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 […]
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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
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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
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
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
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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
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By Monica Jones There is a new social meet up group which has started up, welcoming those aged 45 and over. The aim is to welcome anyone who wants to get together in a warm space, have a cuppa and chat to others. It might be that you are a mum whose children have started
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27th-29th January 2023 What a great excuse to sit back with a cuppa and look out of the window! The last weekend of January is the time when the RSPB get us all to get involved and report what we spot in our garden. If you check the RSPB website (see below), you can register
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
It was a right good knees up at the St Andrews ceilidh in support of the St Nicholas church tower fund raising effort. The venue was the hall at Thamesmead and the event was fully sold out. Experienced Scottish dancers and complete novices alike took to the dancefloor accompanied by the Jigalots band. The caller
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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
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Gosh it was a cold one this year! But a lovely evening for the whole family. The village hall was understandably popular as it was toasty warm, so we hope the charities who were based there did well. Congratulations to the organisers of BTN for getting the show on the road, to the stall hold-ers
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By Claire Reynolds “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” Lao Tzu You may have noticed that New Year’s reso-lutions are often talked about with an air of disillusionment as the month of January pro-gresses. As I drove home today I heard a radio presenter warning that “most people make a
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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
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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
