Yes, another charity shop in the high street, but this one is different. Home from Home Reuse Service is a registered charity (Registration No. 1179824) which aims to reduce waste by reus-ing unwanted goods. They have taken the unit which was Top Tune and you may have noticed an ever increasing range of furniture on […]
By Tracy Moore, Neighbourhood Watch and Bill Cunningham, Scamwatch Shepperton Neighbourhood Watch update By Tracy Moore I thought I would start this month with explaining what Neighbourhood Watch (NhW) is. Local Neighbourhood Watch schemes work in a variety of ways that reflect the needs of the local community, examples being sharing crime prevention advice and
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By Nick Pollard No doubt many readers will remember the British Thermostat factory in Windmill Road, Sunbury, which provided employment to generations of local people. Some of you may well have worked there yourselves. The company was founded in Teddington in 1928 with a staff of only 4, to produce refrigeration controls and automatic thermostats.
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Hoe Hoe Hoe! By Rachael Leverton Following on from last month’s list of essential garden tools for beginners I thought I’d explain about the humble hoe. When I first started gardening, I didn’t really understand how to use one. There are a couple of varieties of hoe and they are used in different ways, and
By Monica Chard It’s official! According to a survey by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Spelthorne is the happiest place to live in Surrey. (It is in Middlesex of course, but that is a different story!) The ONS broke down the average ratings of four factors, which included life satisfaction, the feeling that the
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by Laurie Burrell One of the great pleasures in early summer is the arrival of the Sweet Pea flowers and their beautiful sent which gives great pleasure to everyone who you share your bountiful bunches with. They originally came from Sicily in the late seventeenth century and have since remained a popular flower plant to
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County elections are taking place this May and it is important to use your vote. Thankfully the successful vaccination roll out means elections can take place once more and you can have your say. Voting in elections is a really important way to make your voice heard on the issues that concern you. Decisions are
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By Sarah Davey If you can’t lay your hands-on items quickly because they’re buried under piles of junk; if you’re constantly ‘stuff-shifting’ – moving things from one pile to a new ‘temporary’ pile; if you find yourself thinking, “I can’t throw this away, it might come in useful one day,” you’re probably a clutter victim.
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The Mayoress Barbara and I, wish to thank the many residents we have met during our year as Deputy Mayor last year and as Mayor this year, for the friendliness and goodwill extended to us. Our tenure comes to an end in May, at the Annual General meeting of Spelthorne Council. It has been a
We had a call from a local resident who had found an injured hedgehog on the back lawn. It was daytime which was unusual, and the animal was not moving. So she called the RSPCA who came and had a look. It turned out that the poor little thing had sustained a serious injury to
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There has been an interesting development regarding the Eco Park which may raise some hope to local residents who have unhappily been living in its shadow. At a meeting on March 16th, Natalie Bramhall, portfolio holder of Environment and Climate Change at Surrey County Council stated “After exhausting other options available, we have now entered
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Last summer, a broadcast by David Sedaris on his obsession with litter picking caught the imagination of Shirley Lunn. A keen walker herself, she had noticed the growing amount of litter which was spoiling our community. She put a post out on Facebook asking if any-one fancied getting involved, thinking she might get a dozen
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Bob Noble, Shepperton Aurora Rotary Club Dealing with bereavement has had to take a very different path during the pandemic. Loved ones have often been unable to be with the person who is dying or, possibly more importantly, be with other members of the close family who would normally provide strength and support at such
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By Monica Chard We all know the boat ‘Jeannette’, at the end of the high street. And you will no doubt have noticed the tended beds and boxes outside our shops. What about the hanging baskets which embellish our community, bringing us cheer as we do our shopping in the high street? And the flowering
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By Mike Bodnar The impacts of Covid-19 on the mainstream book market are many, with closed bookshops, cancelled book launches and pub-lishers’ plans in disarray. However, none of this seems to have stopped writers. With more time stuck at home due to the pan-demic, an increasing number of people are using the opportunity to write
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By Nick Pollard This postcard of the Three Horseshoes pub, at the southern end of Shepperton High Street, can be accurately dated to 1927. This is because in the background can be seen the newly-built Lordsbridge House, which was completed that year (the date is on a plaque over the central doorway). There is a
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By Chloe-May Cuthill (pictured) 2020 was one of the toughest years ever and it took it’s toll on so many. With problems arising because of the pandemic; people losing their jobs or being furloughed and schools closing, this led to the high-est numbers of children feeling lost, alone and scared. The NSPCC saw their helpline
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A reader contacted us in great excitement last month. He was reading the piece on the disastrous fire at Kempton Park in 1932 when the grandstand was destroyed by fire. “I think I have some of the old grandstand as my porch”, he said. So, I went round to have a look. Kempton Avenue is
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We are all guilty of having clutter in our cup-boards. How many of us have an old laptop sitting around gathering dust? Well, now is the chance to put them to good use. Home schooling and remote learning has un-covered the needs of many families who do not have access to basic equipment. Assistant Head
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By Inspector Maxine Cilia There is a lot going on in Spelthorne at the moment . The most reports that we receive are about anti social behaviour. Most people do not even see this as a crime. How-ever, continued anti social behav-iour can create many tensions in commu-nities and make people desperate to move homes,
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Every year the Spelthorne in Bloom com-petition encourages us to tend our gar-dens, big and small. Blooming gardens embellish our borough and bring us all a sense of well being, whether we are tend-ing them or just admiring them. The launch of the competition sees the crowning of talent of another kind. The children’s poster
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