George Drewett recently turned 100 (5/10/21). The story of his life is an interesting one. George was born in Croydon. He was one of the last children to be sent to the workhouse, before its transition to local authority care. His father came back from soldiering in the Great War with a Military medal and […]
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What an amazing initiative from this innovative local favourite. Last month the team launched their ‘Table for a Hero’ idea. Locals are asked to nominate people in the community who have gone that extra mile. The team will then select a winner and that person will be gifted a meal for 4 with fizz, as
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By James Slade A year ago I set myself a bucket list of things to do before I’m 40 (I’m 39), and one of the things on my list was to run a full marathon. In the past I’ve run a few half marathons, but straight after each one I’ve always thought to myself, “there’s
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Protect & Survive No…not the 1970s public information campaign exhorting us to hide under a table in case of nuclear attack. This is far more useful. It’s my public information campaign about protecting tender perennials and taking cuttings to over winter so your plants survive and even multiply. First the protection: to protect tender perennials
With no Big Tree Night for the second year, the Grinch might look as if he has his teeth into our Christmas celebrations. But the community is not standing for it! There are many plans for local celebrations, so plenty to keep the little ones entertained and give you some retail therapy. The so named
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It’s Carers’ Rights Day on 25th Novem-ber, a chance to raise awareness of unpaid carers and their rights to support, so Action for Carers Surrey is holding a week of special events. If you’re looking after a relative or friend who couldn’t manage without you, you’re ‘a carer’. Action for Carers helps Surrey’s unpaid carers
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By Monica Chard At the end of 2018 Shepperton Matters made a plea on behalf of the Shepperton Allotments who were looking to raise funds to build a toilet block. With outside space and fresh air being ever more im-portant for our mental well being, it was a much needed facility to enable allotments holders
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By Monica Chard I know that some of you in Shepperton already stock up at the Surplus to Supper shop at the weekend and word is spreading. If you want to support a charity, keep surplus food from landfill, fill your shopping bags for a donation and support those in need, please read on and
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The long lockdown and frustrating pause in activity within the hospitality industry, has been time put to good use at the Holiday Inn, Shepperton. The venue has undergone an ex-tensive refurbishment. Alongside it sits now Storyboard at Shepperton, a new aspirational and contemporary events destination, setting the scene for weddings, celebrations and meetings up to
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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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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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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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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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Thanks to this months contributors. Please email any photos for Local Capture to monica@villagematters.co.uk.
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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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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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
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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