Sunbury will be marking a remembrance on October 18th this year, the date when two brave RAF fighter pilots lost their lives 75 years ago, whilst attempting to land at Kempton Park Racecourse.
Kempton Memorial to Brave Pilots Read More »
For many years before the coming of the railway to our area in the mid nineteenth century, the main way of moving around bulky goods was by river.
Rope making in Sunbury and Shepperton Read More »
We explore some local stories and trades this month, in the newly merged and enlarged Shepperton Matters. Read about the great wood scramble in 1928 around Watersplash Road when the area was cleared for housing.
This year started badly with a large chunk of my winter spent in rehab after a long spell of illness and injures that put me a long way behind my competition
Shepperton has a Double World Champion Read More »
Centenary celebrations for the national Women’s Institute in September 2015 attracted widespread media coverage. Some readers may also know of the Middlesex Federation of Women’s Institute’s 75th Anniversary publication entitled Middlesex: Within Living Memory, a collection of members’ life experiences published in 1996
Landscape change: memories of a WI member Read More »
You may know him, and if you like good quality fish at good prices you really should visit him on Wednesdays, as do I and an increasingly large coterie of loyal repeat customers.
A (Wednes)day in the life of Andrew Clarke Read More »
In this months issue read about local boatyard George Wilson’s and read about a visit to Shepperton Studios to meet with the original St Trinian’s fourth formers.
It may sound like a bizarre wish, but when I was a child I wanted to go to school at St Trinian’s. It looked like such fun. Well, recently I fulfilled my childhood ambition.
The Day I Joined St Trinian’s Read More »
There are several business celebrating milestones in Lower Sunbury and who deserve congratulations.
Business Milestones in Sunbury Read More »
Sunbury is a destination on many a foreign visitors travel plans. Yes, really!
A Trip to Sunbury Antiques Market Read More »
A chapter in the history of Sunbury’s riverside ended recently, with the closure of the long-established boatyard of George Wilson & Sons.
George Wilson & Sons, Sunbury Read More »
Congratulations to the Sunbury & Shepperton Rotary Club for a great achievement at the Hampton Court Flower Show. Not only did they make it through the hottest week of the year, setting up, manning the stand and then taking all apart again.
Rotary Club Award at Hampton Court Read More »
Most of us take for granted our mobility. The summer months have seen us enjoying the sunshine, out on bicycles, walking or messing about on the river. But for those in our community who lack the mobility to enable them to enjoy that freedom, Spelthorne now has a wonderful new addition – a community boat.
Enjoying an Impossible Dream Read More »
We take a trip on Impossible Dream and experience this fantastic facility taking disabled out on the river. Congratulations to the Sunbury & Shepperton Rotary Club for their achievement at the Hampton Court Flower Show.
Hopefully you will have already visited Spelthorne Museum in Staines, but if not you are missing a treat! Next time you are in Staines, ome and find us, just through Staines library.
A treasure trove of history Read More »
As many of you will know from my last article, June saw several commemorations locally of the 800th Anniversary of Magna Carta. My experience of the celebrations began on the evening of Friday 12th, with a reception at Bisham Abbey for Charter Bearers who had been nominated to carry a copy of Magna Carta in the River Relay from Hurley to Runnymede over the weekend.
My Mad Magna Carta Weekend! Read More »
We look at the Shepperton Fair and celebrate some of the local photographic talent in the village. This months cover features the winner of the Derek Belsey Memorial award for nature photography.
As we head into the summer, June is packed with events. See full programme for the Sunbury and Shepperton Arts Festival published in this issue. The Shepperton Fair is on June 13th, and the cover celebrates this huge community event. Also take a look at the history of the Magna Carta, or for a bit
As I write this article, the old Ship Hotel, (more recently called Harrison’s) is being demolished to make way for a block of flats. It’s a sad end for another of our old hostelries, in this case dating back at least 300 years.
Goodbye to the ‘Ship’ Read More »
Continuing the theme of celebrating Shepperton through Art, Peggy Pickering’s Shepperton Artists came up trumps with their studies of High Street shops familiar to us all.
Shepperton High Street Celebrated in Art Read More »
We say goodbye to another local pub. Harrisons Hotel as some know it, The Ship as many other will remember it, is being demolished to make way for more flats. We look back at its history. Also in the issue, read about the latest paintings for posterity reflecting the high street.
