By Monica Jones and Mike Brennan We have all been stunned by news and imag-es of the atrocities in Ukraine. The response from the local community was to unite in gathering much needed supplies to be trans-ported over to the Polish border with Ukraine. A group took the initiative to set up a Satur-day donation […]
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By Monica Jones We have lost another colourful character. Sadly Joy McQuade passed away in February, on her 93rd birthday. Joy was indeed colourful in many ways, one being her remarkable and unique style of dress, usually a colourful kaftan. Joy also had a remarkable mind and memory and had been ‘Brain Of Britain’ for
Bringing nostalgic movie magic back to the Riverside for the first time in over one hundred years. Did you know that the walls of the Riverside’s great hall were once home to The Magnet Picture Palace and Sunbury Picture Theatre where silent films dazzled captivated locals. In fact, the very first adaptation of Alice in
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By Monica Jones Half way there sounds close…but the journey for the Sea Cadets has been a rocky one and they continue to be very challenged. The Sunbury and Walton Sea Cadets (SWSC) have been through a momentous 10 years. Having got planning permission to rebuild their very old training centre, they were badly affected
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What nicer way is there to spend a Sunday morning than taking a brisk walk or a gentle stroll with family, friends or colleagues. The open road, the bridleways and pathways beckon you on with every step you take, fresh air, the amazing connection with nature and time to walk and talk. Add to all
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By Inspector Maxine Cilia, Spelthorne Borough Commander A hot topic in the news and on the po-lice radar is the theft of catalytic convert-ers from motor vehi-cles. Often thieves target vehicles in the 3 to 4 year old bracket where the catalytic converters contain many recyclable metals which are of a premium value. There are
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By Monica Jones and John Douglass The article in the March magazine on Water-splash Farm and the increase in flood risk as a result of gravel extraction, raised a lot of in-terest and anger amongst readers. Although the subject has been in several magazine arti-cles during recent years, this time people seemed to wake up
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Be Nice to the Bees! By Rachael Leverton Albert Einstein supposedly declared that, “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left.” There is much debate over whether the great man actually did make such an as-sertion as he was a physicist after all,
By Monica Jones My own school days were not easy. Thankfully we had a family dog, and I would spend time telling him my woes, things I possibly didn’t feel able to share with family. I also revised with him, telling him all sorts of facts and figures. I remember revis-ing history with him, and
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It was time to set the groups a challenge once more. This year Peggy Pickering, stalwart of Shepperton Artists groups. chose the theme of wild animals. Her groups came up trumps. Winners received a certificate and prize. And the winners were…. First place – Janet Chapman (top right) Second place – Moggy Redpath (left, with
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WEST END GARAGE Kia is starting the year with celebra-tions, having won the Kia 2021 Customer Experience Award at the Kia Dealer Excellence Awards. The award celebrates excellent customer experience and service throughout 2021, with sales, online Reputation score and quick responses to customer queries all taken into account. The award was announced 19 January
By Carl Phillips I guess one of the most amazing sights we have seen for a few years was outside Sainsbury’s on Saturday 5th March! This was the response of the Shepperton residents to the call for clothes, bedding, toiletries and medicines for UKRAINE. This action was brought about by Mike Brennan, a local resident.
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By Monica Jones and with thanks to Andy Hill There is always so much interest from readers when we run anything on D’Oyly Carte Is-land and the Eyot House that sits on it. Those of you who use the towpath and river will have noticed that the moorings around the island are once again filling
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All that was missing was smoke, dancing and-Flapper girls. Otherwise attending the monthly jazz session of the Runnymede Jazz Club was like a throw back to another era. The music vibe was of a black and white film. It was epic. Entertaining us were a magnificent Reeds Unit-ed. They have been playing together for 24
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By Inspector Maxine Cilia, Spelthorne Borough Commander People are now returning to their workplaces after such a long period of time work-ing from home there are a number of crime patterns that have seen a slight in-crease. It is nice to be out and about but that gives the criminals other opportuni-ties too. Burglary is
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by Bill Cunningham The Pearls or Perils of Buying Online Currently 30% of all we buy is obtained online. So, we should be vigilant about our purchasing for there are many fraudsters earning off online traffic. There’s a lot we should consider before parting with our card details. A lot. The padlock icon in the
The NHS was founded in 1948 to provide high-quality health care for all now, and for future generations. Understanding that climate change and human health are in-extricably linked, in October 2020, the NHS became the first in the world to commit to working towards becoming a carbon net zero national health system by 2045. This
By Rachael Leverton Super Swiss Chard March means the start of outdoor sowing season in the UK, as the days begin to lengthen and become warmer. I discovered Swiss Chard several years ago when I was looking for something more inter-esting than spinach. It’s rarely found in the super-markets for some reason and is quite
On Thursday 3rd March the Shepperton Patient Participation Group will hold its AGM at 2 pm in the Village Hall. It is open to all patients of the local Practice, since a PPG by definition in-cludes all patients, but this is not an opportunity to gripe and mumble: the PPG exists to support the Practice,
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