Molesey Matters Articles

By Dominic Raab, Local MP We reached an important milestone in this effort on 3 June, when Heathside Walton school received planning permission. Heathside Walton will be an excellent new state secondary school, with a capacity of 900 pupils, serving children in Walton and Molesey. The target date for opening the school is September 2022. […]

At the end of February, the skies were beginning to clear from a rain filled winter and river levels across the UK were returning to normal levels after major flooding.  The Thames was beginning to show signs of Spring with buds appearing on trees and wildlife looking for mates to begin the nesting period.  In

Fathers in Surrey will now have access to an exciting new online resource, DadPad. The free online app has been developed to support dads, and particularly new fathers, to help guide them into fatherhood.  DadPad gives fathers access to knowledge and practical skills on a range of topics from pregnancy and supporting their partner through

Caring for carers and those with dementia during lockdown  Caring for someone with dementia is challenging at any time but caring for someone with dementia during a worldwide pandemic involving a lockdown can be an incredibly tiring and lonely situation.  Elmbridge Dementia Services (formerly ‘Relief Care’) has been supporting those with dementia and their families in

I run an award-winning specialist interior shutter company called Just Shutters Surrey, with my husband Simon. We are based in Walton on Thames and operate across Surrey, Middlesex and South West London. We design, manufacture and install premium custom-made shutters and our products are in high demand as popularity continuously grows in this market. This

The importance of those little hits of happiness. By Tracey Anderson  At the time of writing most of us are still in quarantine. This makes us unwilling participants in a huge psychological experiment, unprecedented in history. Quarantine itself is not the problem for most of us. With online shopping, online seminars, online meetings, there are

By Debra Grant Most children love to draw or paint. While so many of us are stuck at home it’s a great way to keep them occupied too. A few friends wondered if they should be encouraging more ‘mind-improving’ activities such as maths and English worksheets. Art tends to be viewed as a ‘bolt-on’ extra

Mr C and I have memberships of lots of local attractions: RHS Wisley, Brooklands Museum and Hampton Court Palace to name but a few. But the most recently acquired membership is proving one of the most popular.

Creative Quilting was founded on October 28th, 1989. Starting with about 5 bolts of brown fabrics. Things have changed somewhat since then and now the shop shelves are full of vivid colours and inspirational projects.

In the 1980’s my daily drive to work at Teddington, was usually via Bushy Park. However, on the morning of Friday 16th October, due to storm damage, the park had been closed.