Local Capture
Thanks to this month’s photographers. What a stunning area we live in, and you have all captured it beautifully. Send photos for consideration to monica@villagematters.co.uk. Thanks.
Sunbury Matters Articles
A swimming tank at Chertsey Bridge
By Nick Pollard Tanks have been much in the news recently, with Western nations agonising over whether to supply them to Ukraine to support their fight against Russian aggression. It may come as a surprise though, to learn that some significant developments in tank design happened in our area. The Carden-Loyd Tractor Company had been …
Sunbury Neighbours need your help
The pandemic has had an effect on many aspects of our lives. One local organisation which has run into problems is the Sunbury Neighbours charity. Run by volunteers, they drive people without access to transport and who can’t use the local transport system, for journeys such as local doctor’s and hospital appointments, shopping and hairdressers. …
ScamWatch
By Bill Cunningham New Year Resolutions Let’s say we’re allowed more than one NY resolution. So we can include being even more vigi-lant this year, to protect our ever decreasing savings from scammers. It’s a credible assumption that we will have a challenging year ahead with our finances. We should assume too that scam-mers will …
More sporting success for the girls
Students from ACS International School Cob-ham in Surrey served a straight set perfor-mance and were crowned champions at the ISAA Girls Volleyball Tournament 2022, which took place in Eindhoven, the Nether-lands. The girls also made history in the pro-cess, being the first ever team to not drop a set during the tournament. The ACS Cobham …
Sunbury & Shepperton Beat
By Inspector Maxine Cilia, Spelthorne Borough Commander Well, previously I have asked for your New Year resolutions to be part of a crime prevention check on your property, and for fraud. But the time has come when this can no longer be just a resolu-tion which you do for one week in January. It needs …
Shepperton in the Movies
By Nick Pollard The huge extension to Shepperton Studios currently taking place is a reminder of the many films that have been made here over the years since it originally opened as ‘Sound City’ in 1932. The majority of films have been made within the confines of the studios, but quite often the local area …
Gardening Matters
Winter Scent I love a garden planted for winter. There are so many plants with wonderful shape and interesting evergreen foliage. But the thing that draws me out into any garden is scent, and fragrance is particularly uplifting in the depths of winter. Getting outdoors into natural daylight, even on a cold, dank day is …
Sunbury Christmas market
The Sunbury Christmas market was a great success again. Sadly we had a lot of last minute cancellations from stall holders due to illness and staffing. But there was plenty for everyone. The Lower Sunbury Business Community, which puts on the event, thanks you for coming. It was heart warming to visit Santa’s Grotto at …
River Thames Scheme update
The River Thames Scheme (RTS) is being delivered in partnership between the Environ-ment Agency and Surrey County Council. The Scheme is designed to unlock economic, health and environmental benefits for com-munities between Egham and Teddington. The River Thames between Egham and Ted-dington runs through one of the largest area of populated but undefended flood plain …
Exploding Myths about being a Foster Carer
By Barry Sutton In May 2022 the Government published a Review of Children’s Care which iden-tified a shortage of 9,000 Foster Homes to house children in need. That is a lot of children who are missing out on a caring home environment. So why is there such a shortage? Well, if my experience is anything …
A whistle stop tour around Staines Bridge
By John Taylor Photo Spelthorne Museum With more than 200 bridges crossing the total length of the river Thames today, the town of Staines-Upon-Thames with a population of approximately 18,500 (2022) has both a road and a separate railway bridge. In Roman times the Thames was second only to the London Road (then known as …
Burlington is Care Home of the Year
Boutique Care Homes are proud to announce that The Burlington, Shepper-ton, has been awarded the prestigious ‘Care Home of the Year Award’ at the 2022, Surrey Care Awards. It was a glittering evening at the Surrey Care Awards 2022, attended by the great and the good across Surrey’s social care sector. Organised by the Surrey …
What am I learning this for?
By Rory Edwards Rory Edwards is a local parent, teacher of 29 years and a school governor. He offers us an insight into certain dilemmas parents might face throughout the school year. About 6 weeks ago, I was asked a question that teachers have been asked by students for a very long time. As I …
Halliford School launches Sixth Form STEM Scholarship
Halliford School has recently announced that they have launched a Sixth Form STEM Scholarship. It is open to all students taking two or more STEM subjects at A Level with current plans to complete higher education in a STEM-related discipline and with aspira-tions to pursue a career in STEM. A Level STEM subjects include Biology, …
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LOSRA Says…
The Eco Park – State of play, residents’ concerns and discarded batteries The recent meeting of the Suez Eco Park Community Liaison Group, on which LoSRA is represented, started with a brief tour of the Gasifier installation. The Gasifier had been running since its commissioning in August, but had unfortunately had to be shut down …
Barbara Adams RIP
Long-term residents of Sunbury will be saddened to hear of the death of Mrs Barbara Rosa Adams, aged 95. She died in St. Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey on 8th December after a short illness. Mrs Adams was possibly the last surviving original resident of the Berg estate in Sunbury. She moved into a newly built house …
Come and Sing in 2023
By Spelthorne Choral Society Monday nights are special for Gill Henry, because Monday nights are choir nights! No matter how bad her day at work, or how dark or cold, singing as part of the Spelthorne Choral Society (SCS) each week is a must for her. And she’s not alone. “I know I’ll come out …
LoSRA Says
LOSRA celebrates its 50th Anniversary To celebrate our 50th anniversary we will be holding a social gathering at the Sunbury Cricket Club on Thursday 20th October from around 6pm through to 10pm. It will simply be an unstructured occasion for local people, former committee members, newsletter deliv-erers, representatives of other local groups (Embroidery, Riverside Arts …
