Village Matters

Sunbury Matters

Spelthorne Still Blooming – Albeit Socially Distanced!

By Monica Chard  Nothing was going to stop local residents from making their gardens look beautiful for the annual Spelthorne in Bloom competition. This year it was even more important to spread some cheer in the form of colourful blooms. Lockdown earlier in the year had seen many of us enjoy our gardens and discover […]

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The Age of Aquarius

By Claire Leonard  Aquarius Performing Arts is a Musical Thea-tre class for children aged 4-12. Specialising in the three disciplines of Musical Theatre, acting, dancing & singing, each of our stu-dents have the opportunity to enhance their skills by working towards a presentation for parents at the end of term. We encourage them to perform

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Sunbury Moths

By John Maxen  Following Laura Harrison’s interesting article of observing butterflies during lockdown in October’s Sunbury Matters, I thought I would relate my own experience in a new hobby taken up during lockdown – Moth Trapping. There are over 2,500 species of moths in the UK, and are generally demarcated into two main groups, macros

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#Residents Against Surrey Single Unitary

Currently the delivery of local council services in Surrey is split between Surrey County Council (SCC) and 11 Borough and District Councils and is known as a two-tier model.  Borough and District councils organise your refuse collection, planning, meals at home, social hous-ing, parks and open spaces, environmental health and licensing, whilst SCC provide adults

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Bringing Spelthorne Stations into TFL Zone: A Blessing or a Curse?

Many people would like to see the Spelthorne (Ashford, Staines, Sunbury & Shepperton) Stations brought into Zone 6 for Oyster Card fare ticketing (Sunbury Matters – Sept 20) and who can blame them? A reduction in the price of the hyper-inflated cost of tickets for commuters can only be a good thing – or can

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