By Tracy Moore, Neighbourhood Watch and Bill Cunningham, Scamwatch Neighbourhood Watch I would like to introduce myself as the new Shepperton Watch co-ordinator having recently taken over from Mr Mick Hussey. It was a while ago now however; my day job has unfortunately kept me extremely busy! I have been told I have big shoes […]
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From Spelthorne Borough Council Capture Spelthorne, Spelthorne Borough Council’s photography competition, is start-ing in March, we are looking for the best pho-tographs of the Borough. This is a great opportunity for you to embrace the outdoors, explore our beautiful Borough and showcase your photography skills. The overall winner will see their photo as the cov-er
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Tools of the Trade The right tools make gardening easier, and in my opinion you should buy the best you can afford then look after them so they will last many years. But which tools are essential? Gloves – Gardening is hard on the hands. Weeds, roots and digging are brutal on the skin. Buy
By Sara Ward It was a cold Saturday morning and I was standing, socially distanced, from a friend whilst we hugged thermal mugs of tea and watched pairs of women in swimsuits, com-plete with woolly hats and neoprene gloves and boots, walk down the slipway into the cold water of the creek. Not long after,
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By Sarah Davey When the spring light catches the surfaces in my home, I see smears and dust, and I fall victim to ‘the spring-cleaning bug’. Suddenly I want to scrub, dust and polish everything in sight. A few years ago, I made a big effort to become a ‘greener cleaner’. I worried about the
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By Monica Chard …So says Shepperton’s Carole Boyd, whose alter ego, Lynda Snell, has provided us with such an entertaining character on air for the past 35 years of The Archers. Lynda Snell is one of the village stalwarts. She will always rise to the occasion when a cause needs a champion. With her superior
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Shepperton Village Fair is a huge event that brings together thousands of people in close proximity to celebrate community life. In 2020, its continuous run of 47 events was interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, an intrusion that has since caused wide-spread disruption, distress and for some, irreparable loss. While we all continue to wait for
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By Mary Booth If you have walked along the Thames be-tween Sunbury and Shepperton on the second weekend in September in recent years, you may have seen the flotilla of Dunkirk Little Ships. These beautiful historic boats make this journey every year in an event designed to bring together veterans and those ships which saved
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By Monica Chard It is great to see another new business setting up and getting ready for life after lockdown. This time it is Palmer’s Dog Grooming Salon, next to Sisu and Glow in the new parade of shops at the end of Green Lane. You can drop your dog off at Palmers and spend
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Continuing our celebration of local scenes we are pleased to share this months local captures, taken by local residents. Thanks to this months contributors Lucy Hayes, Alex Hardy Photos to monica@villagematters.co.uk
Dr David Fluck, Medical Director and Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme The past year has been one of the most diffi-cult many of us have faced, and certainly one of the most challenging in the history of the NHS. We are
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Do you want to start, develop, and grow your business in a cost effective and vibrant loca-tion with fellow entrepreneurs, start-ups and small businesses with the added benefit of mentoring, training, networking opportunities and FREE broadband with speeds up to 1GB? If the answer is yes then The Spelthorne Hub could be the ideal location
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You may have read in the press and on social media that pop musician Gerry Marsden died on 3rd January. His group ‘Gerry and the Pacemakers’ was founded in 1959 and were at one time almost as famous as their contemporaries and fellow Liverpudlians The Beatles. Their songs included ‘Ferry Cross the Mersey’ and a
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By Spelthorne Borough Council In October 2020, Spelthorne Council announced that it intended to revise downward the housing needs figure for its new Local Plan, following heavy criticism of the Government’s original formula for calculating the number of new homes needed in local authority areas. This was derived from the Government’s plans to change the
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Heavenly Hellebores I fell in love with Hellebores a few years ago after an early spring visit to the Botanical Gardens in Cambridge where there are some beautiful displays. They provide a spring garden with elegant colour, and I admit to being quite excited when they appear. They are poisonous plants so are probably best
Jan Lancaster (pictured) decided she needed to find a focus during lockdown last year. She had retired from a career in office management some 4 years earlier, but lockdown gave her time to think. She decided that at the marvellous age of 67 she was going to launch her first business. What a brilliant thing
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It’s that time of year again, when the season’s change to give nature a chance to re-cover its strength, renew re-serves, and get ready for the dawn of a new season in a couple of months. The picture shows the pond just after the rains resulting in a minor flood around the site. Part of
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Thanks to a number of locals who contacted me to tell me about their vaccination experiences. By all accounts, it is a relatively simple procedure, painless and without side effects. The actual process of booking seems to have a few things to iron out. One reader told us that he had initially received a letter
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By Monica Chard Hardy by name and hardy by nature! Sheppertonian and former Halliford pupil, Alex Hardy set himself a challenge before Christmas of walking 1500 miles in 100 days. He is walking locally, so you may spot him (you may know him from his job in Prezzo in fact). He tells me his target
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By Inspector Maxine Cilia The past month has seen a decrease in dwelling burglaries, however, on the other hand, an increase in vehicle crime. The main types of vehicle crime we are seeing are the theft of Catalytic Converters. This crime takes only about a minute to commit and usually the offenders are well prepared
By Bob Speel, Church Monument Researcher There are over 40 ancient churches in West London surviving from the lost county of Middle-sex, with St Nicholas Church in Shepperton the most southerly. Like most of them, it contains interesting wall monuments. Visiting churches to see the monuments is not a hobby to pursue now, alas, but
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