We are very excited to be a part of this fantastic new publication. To mark the 70th anniversary of the Sunbury & Shepperton Local History Society, as well as the 10th anniversary of Sunbury & Shepperton Matters, we have joined forces to create this fabulous book. Whenever we are contacted by readers (which is quite […]
You may have seen Laura Allard pounding the pavements of Shepperton, in training for her forthcoming marathon. She considers herself very fortunate to have gained a place in this years London Marathon, which will take place in early October. Laura is running as part of Team Shooting Star, a local hospice for children. Many of
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Thanks to this months contributors. Please email any photos for Local Capture to monica@villagematters.co.uk.
By Inspector Maxine Cilia Autumnal Equinox arrives and darker nights set in. In polic-ing terms darker nights mean more burglaries. It is easy for a burglar to see if you are out if your house sits in darkness in a row of warm glowing lights. There are so many simple and cheap devices to ensure
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Great to hear about this pilot scheme to bring Elective Vehicle (EV) charging points to our borough. Spelthorne is being given an alloca-tion of 20 to be rolled out as a trial and 4 will be stationed in Lower Sunbury. So far so good. We are told that electric is the way forward, using cleaner
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Time to Tidy! By Rachael Leverton By October the garden can look a little tired: perennials collapse, leaves die back, and there’s debris everywhere. It can only mean one thing, clean up time. Cut Peonies, Leucanthemum, Nepeta, Del-phiniums, Hardy Geraniums, and Phlox back to ground level, but leave anything with orna-mental seed heads such as
The last 18 months has turned the world upside down for many people or at least given us all pause for thought. Career changes, new hobbies or revisit-ing old wish lists might well seem like familiar scenarios. If joining a choir figured in your thinking, then Weybridge Male Voice Choir would love to meet you.
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By Neal Adolphus Getting an appointment with a doctor can still be difficult, as we all know. But is it just our ‘neck of the woods’ experiencing these problems or are we just like everyone else in the country? I did some research on the internet and came up with some interesting information from the
By Monica Chard Young and old picked up tools and set to work on clearing Lord’s Bridge pond last month. It was the first working party of vol-unteers, under the Shepperton Village Conser-vation Group (SVCG), who have set out to tidy up this rather neglected corner of Shep-perton. Martin Thomas lead the charge and arranged
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CRANQ Cycles is a new bicycle repair and coffee shop in Surrey. We opened our doors on 18th June and have so far serviced over 400 bikes! The core team is made up of three keen peo-ple eager to make a difference in our local community – Cliff Casey, Sam Kiteley and Daniel De Oliviera.
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By Ben Horler The August bank holiday Sunday saw the return of the Annual Shepperton Cricket club six-a-side tournament. Rebranded as “Shepfest”, the day took on a much bigger, and more ambitious, format. The event saw 15 matches unravel over a nine-hour period, followed by live music from two bands later in the evening. Shepfest’s
Cameo, a day centre for people with dementia, has been running for 30 years and should have celebrated this milestone in 2020 at the Greeno Centre, from where they have provided their services for in excess of 25 years. Cameo has been unable to operate at the Greeno Centre since March 2020 due to the
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Better known to many as Fairy Liquide Annie died peacefully on 6 June after a long illness. Without Annie there would have been no Fairy Liquide and no Laleham Pantomime. At a New Year’s Eve party in 2012 at Annie’s house a number of short sketches and songs were performed by those present, some with
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Thanks to this months contributors. It has been a summer of flowers and varying weather. Well, at least the ducks enjoyed the rain! Please email any photos for Local Capture to monica@villagematters.co.uk. If they are good enough, they might even make the front cover!
Anyone who has visited Thames Court, or walked along the towpath in Shepperton, can’t have failed to notice the iconic Shepperton ‘resident’ looking out wistfully across Shepperton lock from the balcony of a modern house. The Blues Brothers figure has even been used as a clue on a Shepperton treasure hunt trail. He has sat
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By Sunbury & Shepperton Rotary It has been a frustrating time, but everyone was so enthusiastic to get going again, for all the charities involved, many of which have struggled with lower donations and higher costs during the pandemic. Due to Covid 19, Shepperton & Sunbury Rotary had to defer this walk from May to
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Covid has been the last straw for Sharon Johnson. She set up and has been running the ever busy Shepperton Hedgehog Sanctuary in Old Charlton Road for 10 years. Hedgehogs were tak-en in with injuries, dehydration or abandoned young who needed feeding night and day. With increasing demand she increased the capacity and took on
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Well, hopefully some of you may have seen some summer sun. May be the summer is just late. Let’s hope! The recent months have seen an in-crease in bicycle theft, both from the street and from bur-glaries of garages. If you have a bike, especially if it is expensive, please consider registering it on bike
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Prepare for Spring! By Rachael Leverton September is the time to plan your spring bulb purchases. The best selections always sell out quickly and it’s frustrating when the prettiest crocuses and tulips are not available. If you’re planting bulbs for the first time, or in a new area of the garden it helps to have
Lord’s Bridge Pond (above) is on Halliford School land to the west of Church Road, across the road from Manor Park. This unique local ecological and environmental space is sheltered and populated with lots of native plants which support the wildlife there. Work has taken place occasionally over the decades, most recently a sympathetic clean-up
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