-2017, 12:25 PM
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Samuelson The lady who runs Friends of One Tree Hill thinks the same as you. It is true that most of the wooded area on One Tree Hill is in the Nature Reserve. but some of the wooded areas on One ...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 18-06-2017, 07:25 PM
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The X marks what was the Glade on One Tree Hill. Southwark cut down dozens of trees on the Hill to create space for new burial plots - scarring the hill for generations. We are against cutting do...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 18-06-2017, 11:26 AM
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Southwark's Planning Committee yesterday approved the 1022 burial plots on the land next to Honor Oak Park Station. I mean, it was really approved years ago but Southwark had to go through the motions...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 15-06-2017, 11:08 PM
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Sorry. You mean 'No trees have been felled in the One Tree Hill Local Nature Reserve.' That is true But the Nature Reserve makes up only part of One Tree Hill. One Tree Hill is a geographic term an...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 15-06-2017, 02:14 PM
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Find photos of trees being cut on One Tree Hill to lay out burial plots. In the background is the top of the hill. [attachment=4334][attachment=4335] Yes, you support the destruction of trees, natu...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 15-06-2017, 01:21 PM
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Why would a Lewisham resident want to destroy acres of Honor Oak Nature Reserve, lose the sports fields and have trees cut down on One Tree Hill for burial plots which are for Southwark residents? I c...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 15-06-2017, 12:31 PM
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Samuelson: You did not deny that you are a gravedigger, undertaker or a Lewisham politician wanting to make the council money by digging up beatiful Ladywell and Brockley Cemeteries. I dont know ...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 14-06-2017, 02:03 PM
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Samuelson, Why do you support destroying your local greenspace and taking away playing fields used by Lewisham residents for burial plots that are to be used by Southwark residents when you are a Lewi...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 14-06-2017, 10:26 AM
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and the Tate Modern was originally a power plant. And Tyrburn was gallows. the questions I have is 1) why do you, as a Lewisham resident, care about keeping burial in the borough of Southwark? Is ...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 13-06-2017, 05:45 PM
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This is public land. The Labour-controlled Southwark Council is willing to eliminate sports fields at the Rec, clear woods on One Tree Hill, build onto the Honor Oak Nature Corridor, and dig up th...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 13-06-2017, 02:38 PM
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Southwark owns Camberwell New (Honor Oak) and Camberwell Old (Forest Hill/Woodvale) Cemeteries. They have not guaranteed that the Rec or the Allotments or any other green will not be used burial d...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 13-06-2017, 01:43 PM
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so a burial ground is more imporant than a sports field.
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 13-06-2017, 01:10 PM
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Admin: I am not familar with this forum, please tell me if I violate a rule with my posts or come close. Samuelson - You want to play residents against each other - that is what the Council doe...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 12-06-2017, 04:24 PM
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Hidden by Southwark behind hoardings is a beautiful place. 1000 graves will bury it for generations. Meet 6.30pm Thursday 15th June outside Southwark Council 160 Tooley Street London SE1 2QH 7....
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 12-06-2017, 01:51 PM
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Here are some new photos. Very few people have actually seen Area B - It's hiddent by Southwark behind hoardings. See the link and photos attached from today. I was there today and it is very beautifu...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 02-06-2017, 06:58 PM
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Planning application for the Old Nursery site will be debated (or reviewed or whatever they do) on June 15, Thursday. Southwark has given us less than two weeks' notice. We are about to lose 3 acr...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 02-06-2017, 12:30 PM
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Last call to object to Southwark using more land for burial. There are planning applications to turn the three acres of land behind the hoardings next to the Honor Oak Park station into 1000 plots wit...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 31-05-2017, 11:17 AM
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What is the best use for the land right now? Burial on 'Area B' has a value but it comes at a high price - the loss of Honor Oak Nature Corridor land right next to the train station. Lewis Schaffe...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 28-05-2017, 11:15 AM
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Southwark used to bury people in church yards by the river, then they moved out here. Time to move burial further out. you can still object to Southwark's plans bury on acres of open land next to t...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 27-05-2017, 12:27 AM
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Interesting post from Buzzfeed yesterday. "Council dismantling paupers' graves in historic cemeteries to sell off private burial spaces for thousands of pounds to people who want to be buried in t...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 28-04-2017, 12:31 PM
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We believe that hoardings will be going up on One Tree Hill in Camberwell New Cemetery Monday for tree cutting. The Glade is on the eastern side of the hill. Upwards of 60 trees are being cut down ju...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 12-03-2017, 10:07 PM
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Great day. ITV and London came and reported on our demonstration. We are working to stop the Council from scarring One Tree Hill by cutting down upwards of 60 trees for 121 burial plots. Every area of...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 11-03-2017, 07:42 PM
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DEMONSTRATION STOP THE CUTTING OF TREES ON ONE TREE HILL Meet at Camberwell New Cemetery Main Gates 12pm Saturday 11th March Meet 12pm Camberwell New Cemetery Gates Brenchley Gardens SE23 ...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 11-03-2017, 10:49 AM
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What would you like us to call it? Upwards of 60 trees are being cut down - including 10 oaks. Are they less valuable because they are on the other side of a boundary line? Or not on the same hill?...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 10-03-2017, 09:06 PM
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Emergency Demo For One Tree Hill: 12pm Saturday 11th March Meet 12pm Camberwell New Cemetery Gates Brenchley Gardens SE23 3RD Speak up against destroying The Glade on One Tree Hill for new burial...
LewisSchaffer SE23 Topics 133 96,269 10-03-2017, 04:53 PM