Shepperton Matters Articles

By Nigel Scott  I noted your comment about Sea Eagles over Shepperton in the January edition. The Sea Eagles released by the Roy Dennis Founda-tion in the Isle of Wight ranged far and wide over the UK this summer, one even flew back to Scotland where it had been born!  Birdwatch magazine last year reported […]

By Barbara Unsworth, Big Tree Night Committee  The Big Tree Night Committee would like to take this belated opportunity to extend Happy New Year wishes for 2021 to you all. To overcome the diffi-culties that Covid 19 have presented we still have challenging times ahead of us. With the vaccination being rolled out we are

By John Taylor  Some readers, may recall with nostalgia the Festival of Britain, perhaps attend-ing the main events at the South Bank London, or going to the funfair at Bat-tersea. It was in 1951, just six years after the end of World War Two, that the event was held to celebrate the British contribution to

Last August it became clear that driving through France would not be possible, so we sold the car, fin-ished packing up the house and took a plane from Heathrow to Pisa. Freight was still allowed so our belongings ar-rived three days later, just time enough for us to paint a room. Getting to Coreglia before

By Monica Chard  Trust the Nordics to come up with another great idea which means you have no excuse NOT to sit outdoors, even during winter!  Recent restrictions have meant we can meet other householders OUTSIDE, but not in the cosy indoors. That is fine for the warmer months, but is a bit on the

By Andy Wilmott  I have recently taken on the role within Spelthorne Borough Council of town centres manager for Ashford, Shepper-ton and Sunbury and I am really look-ing forward to meeting and working with the people and businesses that make these towns ‘tick’.  My role is to act as a focal point to as-sist in

By Monica Chard  The Eco Park has had an effect on many of us in one way or another, whether a blight on our view, the traffic or the smells. But noise has apparently been having an impact within the immediate area of the site. The Charlton Vil-lage stables had been an area of peace

By Monica Chard  Performing arts has been signifi-cantly hit during the Covid crisis. The double whammy is that in addition to loss of income, per-formers have been thwarted in doing what they love – namely playing for an audience. So thank goodness for both modern day tech and ingenuity and determina-tion!  Molesey based single mum

By Laura Hedges, Hot Club Yoga  2020 not quite the year you had in mind? We were-n’t expecting it either, but with everything that happens there are lessons to be learned! If this year has taught us anything (we actually have 3 things) it is that resilience, health & wellbeing have never been more important.

By Squire’s Garden Centres  We are a nation of bird watchers. From the red breasted Robin to the resident Great Tit, Blue Tit, colourful Goldfinch and Chaffinch, Black-bird, Starlings, Sparrows and more, we can’t get enough of these wonderful creatures. Small garden birds need to eat regularly, par-ticularly during cold weather when they use up