Sunbury Matters

HRH Queen Elizabeth II looked radiant on her coronation day in 1952. She looked pretty amaz-ing when she was recently in public too! She is the longest reining monarch ever and we wish her well.  She is being royally celebrated the country over during the long jubilee weekend. But we do love what one resident

By Andrew Lansdale  I have lived on the island known as Wheat-ley’s Ait for nearly seven years. Although it was July when I first saw the house, it was like a monsoon with rain bouncing knee-high from the paving stones. But despite that small inconvenience, I loved it. Some say that with some houses, one

I write this at the end of an Easter weekend when the sun has shone and not a drop of rain has fallen. The only discordant note being from us Brits moaning that we have not be able to curse the typical bank holi-day weather. Spring has certainly sprung for us in the beautiful country

Local self taught and much loved artiest, Daphne Clement, loves sharing her work with others. She has been creating first pen and ink and then watercolours of Sunbury and the surrounding area, for some 40 years. Knowing that there have been many people isolating recently, that children need to be kept amused, and wanting to

We love Rivermead Island. So do you! We are sent many beautiful photos taken there for our Local Capture page. Rivermead Island is blessed with some stunning mature trees, including the iconic plane tree (see photo on the right). Long may it remain healthy!  To preserve the nature of the island, there have been new

The Avenue – What’s in a Name?  An Avenue is defined as “a broad road in a town or city, typically having trees at regular intervals along its sides” The Avenue in Low-er Sunbury is arguably the most iconic resi-dential thoroughfare in the Borough largely due to the linear form of mature horse chest-nut trees

Reproduced with permission from the Sunbury Embroidery Gallery  Pam Judd has lived in Sunbury for over 60 years and was the chief embroiderer on the Sunbury Millennium Embroidery.  Pam came to Sunbury with her mother and twin sister in 1940 to escape the bombing in north London, initially staying with her grandfather, Richard Winter, who

By John Maxen, Friends of Sunbury Park  At some point during May, it is likely that the cows will be returning to Sunbury Park to spend the summer chewing the cud and keep-ing the grass short, thus removing the need for mechanical cutting. Following the publication of a new management plan in early 2020, a

By Robert Gant  Faced by the wartime prospect of serious food shortages, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries launched the National Farm Survey (NFS) in Septem-ber 1941. This aimed to raise farming standards, intensify crop production and minimise food imports from overseas.  The National Archives (Kew) holds the records for 41 agricultural holdings (exceeding one