Sunbury Matters

Ceaser Court Monstrosity– Tribute to namesake Flouts Rules  By Local Resident Andrew Peters  This stinks! Many of you will have seen the con-version of Benwell House on Green Street, from a 3 storey office to a 6 storey block of flats. Fair enough you may think as we need more dwellings. Unfortunately, the Council’s plans

Fabric of Our Time – 250 Years of World History  Make sure you get to see this stunning exhibi-tion while it is in Sunbury. We are lucky to have this world class work on show. On until 21st February 2021.  Hand & Lock have 250 years experience em-bellishing, embroidering and monogramming garments for the Royal

Springfield Primary School has been on an exciting journey to develop outside learning to enhance learning, right across the curriculum. This has had a wide range of associated benefits, including promoting children’s well-being.  The development of the allotment area has enabled children to have a more hands on curriculum that includes horticulture and bio-diversity as

Suzanne Rankin, Chief Executive at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust  It is always im-portant to look after ourselves during the colder months, but it is even more im-portant that we take extra care this year as we face our first win-ter period with COVID-19.  We can already see that COVID is changing

On Thames Street in Sunbury on Thames, you’ll spot the Shahin Indian restaurant that has been serving cus-tomers in and around the area for a very long time.  When the owner, Shubin Ahchanuhaq spoke to Rotarian Geoff Williams, what neither realised was that it would lead to one of the restaurants biggest ‘take-away’ deliv-eries …

I have recently taken on the role within Spelthorne Borough Council of town centres manager for Ashford, Shepper-ton and Sunbury and I am really looking forward to meeting and working with the people and businesses that make these towns ‘tick’.  My role is to act as a focal point to assist in all the good

By Tracey Anderson  Think of winter in the garden and you’ll most likely think of a robin. Think of Christmas cards and you’ll probably think of the same.  Why do robins have such a strong association with winter?  There is actually an increase in robin numbers during the winter months. They migrate from Scandinavia, Russia

Local resident Georgie Thomas lives in Sunbury. Her hobby is mak-ing mosaics for the home and garden. When we were in lockdown earlier this year she made a rainbow heart which she raffled to raise money for the NHS Combined Charities. It raised £120 and went to a lady in Hanworth.  Having always wanted to

Many of us may blame the current litter scourge on ignorance, bad upbringing or lazy youngers. So how about this then?! The num-ber of mini litter pickers is on the increase. Parents are getting involved with their chil-dren, setting a great example and showing how lovely it is to keep our village clean.  Thanks to

By David Young  Christmas is a time of anticipation for the joy of Christ-mas and the new start offered by the New Year; but this December can we look for-ward with any great certainty ? more Covid ? more re-strictions ? Who knows ! What we do know is that the Riverside Arts Centre is

We all know the message about the im-portance of hand sanitising. But it is not al-ways practical to carry bottles of sanitiser in your pocket or bag and with an estimated 10 million empty sanitiser bottles due to end up in UK landfill this year, local business woman Beverley Boon has been developing an idea

When Marie-Jose Zuurbier and Tess Town-send’s local am dram club went into lock-down, they got busy writing a series of virtual plays for performance on Zoom.  These 30-minute follow the fictitious Watsons Amateur Theatre Club rehearsing plays, fund-raising, providing the town with entertainment and now trying to decide how to celebrate Christmas.  The clever scripts