It is getting to feel a bit like autumn! Thank you for this month’s beauties to Chris Lewis, Mike Bodnar, M Attias, Jenny Slark, Jessica Paul, Monica Jones, Chris Lewis, Mike Bodnar, Tracey Calder, M Attias, Liz Racz, Elaine Norman and Jill Dalton. Do share your photos with us. Email monica@villagematters.co.uk.
By Monica Jones We usually reserve birthday greetings in Sunbury Matters for centenarians. But this lady is an exception! Daphne Clement, our popular and colourful Sunbury artist, turns 80 this month. Happy birthday and many returns! I met Daphne when I first set up Sunbury Matters in 2010 and over the years we have become
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By John Maxen, Friends of Ash Link We regularly hear and read that freshwater environments are in serious decline. The Environment Agency has reported that Britain has lost more than 90% of its ponds and other wetland habitats in the past 100 years. Nowhere is immune to the challenge of habitat loss. Such a habitat
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By Monica Jones If you are looking for a creative outlet, and might just be curious to set foot on the famous D’Oyly Carte Island of Gilbert and Sullivan operetta fame, then this is an opportunity for you to do both. Artist Nicolene Grigg has opened a stunning studio on a wide beam canal boat
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By Natalie Wells, Themba Theatre Director Back in 2002, a friend of mine set up a charity called ‘Themba Facilitate’, to help support children living on the streets in the Philippines. They were a brand new charity and needed funds to help them get started. Having always loved and studied theatre, I decided to help
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Since 1943 Sunbury and Walton Sea Cadets have been helping 10-18 year olds to learn teamwork, respect, loyalty, self-confidence, commitment, self-discipline, honesty and how to fulfil their potential in a safe and friendly environment. Plans were approved to rebuild their very old centre near Walton Bridge, but it was badly damaged by the floods of
The Sea Cadets need your help! Read More »
So much support for the community By Monica Jones St Saviours Church on Vicarage Road, Sunbury, is a place that is open to all. Of course it is a church, yes. And it does operate a food bank. But it is so much more, and eve-ryone is welcome. These recent cold months it has been
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By Nick Pollard As I write this article, another of Shepperton’s iconic pubs has closed. It’s only a few months since I was reporting on the closure of the Bull at Shepperton Green, but now the King’s Head has gone dark, and who knows if it will reopen as a pub? In the 1970s and
Goodbye to The Kings Head? Read More »
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.
