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.
Stephen Morris, Chairman of 1st Shepperton (St Nicholas) Scout Group sounds a warning bell about the future of scouting in Shepperton ‘Can you imagine a world without Scouting?’
Shepperton Scouts are 105…but will they make it to 110? Read More »
As a long term Hamhaugh Island resident, Marianne “Ruby” Price, has just celebrated her 100th birthday we have been hearing tales about her life in a different era. It was a life of glitz and glamour on the stage, travelling the world and performing with the stars.
100 Years Celebrations for Ruby Read More »
I was so interested to read the story in Shepperton Matters some months back about the lady who has lived in Shepperton for many years. As I turned 80 last year, it encouraged me to write down a few of my memories while I am still able to remember a lot of it!
Childhood Memories by Jean Jones Read More »
Last year I went to the Goodwood Revival. It was like stepping back in time. It was not just the classic cars that gave it the nostalgic spirit, it was the spectators.
A New Lease for Vintage Read More »
This fascinating 1930s postcard of the Church Square area shows how much has changed in the intervening 80 years or so.
Shepperton from the air c1930 Read More »
Our article on Location Location Location last month brought us news of Jean Jones in West Way whose parents bought their bungalow for £599 in the 1930s and she still lives there. We also celebrate Marianne ‘Ruby’ Price formerly of Hamhaugh Island who turned 100 recently.
This old photograph, dating from the early 1900s, shows Newman’s Post Office and stores, which was situated at the bottom end of Shepperton High Street (the site is now Lordsbridge House).
Newman’s Post Office from the early 1900s Read More »
Shepperton’s construction boom of the 1930’s was looking to encourage town dwellers to come out to the countryside. Not much changing there then! We look at building work in the 1930’s at the same time as rueing the ever present threat of the Eco Park with the latest protest
I wonder how many youngsters today are considering a career as a violin bow maker. But when the youth employment people came to visit his school, this was an option put to local resident Brian Alvey.
A Craftsman at Work – Meeting Brian Alvey Read More »
Well there is good news and bad news this update!
Eco Park Tree Tunnel Felled despite Protest Read More »
In the absence of strong planning regulation during the interwar period, London sprawled outwards along main arterial roads and railway lines. Distant villages like Shepperton in the Middlesex countryside were targeted for new housing.
Location, location, location! Read More »
2015 will see the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta celebrated locally. To mark the occasion, there will be, amongst other activities, a boat pageant on the Thames. Thames Alive, the group behind the Queen’s Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant in 2012, is organising the event.
Magna Carta River Pageant Registrations Read More »
