A New Lease for Vintage
Last year I went to the Goodwood Revival. It was like stepping back in time. It was not just the classic cars that gave it the nostalgic spirit, it was the spectators.
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Shepperton Matters
Shepperton from the air c1930
This fascinating 1930s postcard of the Church Square area shows how much has changed in the intervening 80 years or so.
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Issue 43
Our article on Location Location Location last month brought us news of Jean Jones in West Way whose parents bought their bungalow for £599 in the 1930s and she still lives there. We also celebrate Marianne ‘Ruby’ Price formerly of Hamhaugh Island who turned 100 recently.
Newman’s Post Office from the early 1900s
This old photograph, dating from the early 1900s, shows Newman’s Post Office and stores, which was situated at the bottom end of Shepperton High Street (the site is now Lordsbridge House).
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Issue 42
Shepperton’s construction boom of the 1930’s was looking to encourage town dwellers to come out to the countryside. Not much changing there then! We look at building work in the 1930’s at the same time as rueing the ever present threat of the Eco Park with the latest protest
A Craftsman at Work – Meeting Brian Alvey
I wonder how many youngsters today are considering a career as a violin bow maker. But when the youth employment people came to visit his school, this was an option put to local resident Brian Alvey.
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Eco Park Tree Tunnel Felled despite Protest
Well there is good news and bad news this update!
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Location, location, location!
In the absence of strong planning regulation during the interwar period, London sprawled outwards along main arterial roads and railway lines. Distant villages like Shepperton in the Middlesex countryside were targeted for new housing.
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Magna Carta River Pageant Registrations
2015 will see the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta celebrated locally. To mark the occasion, there will be, amongst other activities, a boat pageant on the Thames. Thames Alive, the group behind the Queen’s Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant in 2012, is organising the event.
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Swan Sanctuary Founder receives MBE
Dorothy Beeson has been awarded an MBE in 2015 in recognition of her work looking after sick and injured swans from all over the UK, for founding the first purpose built registered veterinary hospital for water birds in the UK, and for advising on swan welfare requests from all over the world.
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Kempton Park Development – Your Chance to Ask
You will perhaps be aware of plans afoot to create a large housing development of up to 1500 homes on green belt at Kempton Park. We have carried several articles about concerns regarding density, infrastructure and traffic.
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Bringing History to Life
Many of you shopping in Shepperton may well know of local butcher Stephen Aldridge’s favourite pastime. He likes dressing up. To be precise he spends many of his weekends dressing up for battle, doing what an increasing number of adults throughout the country enjoy: He takes part in historical re enactments.
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Restaurant Review – The Warren Lodge Hotel
2014 was a pretty grim year for The Warren Lodge Hotel. First the floods, which restricted access to the hotel, then a fire in April gutted the kitchen. The kitchen reopened just before Christmas, so we went along to see the changes and sample the menu.
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Eco Park Update – It’s Not Over Yet
Since our last update to readers, we had a small set back in our fight to stop Surrey County Council’s white elephant Eco Park waste disposal incinerator from being bulldozed into highly residential, green belt Shepperton, despite massive opposition.
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Issue 41
With so much on TV based on the Medieval and Tudor period how about taking it to another level and trying Historical Re enactment? We speak to local butcher Stephen Aldridge about his passion for history. Also in this issue, read about Swan Sanctuary founder Dot Beeson who has just been awarded an MBE.
Shepperton High Street c1950s
On the face of it this 1950s postcard of Shepperton War Memorial doesn’t look a lot different to the present day, but closer inspection reveals quite a few changes.
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Through the eyes of a child
It was February 2014. The Thames was in flood it was cold and misty. My family was very worried because our house was very close to being flooded by the torrential flow of the river…
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Agriculture and landscape: Shepperton in 1941
Faced by the prospect of serious food shortages, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries launched the National Farm Survey (NFS) (sometimes referred to as the Second Domesday Book) in September 1941.
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Shepperton Cricket Club
Hidden amongst trees in Manor Park is a smart pavilion and rather nicely kept green. Surely you know that this is the home of Shepperton Cricket Club?
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Issue 40
We look at the Shepperton Cricket Club, its history and current members. Also a look at how Shepperton was in terms of agriculture and landscape in 1941. We also meet Shepperton Youth Club worker Chelsea Ranaghan.
Issue 39
As the Eco Park fight goes legal, how about getting a tree planted by the Spelthorne Tree Wardens to counteract it? We carry messages from the Bishop of Kensington and read childrens letters to Santa. We also say a sad farewell to Jeanette Sider.