Local author Victoria Scott will be celebrating the publication of her second novel, Grace, with two local book signings in June and July. The writer, who lives in Lower Sunbury, had great success with her debut novel, Patience, which was named the Booksellers’ Association Book Of The Month last August. Like Patience, which explored gene […]
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Remember ‘Bob a Job Week’? The scouts used to knock on doors and offer to wash your car or do some other chores for a ‘bob’ (a ‘bob’ was 5p in old money – yes, we are going back a bit!) Well, two boys from 1st Charlton Air and Sea Scouts, Matthew and Nathan (see
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In 1952 I was a 15 year old schoolgirl, and was one of the 30,000 children to be chosen to see the coronation procession. We arrived at Blackfriars at 6.20am and were met by stewards ready to direct parties to their respective positions along the Victoria Embankment, where special platforms had been erected. At last
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By Monica Jones Surplus to Supper have done it again! Working with A2Dominion, Sunbury Neigh-bours and the Sunbury Cricket Club, the team decided to see if they could interest people in a community lunch. We went along to see for ourselves and meet some of the attendees. What struck me when I arrived was how
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By Monica Jones We know that residents love history about our area. So you may be interested to know about a new book which has come out recently. Secret Shepperton – England’s Hollywood, by Jill Armitage promises to unveil history and secrets as never before. The eagle eyed of you will rec-ognise some of the
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In these difficult times we live in, any ray of sunshine and kindness can make that huge differ-ence to our well being. So when you find a little bouquet of hand tied flowers on a bench with a note on it saying “Please take me home” doesn’t it just make you smile?! Jess Sargent runs
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Springfield Primary School, Sunbury has won the prestigious ‘Green Tree Platinum Award’ from the Woodland Trust for planting many trees and hedgerows over the last four years and showing a deep commitment to the conservation of woodlands and their natural habitat in Surrey. Children at Springfield Primary School have participated in activities such as tree planting, reducing carbon emissions, exploring onsite woodlands and
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By Rachael Leverton Perfect Partners When we think about climbing plants, we most often think about growing them to cover a wall or a fence. We might think about growing them over a dead tree stump too, but one of the nicest ways to grow them is through a living tree or a shrub. It’s
By Finn MacCarthy Finn MacCarthy is hoping to study journalism at university and wishing to grow his portfolio of articles he asked us to consider running this piece on the newly opened Elmbridge Eco Hub, which he thought would be of interest. We hope you enjoy it. Good luck Finn! It has been a busy
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By Inspector Maxine Cilia, Spelthorne Borough Commander I hope that you all enjoyed the good weather over the Easter bank holiday and I am hoping for further good weather throughout the may Bank Holiday and Jubilee Celebrations. It is an exciting time see communities getting together to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the reign of
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By Nick Pollard Admiral Hawke is perhaps best known in Sunbury today by having a pub in Green Street named after him. Those who know the area a bit better will know that there is a Hawke House almost opposite the pub. But what about Admiral Hawke himself? Who was he and why is he
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Thanks to this months contributors. Spring is in the air for sure! Please email monica@villagematters.co.uk
It is some 5 or 6 years since Squire’s started ‘Knit and Natter’, a weekly gathering of locals who get together to craft and chat. At it’s peak there were some 30 members gathering, but Covid put paid to that. The group missed this communal activity so much that once we were allowed to meet
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By Monica Jones With a community focus on the Shepperton Village Fair only one week later, and a royal knees up on offer for locals at Laleham Park over the Jubilee weekend, Shepperton might be feeling a little left out in terms of commu-nity Jubilee celebrations. But fear not! Vivienne Leighton and her band of
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Get your entries in and be inspired to create some whacky and wonderful costumes. This year the theme is once again Heroes and Heroines. Sounds lots of fun. The event is of course on June 11th setting off from Nauticalia and finishing at Lady Lindsay’s Lawn Manor Park. For you for-ward looking young things out
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By Martin Thomas Have you ever wondered what ‘healing’ is? This is your chance to experience it for free. Healing is a gentle, natural, non-invasive therapy and is entirely comple-mentary with conventional medicine and other treatments. Discover how the ancient art of healing may naturally help initiate and restore balance for your optimum health. The
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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 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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