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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What nicer way is there to spend a Sunday morning than taking a brisk walk or a gentle stroll with family, friends or colleagues. The open road, the bridleways and pathways beckon you on with every step you take, fresh air, the amazing connection with nature and time to walk and talk. Add to all
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2022 AGM in June – Vacancies on the LOSRA Committee Thanks to the pandemic it’s now been nearly two years since the Association held its last Annual General Meeting. All being well, we will be holding our next AGM on 22nd June at our usual venue, the Riverside Arts Centre on Thames Street. It will
The enticing aroma of popcorn and candyfloss says it all – the Hampton Court Green Fair is back. To-day it’s got to be one of our most insta-friendly events of the year – who doesn’t love a wide-eyed kid on a carousel? With the palace as its backdrop, the fair really is irresistible. But its
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By Inspector Maxine Cilia, Spelthorne Borough Commander A hot topic in the news and on the po-lice radar is the theft of catalytic convert-ers from motor vehi-cles. Often thieves target vehicles in the 3 to 4 year old bracket where the catalytic converters contain many recyclable metals which are of a premium value. There are
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By Nick Pollard Those of you who have moved to the area more recently may have been puzzled by references to the roundabout at the Shepperton end of Walton Bridge Road as ‘Marshall’s Roundabout’, since there is no sign or clue as to where this name comes from. In fact the name is not an
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Sunbury seems to have it’s fair share of aging rockers. Nothing seems to keep them down. You can often see them performing at the Sunbury Cricket Club’s Music Nights where they give it everything they have! Well, old rocker Sunbury Richard Stephenson has recently featured on the BBC 2 show Rock Til We Drop. Richard
By Monica Jones and Mike Brennan We have all been stunned by news and imag-es of the atrocities in Ukraine. The response from the local community was to unite in gathering much needed supplies to be trans-ported over to the Polish border with Ukraine. A group took the initiative to set up a Satur-day donation
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After a series of trials, 12 Acrobatic gymnasts from Spelthorne Gymnastics Club in Sunbury-on–Thames were selected to compete for Great Britain in the World Championships. The gymnasts train 6 days a week for 20+ hours, and after proving they are already at the top of their game in the UK it was time to hopefully
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By Monica Jones We have lost another colourful character. Sadly Joy McQuade passed away in February, on her 93rd birthday. Joy was indeed colourful in many ways, one being her remarkable and unique style of dress, usually a colourful kaftan. Joy also had a remarkable mind and memory and had been ‘Brain Of Britain’ for
By Monica Jones and John Douglass The article in the March magazine on Water-splash Farm and the increase in flood risk as a result of gravel extraction, raised a lot of in-terest and anger amongst readers. Although the subject has been in several magazine arti-cles during recent years, this time people seemed to wake up
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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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Be Nice to the Bees! By Rachael Leverton Albert Einstein supposedly declared that, “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left.” There is much debate over whether the great man actually did make such an as-sertion as he was a physicist after all,
Following on from the overwhelming success of the Sunbury Ferry’s first season last year, the volunteers are keen to get going again. The 2022 season is due to start operating weekends and Bank Holidays from this Easter, 10.00am to 5.00pm. In the meantime, you may see the ferry out and about, undertaking refresher training for
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By Monica Jones Half way there sounds close…but the journey for the Sea Cadets has been a rocky one and they continue to be very challenged. The Sunbury and Walton Sea Cadets (SWSC) have been through a momentous 10 years. Having got planning permission to rebuild their very old training centre, they were badly affected
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5th Sunbury has provided scouting in Sun-bury for around 80 years. We urgently need help if we are to continue. Can you help? The 5th Sunbury has been based at various locations including the old Kennyngton Manor School and is currently at The Jun-gle, Ashridge Way. Over the years we have had up to 2
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by Neil Huntingford This month we take a look at how the Health Centre is beginning to increase the number of patients being seen face-to-face, whilst still complying with NHS Covid guidelines, and utilising technological developments where appropriate. The first thing to remember is that, although the government has lifted Covid restrictions and self-isolating for
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In our comfortable and safe existence in the affluent South East of England we often talk about ‘keeping a roof over our heads’ and we at the Riverside have used that same phrase when attempting to balance our books. But let us spare a thought for those un-fortunate people of the Ukraine to whom that
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By Rory Edwards Rory Edwards is a local parent, teacher of 28 years and a school governor. He offers us an insight into certain dilemmas parents might face throughout the school year. By now, parents who have applied for sec-ondary school places will know if they have been successful or not. Congratulations if you’ve been
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