by Bill Cunningham What I want for Christmas Please Santa So far I have not spotted a Scamometer for sale for Christmas and if it existed then it would be a scam, not reaching us after pay-ment. If only we could input letters, emails, texts and voice mails to a box and it warned us …
By Monica Chard | Photos: Nicola Ann Photography It was a night of glitz, glamour and excite-ment. Finally, after two years, we were back and celebrating the cream of Spelthorne business-es at the Spelthorne Business Awards. I know personally how important this event is as a local business, as Village Matters had been crowned both …
By Inspector Maxine Cilia With the festive sea-son arriving, we see a rise of some certain crimes. One of those crimes is theft of bi-cycles. Everyone is looking for a bargain, but please don’t be tempted to buy a bi-cycle from a local advert if you do not meet the person at their home address …
At the end of 2019, we attended a climate change day at the River-house Barn in Walton. One of the highlights of the day was the chil-dren’s choir We Are The Voice, who performed songs written by choir leader Niamh Clune. We raved about them, saying they should go on Britain’s Got Talent. Well how …
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It has been a busy month or so for the Shepperton Residents’ Association (SRA). On the 21st September, we had the first Open Meeting in the Village Hall for well over a year due to the pandemic and all that! Shepperton Med-ical Centre was the main subject of discussion and there were 7 members of …
We, at Shepperton Matters, have always cham-pioned the Spelthorne in Bloom initiative. Gardens give so much pleasure, brighten our borough and the benefits all round for mental health and well being is well documented. Shepperton and Laleham did extremely well this year; The Three Horseshoes won 1st place in the small pubs category. Laleham won …
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By Peter Hughes, Patients Participation Group As promised in these columns 2 months ago, the Patient Participation Group arranged with the Shepperton Residents Association that doctors, and the Practice Manager, would speak to the public in the Village Hall on Sep-tember 21st. The first to speak was Dr Rogers, who had been 33 years in …
The Ivory Tusk, Shepperton The pleasure of eating out with friends is something we have had to live without for a very long time. All fine to have a take away and someone else cooking your dinner, but a meal out is so much more of an event. The pleasure of being served and being …
With the increase in domestic violence and escalating need for shelter for the vulnerable who may be sleeping rough, Spelthorne Council have invested some of their profits from their housing portfolio to build a be-spoke shelter. The White House (which is not in fact white, nor a house!) is situated next to the new Spelthorne …
You can’t help but notice as you walk along Church Road and look over the fence towards what used to be the ‘swamp’ adjacent to Halliford School playing fields, that there has been a transformation. The project is still work in progress and the green slime needs to be tackled, but the force of volunteers …
By Nick Pollard With the former police station in Staines Road East, Sunbury, being converted into flats, I thought it would be an opportune moment to look at the history of policing in Sunbury. The photo shows the staff of 5 sergeants and 2 acting sergeants (with two stripes) surrounded by 18 constables in front …
By Will Hardy In recent years I’ve put together a series of local history talks at St Mary Magdalene Church, Littleton, just around the corner from Shepperton Film Studios. It has all been great fun, and I’m deeply grateful to everyone who supported them, helped out, and made them possible. During the pandemic, I have …
By Monica Chard The Spelthorne Business Competi-tion, brain child of Business Secre-tary and Spelthorne MP Kwasi Kwarteng, is in it’s 7th year. We gathered at the BP learning centre in late September to hear the Drag-on Den style pitches from 6 final-ists, made to a panel of local busi-ness leaders. Once more, the stand-ard of …
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By Inspector Maxine Cilia The crime of this month is theft from motor vehicles. It is still so surprising how many people leave their cars on their drives un-locked. What is more surprising is that they also leave their car full of valuable items such as expensive sun-glasses, mobile phones and satnavs, cash, even wallets …
Lockdown was a time to think and plan. As a result, there are some big changes at Nauticalia and it is very exciting! You will have seen the focus has shifted from gifts to coffee and cakes. The venture has proved very popular with walkers, cyclists and locals and the seating areas have expanded. The …
We at The Burlington care home, Shepperton are delighted with the success of our first Autumn Ba-zaar which we held to support our local community. We wanted to raise not only the spirits of our resi-dents and their families after long and hard times but also to raise funds for Alzheimer’s Research UK charity. There …
George Drewett recently turned 100 (5/10/21). The story of his life is an interesting one. George was born in Croydon. He was one of the last children to be sent to the workhouse, before its transition to local authority care. His father came back from soldiering in the Great War with a Military medal and …
What an amazing initiative from this innovative local favourite. Last month the team launched their ‘Table for a Hero’ idea. Locals are asked to nominate people in the community who have gone that extra mile. The team will then select a winner and that person will be gifted a meal for 4 with fizz, as …
By James Slade A year ago I set myself a bucket list of things to do before I’m 40 (I’m 39), and one of the things on my list was to run a full marathon. In the past I’ve run a few half marathons, but straight after each one I’ve always thought to myself, “there’s …
Protect & Survive No…not the 1970s public information campaign exhorting us to hide under a table in case of nuclear attack. This is far more useful. It’s my public information campaign about protecting tender perennials and taking cuttings to over winter so your plants survive and even multiply. First the protection: to protect tender perennials …
With no Big Tree Night for the second year, the Grinch might look as if he has his teeth into our Christmas celebrations. But the community is not standing for it! There are many plans for local celebrations, so plenty to keep the little ones entertained and give you some retail therapy. The so named …
