A new Mayor for Spelthorne Cllr Colin Barnard was elected as the new Mayor for Spelthorne at the Annual Council Meeting held on Thursday 18 June. Cllr Tony Harman was elected as Deputy Mayor. Cllr Barnard was first elected to the Council to represent Shepperton Town in 2015. Over the last five years he has […]
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By Nick Pollard The Queen’s Coronation in June 1953 was marked with celebrations through-out the country, and the people of the Sunbury Urban District Council area certainly marked the event in style. A couple of weeks before the Coronation, on 15th May, there was a dance held at the restaurant at Kempton Park, with music provided
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By Mary Booth As lockdown procedures came into effect, concerns rose of potential food shortages. Many of us began looking at ‘grow your own’ opportunities as the start of Spring took hold. Even with limited space or apartment living, growing prospects entered our minds. I began watching YouTube videos from gardeners enabling me to make better use
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It is with regret and a certain amount of inevitability, that due to Covid-19, the Sunbury Amateur Regatta organising Committee has taken the decision to the cancel the event this year. There are several factors behind this decision but safety of our competitors, attendees, volunteers and suppliers is always our primary concern and this has
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By Rachael Leverton Back in May garden centres became some of the first businesses allowed to reopen to the public. For gardeners stuck at home (even though we understood and supported the lockdown), it’s been a frustrating time. We’ve been unable to plant during one of the best springs I can remember. And for many
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Last year Sunbury’s Embroidery Gallery was given the prestigious Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. This year the honour goes to another Sunbury institution, the Riverside Arts Centre (RAC). This is the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK. Sunbury is certainly doing well! The RAC is one of only two enterprises in
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I have never noticed so many rainbows as during the period of lockdown. It seems that the symbol of thanks to key workers has manifested itself as a pick me up in the skies when we have needed it. Thanks to Jackie in Church Street for these two to the right, man-made and natural, both
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By Ian Morris | 8am 15th May 2020 as I walk the dry mud-trodden path in the bright-clear of day beneath an unclouded blue I get glimpses of growing warmth that patch and catch me as I move through the shade of glistening green-leafed trees whose shadows echo the cold as I step into pools of
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By Rachael Leverton I love a crevice. A little gap between the lawn and the path; a cracked paving slab, or a little hole in a wall. These are tiny pockets where magic can happen. Does the crack or crevice sit mainly in the sun or the shade? If it’s sunny, you have a choice
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Has the pandemic changed our lives forever? Almost certainly. Some good will come of it and it seems that remote working practices are set to stay. New research by consultants, Hoxby has revealed that productivity, happiness and office culture are booming with the shape of the office set to change forever. Their findings show: •
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MidasPlus is a local registered charity that focuses on helping local people with physical disabilities or learning difficulties who need financial help for much needed equipment or services that cannot be fulfilled elsewhere and with funding for projects for local community groups. MidasPlus is often seen as a ‘last resort’. All the work is carried
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By David Young and James Ford –Bannister As I write this, I see that 160 years ago today the ‘ghost ship’ Marie Celeste was launched. A name that is synonymous with something deserted, derelict and abandoned. Well the good ship ‘SS Riverside Arts Centre’ is certainly not abandoned although she is looking pretty deserted with
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By Shepperton & Sunbury Rotary The Coronavirus, although isolating millions of us, has also brought together people like nothing has ever done before. The ‘wartime’ spirit often referred to by the older generation has at last begun to have meaning to other generations who, fortunately, have never had to deal with the privations of such
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By Inspector Maxine Cilia So with the evenings now lighter and warmer, this is the time of year that we always see an uplift in vehicle crime. This is especially so in beauty spot car parks. Regardless of which make, alarm system or locks you have on your car it will never deter a budding
Many mums out there may know Nikki Jenkins. She is a tough lady, who has been fighting cancer for quite a while and even then, thinking of how she can improve the lot of others. If anyone can support her, please do. Just buy a T-shirt or donate if you can. Contact info at the
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In these very unusual and troubling times, we thought it would be a good idea to get an update from the Participation Group at Sunbury Health Centre about how the Practice is coping with the present Covid 19 crisis. It’s good to know that, although many UK surgeries are running very reduced services and not
My brother lives in New Zealand and during this time we have kept in touch and compared notes regarding life under lockdown. New Zealand has managed the crisis well. They clamped down early, closing borders, stopping movement, restricting shopping trips to one person only and policing it well. At the last count they had only
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Surplus to Supper is a local charity that has been operating since 2017, helping to bridge the gap between food waste and food poverty. It distributes fresh surplus food from local supermarkets and businesses to Foodbanks and other organisations. It has also raised money from the sale of ready meals, corporate lunches and fundraising dinners
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When lockdown was announced in mid-March the Thamesmead School Head, Phil Reeves, the leadership team and IT department, immediately began planning how schooling could continue for over 1000 pupils. Within a few days a system had been set up for students and staff trained. By the second day of lockdown, fully interactive online learning was
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By Nick Pollard The 75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, the end of the Second World War in the European Theatre, was marked in a very different way to the original celebrations on 8th May 1945. This street party in Cavendish Road, Sunbury, shows how communal tables were set up in the middle of
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By Eilidh Dorgan, Sunbury Resident The “Medium-Sized Man” Dominic Bruce, 5 ‘3, was a war hero, Houdini hobbyist, and all-around cheeky chap who lived in Blakesley Lodge, Green Street, Sunbury. Born in Durham County in 1915, Bruce has come to be best known for his seventeen attempted escapes from POW camps in WWII. Of all
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