By Monica Jones Leap years exist because it takes the earth 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 45 sec-onds to orbit the sun. That’s almost an extra quarter of a day per year. If you count the quarter of a day up for each year, you get an extra day added every fourth year. …
Do you have that treasured piece of furniture that you fell in love with when you first saw it and now looks rather tired and not as comfortable as it used to be? Or maybe the colour just doesn’t work with your new interior. Don’t throw it away. Why not re-upholster it with a professional …
Come as you are. Go as all you can be Halliford is a warm-hearted School founded on strong family values where we are proud to know and be respectful of every student as an individual. Our theme ‘Come as you are. Go as all you can be’ perfectly encapsulates our mission to encourage and support …
By a trained mediator from MiD, Hampton Legend has it that troubled families find the stress of Christmas – meant to be the pinnacle of happiness – too much for the unhappy cou-ple to bear. So, January is said to be ‘divorce month’ when one or the other calls time and starts the process of …
At this time of year many of us are thinking about the changes we want to make in our lives. Maybe you’ve made a resolution to lose weight, get fit, learn something new or make changes that will help you to be happier, healthier, and more independent as you get older. Making significant lifestyle changes …
Discover the importance of the RSPB’s annual survey and how you can get involved this January. The RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch is the largest garden wildlife survey in the world and takes place every January, this year on 26th, 27th and 28th. Participants spend an hour counting the birds in their garden, balcony, or local …
Well, a couple of my predictions were cor-rect….But I have to say, I was blown away when it was announced that Village Matters had won Best Business in Sunbury once more. We had won in 2019, when we also came run-ner up Best in Spelthorne. Since then, we had not entered. This year we were …
Sunbury Matters wins again at Spelthorne Business Awards! Read More »
The Sunbury Gallery at the Walled Garden is currently showing the work of David Morrish, a digital embroiderer, who featured on “Make it at Market” (re-running in January on BBC1). Items created for the TV programme are part of the exhibition. Alongside the exhibition, the gallery is hosting a competition where participants stand a chance …
By Nick Pollard The Harrow pub is situated on the main road in the centre of Charlton Village and is a rare example of a thatched building in this area. It probably dates from the 16th or early 17th century and may be the oldest building in Spelthorne to be a public house. However, it …
Vintner Court Shepperton is an Independent Sheltered Housing home in Shepperton. Residents have been busy fund raising for Woking & Sam Beare Children’s Hospice. To date these elderly residents and neighbours have together raised £1,197.20, £546.85 at a late Coronation party held in September, sup-ported by Cllr Karen Howkins and Spelthorne Borough Council who gave …
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On a blustery Sunday morning George Bingham, the 8th Earl of Lucan, attended the Remembrance Church Service at All Saints’ Church, Laleham followed by the annual Act of Remembrance around the village War Memorial. Afterwards, accompanied by his wife and children, he made his way to the Lucan Pavilion at Laleham Recreation Ground to unveil …
By Monica Jones Turning 100 is becoming much more com-mon, but it was fascinating recently to meet a recent centenarian who has lived in Shepper-ton the whole of his life and who still lives independently. Talking to Bill Lucas you get a glimpse into another era. He was brought up in a house in Acacia …
(National tree week runs until 3rd December) A couple of months ago the illegal felling of a lone tree on Hadrian’s Wall caused shock and outrage. Those who knew it, grieved for its loss. Why did it have such an impact? Well, it was the only tree for miles around. It had won Tree of …
By Monica Jones I wonder how many of you saw a piece in some of the nationals recently stating that once more Shepperton has been voted one of the happiest places to live in the UK. One of the things that contributes to a happy place is a sense of wellbeing. With Spelthorne in Bloom …
Wednesday 13th December from 5pm It’s that time of year and Big Tree Night will be back in our High Street on Wednesday 13th December from 5pm. We’re so excited to be running the event again this year and we be-lieve it’s going to be bigger and better than ever. Santa and his reindeer will …
By Rachael Leverton I love hellebores. Their beautiful flowers in subtle colours brighten my garden at this time of year, hence they are also known as the Christmas rose or the Lenten Rose because they bloom from late winter to early spring. My elderly neighbour was admiring my dis-play last year and asked if I …
By Bill Cunningham Appy Christmas! For our smart phones we can download apps to make our busy lives somehow better. We have about 8 million to choose from! And are all of them safe to use, and as good as claimed, with as many users as claimed? Well of course not! It’s another way that …
Shepperton Studios has announced a new Scholarship fund for up to five students per year at the National Film and Television School (NFTS). The scholarships are available for applicants that live within the Borough of Spelthorne, local to the Studios, who have been accepted to study a Diploma or Masters course at the NFTS. Courses …
By Inspector Matthew Walton, Borough Commander Spelthorne Following up from my last piece in Sunbury Matters, I am pleased to be able to bring you an update. In Sunbury, work has been completed in For-est Drive behind Sunbury Cross shopping centre, with all new security doors and the CCTV has been upgraded; this has been …
