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. In the January issue, I wrote about what par-ents can do to help their children revise for the forthcoming exams in the summer: […]
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How will the community celebrate the Platinum Jubilee? With HRH Queen Elizabeth 2 marking 70 years on the throne this summer, and an extra bank holiday to celebrate, it is time to start thinking about how to mark the occasion as a village. Maybe it is a huge village picnic on Orchard Meadow, or Rivermead
By Monica Jones Shepperton Studios has just launched a new community fund. It is open to local organisa-tions or individuals, non-profit and voluntary organisations including charities, social enter-prises, and community groups. This is a great chance for many areas of the community to apply for a much needed cash injection. The fund is a not
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By Monica Chard So, maybe you are starting the new year with a resolution to “do something”, to “make a difference, “to meet some more local people”. Well, maybe this will inspire you, because you are needed! Sunbury Neighbours met recently, ostensibly for their first AGM for 2 years, but really this was a chance
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By Inspector Maxine Cilia I hope that you all had a good Christmas or festive celebra-tion, and I would like to start this by wishing everyone a happy and safe new year. I always hope that your new year resolutions will include things such as “I must join my local neighbourhood watch group”, or “how
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By Monica Chard We have all heard the headline stories over the past few years; Brexit, Covid, the blocking of the Suez canal, HGV driver shortages etc, and we have all learned about “supply chains” and how they have been affected. We met recently with RIF Worldwide, a Plc with their headquar-ters in Sunbury, and
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By Monica Chard The Sunbury Christmas market this year was considered by many to be the best ever! Maybe it was because we all appreciated it so much more, having had to suspend it last year. There were 30 stalls selling crafts, gifts, hot food and cocktails. There was a fun ride, Santa’s grotto and
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This months front cover shows a beautiful view over the much treasured space that is known as Orchard Meadow. The car park which borders it is a different matter. We have carried reports of antisocial behaviour in the car park before. Drug dealing has been reported and some pretty un-pleasant behaviour. A couple of years
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by Bill Cunningham It’s Not a Panto and Not Really a Laugh Though we may no longer attend a pantomime as our standard seasonal entertainment we may still recall our participation in them. Let’s use our experience of then to respond to scam-mers who approach us. On the phoned approach to us they will firstly
John Maxen, Chair, Friends of Sunbury Park Sunbury Park is fortunate is having an interesting and varied history in terms of land use. Investiga-tions have shown the influence of man and animals for more than one thousand years. Evidence of this early use can still be seen in the patterns of ridge and furrow across
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By Mary Hammond, Chertsey Life We are all aware of climate change and the effect it is having on our environment with chang-ing temperatures effecting all kinds of life as we know it. There is no doubt, we are not going to be able to walk back the problems we are facing in a short
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By Catherine Hayes Catherine Hayes is one of the winners of this years Spelthorne Business Awards and a run-ner up in the Spelthorne Business competi-tion. She clearly has hit on a great idea. Here she tells us why. There are many good reasons to teach young children the joys of being in the kitchen. Now
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By Rachael Leverton Plants as Air Purifiers A friend recently asked me whether there are any plants which might help with the humidity and mould problem in the bathroom and back bedroom of her Victorian house. It’s a problem that actually affects many British households. Many of our homes are old, and in our damp
By Monica Chard Our usual activities may have been curtailed in these new times of Covid, but one thing that is still alive and well is our ability to get out and enjoy our borough. So said leader of Spelthorne council Lawrence Nichols at the Capture Spelthorne competition event recent-ly. It is the 4th year
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Shepperton Aurora Rotary Club held the sec-ond Youth Speaks competitions on November 23rd at the Jubilee Centre, Manygate Lane, Shepperton. This time the students taking part were from Years 10 and above. Once again, Covid 19 affected the number of teams taking part. There were four secondary schools repre-sented on the evening and all the
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Thanks to this months contributors who celebrate the beauty of Sunbury and Shepperton.
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. The Christmas season may be over but for students in years 11 and 13, they now have to deal with the fact that
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Spelthorne Council has opened another homeless facility in Ashford. Located on Fordbridge Road, Harper House will provide emergency accommodation for up to 20 homeless families. It will offer a local temporary home which is safe, secure and provides the best opportunity for families to move-on to settled accommodation. Previously the Council, like most authorities, had
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To most, it seems like the most obvious way to improve their home and solve frustrating space problems is just to add extra space. Most believe that they need a loft conversion or house extension. But before launching into major building works we advise clients to take a step back and ask an im-portant question.
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At the start of January it is normal to wish everyone “A Happy New Year” in the hope that it will bring health, wealth and happiness. However, as I write this in December further Covid restrictions have just been announced. The need to wish good health for you and your family is there-fore doubly important.
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Welcome to the first of our monthly updates on patient information, developments and services at Sunbury Health Centre. This month we are focusing on the Flu Vaccination Programme and Covid Vaccines. Although there has been excellent take up of both flu and covid booster vaccinations, this year’s Flu campaign has been subject to some confusion.
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