The community boat, ‘Impossible Dream’, offering accessibility to the water, has been delighting many by opening again for boat trips on the Thames. In August the charity received a generous donation from Shepperton Rotary Aurora, and now proudly sports stickers with their logo. The committee (see below) celebrated with a glass of something appropriate. The […]
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Desborough Sailing Club (DSC), based in Ferry Lane, Shepperton, celebrated it’s 73rd Birthday on Saturday 4th September with a Birthday Party held on the lawn at the club’s lovely riverside setting. Originally conceived at a meeting in The Warren Lodge Hotel in 1948, DSC began life based at D’Oyly Carte Island. In 1953 it moved
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By Nick Pollard Shepperton Studios has been the centre of film making in our area since the 1930s, but filming in the village dates back considerably before this, to the early days of cinema in this country. Cecil Hepworth of Walton-on-Thames established the first purpose-built film studios in Britain at his home in Hurst Grove
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An occasional series featuring Laleham’s past residents and visitors Some recent world events have echoes in Lale-ham ‘residents’, past and current. Emma Radu-canu’s wonderful US open tennis victory and Brit-ain’s great Olym-pic performances are reminders that Laleham has had its own tennis grand slam and Olympic champi-on. Major Josiah George Ritchie, pictured, (an unu-sual forename,
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By Monica Chard Anna Gammond was clearly a driving force in our community. She has been described by her granddaughter, Sophie as “over and above”. This seems to have been the case in everything, whether it was the warm welcome she bestowed on visitors, her involvement in local groups or her dedication to her pupils
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Colin Squire OBE, Chairman Emeritus of Squire’s Garden Centres, has been awarded the prestigious Dean Hole Medal by The Rose Society UK in recognition of his work with and love of roses. The award was pre-sented by John Anthony, Chairman of The Rose Society, in Peter Seabrook’s rose bed exhibit at BBC Gardeners’ World Live
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We are very excited to be a part of this fantastic new publication. To mark the 70th anniversary of the Sunbury & Shepperton Local History Society, as well as the 10th anniversary of Sunbury & Shepperton Matters, we have joined forces to create this fabulous book. Whenever we are contacted by readers (which is quite
You may have seen Laura Allard pounding the pavements of Shepperton, in training for her forthcoming marathon. She considers herself very fortunate to have gained a place in this years London Marathon, which will take place in early October. Laura is running as part of Team Shooting Star, a local hospice for children. Many of
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Thanks to this months contributors. Please email any photos for Local Capture to monica@villagematters.co.uk.
By Inspector Maxine Cilia Autumnal Equinox arrives and darker nights set in. In polic-ing terms darker nights mean more burglaries. It is easy for a burglar to see if you are out if your house sits in darkness in a row of warm glowing lights. There are so many simple and cheap devices to ensure
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Great to hear about this pilot scheme to bring Elective Vehicle (EV) charging points to our borough. Spelthorne is being given an alloca-tion of 20 to be rolled out as a trial and 4 will be stationed in Lower Sunbury. So far so good. We are told that electric is the way forward, using cleaner
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Time to Tidy! By Rachael Leverton By October the garden can look a little tired: perennials collapse, leaves die back, and there’s debris everywhere. It can only mean one thing, clean up time. Cut Peonies, Leucanthemum, Nepeta, Del-phiniums, Hardy Geraniums, and Phlox back to ground level, but leave anything with orna-mental seed heads such as
The last 18 months has turned the world upside down for many people or at least given us all pause for thought. Career changes, new hobbies or revisit-ing old wish lists might well seem like familiar scenarios. If joining a choir figured in your thinking, then Weybridge Male Voice Choir would love to meet you.
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By Neal Adolphus Getting an appointment with a doctor can still be difficult, as we all know. But is it just our ‘neck of the woods’ experiencing these problems or are we just like everyone else in the country? I did some research on the internet and came up with some interesting information from the
By Monica Chard Young and old picked up tools and set to work on clearing Lord’s Bridge pond last month. It was the first working party of vol-unteers, under the Shepperton Village Conser-vation Group (SVCG), who have set out to tidy up this rather neglected corner of Shep-perton. Martin Thomas lead the charge and arranged
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CRANQ Cycles is a new bicycle repair and coffee shop in Surrey. We opened our doors on 18th June and have so far serviced over 400 bikes! The core team is made up of three keen peo-ple eager to make a difference in our local community – Cliff Casey, Sam Kiteley and Daniel De Oliviera.
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By Ben Horler The August bank holiday Sunday saw the return of the Annual Shepperton Cricket club six-a-side tournament. Rebranded as “Shepfest”, the day took on a much bigger, and more ambitious, format. The event saw 15 matches unravel over a nine-hour period, followed by live music from two bands later in the evening. Shepfest’s
Cameo, a day centre for people with dementia, has been running for 30 years and should have celebrated this milestone in 2020 at the Greeno Centre, from where they have provided their services for in excess of 25 years. Cameo has been unable to operate at the Greeno Centre since March 2020 due to the
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Better known to many as Fairy Liquide Annie died peacefully on 6 June after a long illness. Without Annie there would have been no Fairy Liquide and no Laleham Pantomime. At a New Year’s Eve party in 2012 at Annie’s house a number of short sketches and songs were performed by those present, some with
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Thanks to this months contributors. It has been a summer of flowers and varying weather. Well, at least the ducks enjoyed the rain! Please email any photos for Local Capture to monica@villagematters.co.uk. If they are good enough, they might even make the front cover!
