Shepperton Matters Articles

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 […]

On Saturday 4th September Shep-perton Village Hall was buzzing with activity. The hall was full of beautiful flowers, home grown vegetables and fruit, home made baked goods and sparkly jars of home-made preserves, displayed for all to see. It was the annual Autumn Show of the Shepperton Horticultural Association, the first show since 2019. Members

The COVID pandemic meant we had to pause the plans we were making to assist our less able neigh-bours. It also allowed us to review the help we will be offering.  Some GP’s surgeries have reduced the number of face-to-face appointments and other medical needs appear to have reduced, maybe only temporarily.  So now we

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

By Monica Chard  Our hair is our crowning glory. We style it, dye it and embellish it as a sign of who we are. It gives us confidence. It’s often a statement. So imagine losing it! What can be done to reverse the problem?  Alopecia is a familiar term which we may understand as meaning

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

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

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

St Andrew’s Baptist Church, Upper Halliford welcomes their new Pastor Tom Hoyles and his wife Wyn to their church fellowship after being without a Pastor for over 3 ½ years. The Induction service will be Sunday 19th September 2021 10.30am and all are welcome.  Pastor Tom Hoyles brings a wealth of experience with him having

You might have noticed a new story board which has gone up at the Lord’s Bridge pock-et garden on the corner of the high street and Renfree Way. The little garden continues to astound us. It has grown in maturity and beauty and is such a great addition to our community.  The story board tells

Walking down the high street one Monday morning recently I saw our intrepid Jean, picking up bags from outside the QEF charity shop (closed on a Monday) and putting them in her rub-bish cart. “Look at it all!” she said. Boxes, bags and furniture, left outside the shop and literally spilling across the pavement. This

Thank you to local residents Mr and Mrs Morgan, who contacted Shepperton Matters with their story of ‘Belgie’ the racing pigeon.  “In the middle of July this year we found a tagged racing pigeon in our garden which seemed to be limping badly. We caught it and discovered racing bands on it’s leg along with