By Rachael Leverton Plan a new garden for 2024 When the outlook is cold and bleak pour a mug of hot chocolate and start planning for Spring. We’d all like a dream garden right? But is your dream garden the same as your neighbour’s? Probably not. Whether you’re designing a garden from scratch or remodelling […]
Chloe, Fresh Fitness Manager gives you some helpful tips After the chaos of Christmas where our daily routines are relaxed and indulgence takes its place, it’s no surprise that come January 1st, so many of us are left unable to reach unrealistic goals of being a healthier and happier ‘new you’. From the anxiety that
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A recital for St Nicks The enforced period of isolation which we had to go through in lockdown has spawned many a creative triumph. Shepperton resi-dents Caroline and David Perkins, both per-formers, found an idea emerging, giving them an outlet for their creativity and giving them hope. David is a composer and skilled pianist, Caroline
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Enter the Shepperton Fair photo competition! There are so many talented photographers out there. We know this, because we get regular submissions for our own Local Capture pages. But it is always a mystery why we don’t get more entries to the Shepperton Fair photo-graphic competition, sponsored by Village Matters. There are 6 categories and
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By Monica Jones The Spelthorne Business Awards at the end of last year were a glittering affair at the Hazel-wood centre, Sunbury. Finalists gathered with their friends and colleagues to see who would get the top accolade as “best in” their catego-ry. Four businesses were shortlisted as Best in Shepperton: Sisu & Glow, Palmers Dog
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Take the January Challenge The January Challenge invites everyone in the UK to explore their creative side. 50,000 peo-ple take the challenge each year and it has been running for 10 years. The premise is to reconnect people with their creative side and explore how creativity impacts positive change. January is a notoriously gloomy month,
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Discover the importance of the RSPB’s annual survey and how you can get involved this January. The RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch is the largest garden wildlife survey in the world and takes place every January, this year on 26th, 27th and 28th. Participants spend an hour counting the birds in their garden, balcony, or local
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By Inspector Matthew Walton, Borough Commander Spelthorne I hope all residents have a had lovely Christ-mas and happy new year from all of us at Surrey Police! Over the Christmas period the team have been hard at work, starting December off with eight warrants across the borough with two in Sun-bury relating to the supply
At this time of year many of us are thinking about the changes we want to make in our lives. Maybe you’ve made a resolution to lose weight, get fit, learn something new or make changes that will help you to be happier, healthier, and more independent as you get older. Making significant lifestyle changes
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Kelly Stewart, Stewart Academy of Performing Arts Choir is much more than singing: I started The Stewart Academy Choir six months ago because I wanted to extend my love for singing and music to the wider community and see if I could build a choir for grownups. Having taught children in different capacities over many
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By Nick Pollard The Harrow pub is situated on the main road in the centre of Charlton Village and is a rare example of a thatched building in this area. It probably dates from the 16th or early 17th century and may be the oldest building in Spelthorne to be a public house. However, it
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World Tumbling Championships – Birmingham, UK Spelthorne’s most experienced female tum-bler, Megan Kealy, won an amazing individu-al silver medal and team gold medal at the recent World Championships held in Bir-mingham, adding to the 17 world and Europe-an medals she has already achieved in her career. In the team event, Megan and her three GB
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By Monica Jones At the far side of the Little-ton Recreation ground in Shepperton, sits The Academy. This is Shepper-ton’s very own boxing gym, with one difference. It is run purely by volunteers and is for youngsters from aged 10. Boxing gives them an outlet for energy, gets them off the streets and gives them
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Thank you for this month’s photos. Do share your photos with us. Email monica@villagematters.co.uk.
By Inspector Matthew Walton, Borough Commander Spelthorne Following up from my last piece in Sunbury Matters, I am pleased to be able to bring you an update. In Sunbury, work has been completed in For-est Drive behind Sunbury Cross shopping centre, with all new security doors and the CCTV has been upgraded; this has been
Shepperton Studios has announced a new Scholarship fund for up to five students per year at the National Film and Television School (NFTS). The scholarships are available for applicants that live within the Borough of Spelthorne, local to the Studios, who have been accepted to study a Diploma or Masters course at the NFTS. Courses
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By Bill Cunningham Appy Christmas! For our smart phones we can download apps to make our busy lives somehow better. We have about 8 million to choose from! And are all of them safe to use, and as good as claimed, with as many users as claimed? Well of course not! It’s another way that
By Rachael Leverton I love hellebores. Their beautiful flowers in subtle colours brighten my garden at this time of year, hence they are also known as the Christmas rose or the Lenten Rose because they bloom from late winter to early spring. My elderly neighbour was admiring my dis-play last year and asked if I
Wednesday 13th December from 5pm It’s that time of year and Big Tree Night will be back in our High Street on Wednesday 13th December from 5pm. We’re so excited to be running the event again this year and we be-lieve it’s going to be bigger and better than ever. Santa and his reindeer will
By Monica Jones I wonder how many of you saw a piece in some of the nationals recently stating that once more Shepperton has been voted one of the happiest places to live in the UK. One of the things that contributes to a happy place is a sense of wellbeing. With Spelthorne in Bloom
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