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Local Capture
Some fantastic photos submitted as always this month, celebrating our beautiful area. Do send any photos for inclusion in Local Capture to monica@villagematters.co.uk.
Shepperton Book Swap Café Venue
By Monica Chard One of the positives that came out of the lat-est lockdown has been the creation of the Shepperton Book Swap. With charity shops closed and a dwindling choice of reading material at home, many of us were becoming frustrated. Come to the rescue Evelyn Loy, who set up a Facebook group called …
Spelthorne Responds to Unitary Authority Plan
Spelthorne Borough Council has set out its response to plans from Surrey County Council to form a single unitary authority. Under the current proposals from the County Council, the 11 Districts and Boroughs would be merged together to form a single unitary authority. They report that it would give the county council greater decision-making powers …
Swan Sanctuary Sees Surge in Calls
Once lockdown ended and we started tasting freedom again, the calls to the Swan Sanctuary regarding waterfowl in distress started in earnest. Steve Knight told Sunbury Matters he has never seen such a volume of calls. Daily reports of birds caught in fishing twine, some with their feet bound together, cygnets hobbled with twine which …
Shepperton Triumphs at Spelthorne Business Awards
Shepperton Studios glamorous Orangery was full to bursting at the black tie dinner for the second Spelthorne Means Business Awards. 12 categories celebrated all sorts of businesses large and small across the borough.
Issue 54
We spend a morning that The Greeno centre. It involves rugby players, dogs, welding and a visit to the hair dresser. What a morning!
We also see the launch of the Shepperton Fair photographic competition, sponsored by Shepperton Matters and attend a quiz night at Thamesmead School as part of the fundraising activities by Friends of Thamesmead.
Road Cycling in the 1930’s
Cycling is all the rage at the moment. We have just seen the Tour de Yorkshire and the roads round here are a flash of colourful lycra every weekend. So, the day some friends of mine were leaving on a cycling trip from Shepperton to Cornwall, complete with modern road bikes and padded lycra shorts, I went to visit local bell ringer Dennis Brock.
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