By Nick Pollard As I write this article, another of Shepperton’s iconic pubs has closed. It’s only a few months since I was reporting on the closure of the Bull at Shepperton Green, but now the King’s Head has gone dark, and who knows if it will reopen as a pub? In the 1970s and […]
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By Natalie Wells, Themba Theatre Director Back in 2002, a friend of mine set up a charity called ‘Themba Facilitate’, to help support children living on the streets in the Philippines. They were a brand new charity and needed funds to help them get started. Having always loved and studied theatre, I decided to help
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By Monica Jones If you are looking for a creative outlet, and might just be curious to set foot on the famous D’Oyly Carte Island of Gilbert and Sullivan operetta fame, then this is an opportunity for you to do both. Artist Nicolene Grigg has opened a stunning studio on a wide beam canal boat
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Since 1943 Sunbury and Walton Sea Cadets have been helping 10-18 year olds to learn teamwork, respect, loyalty, self-confidence, commitment, self-discipline, honesty and how to fulfil their potential in a safe and friendly environment. Plans were approved to rebuild their very old centre near Walton Bridge, but it was badly damaged by the floods of
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By John Maxen, Friends of Ash Link We regularly hear and read that freshwater environments are in serious decline. The Environment Agency has reported that Britain has lost more than 90% of its ponds and other wetland habitats in the past 100 years. Nowhere is immune to the challenge of habitat loss. Such a habitat
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Thanks to this month’s photographers. What a stunning area we live in, and you have all captured it beautifully. Send photos for consideration to monica@villagematters.co.uk. Thanks.
Gary Kemish from Fresh Gym tells you how to reach them The start of the year is a great time to reflect on the previous year and set new fitness goals. Start by setting a long term goal and then work back, setting smaller short term goals. For example you may want to run your
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By Nick Pollard The huge extension to Shepperton Studios currently taking place is a reminder of the many films that have been made here over the years since it originally opened as ‘Sound City’ in 1932. The majority of films have been made within the confines of the studios, but quite often the local area
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By Edd Wheeler Being a Shepperton resident for over 74 years I have seen many changes to my surroundings. My journey to permanently living in Shepperton began in Italy. I was born in Rome in 1947 of mixed parentage. My mother was a Rus-sian refugee who fled to the West during the war. My father
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Boutique Care Homes are proud to announce that The Burlington, Shepper-ton, has been awarded the prestigious ‘Care Home of the Year Award’ at the 2022, Surrey Care Awards. It was a glittering evening at the Surrey Care Awards 2022, attended by the great and the good across Surrey’s social care sector. Organised by the Surrey
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By Bill Cunningham New Year Resolutions Let’s say we’re allowed more than one NY resolution. So we can include being even more vigi-lant this year, to protect our ever decreasing savings from scammers. It’s a credible assumption that we will have a challenging year ahead with our finances. We should assume too that scam-mers will
Students from ACS International School Cob-ham in Surrey served a straight set perfor-mance and were crowned champions at the ISAA Girls Volleyball Tournament 2022, which took place in Eindhoven, the Nether-lands. The girls also made history in the pro-cess, being the first ever team to not drop a set during the tournament. The ACS Cobham
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Congratulations to Shepperton Marina for being voted Inland Marina of the Year in the 2022 Yacht Harbour Association Awards. The awards are voted for by berth holders and celebrate the very best marinas in the UK and overseas. Shepperton Councillor and Chair of the River Thames Task Group, Cllr Vivienne Leighton, said: ”This is fan-tastic
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The River Thames Scheme (RTS) is being delivered in partnership between the Environ-ment Agency and Surrey County Council. The Scheme is designed to unlock economic, health and environmental benefits for com-munities between Egham and Teddington. The River Thames between Egham and Ted-dington runs through one of the largest area of populated but undefended flood plain
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Winter Scent I love a garden planted for winter. There are so many plants with wonderful shape and interesting evergreen foliage. But the thing that draws me out into any garden is scent, and fragrance is particularly uplifting in the depths of winter. Getting outdoors into natural daylight, even on a cold, dank day is
Halliford School has recently announced that they have launched a Sixth Form STEM Scholarship. It is open to all students taking two or more STEM subjects at A Level with current plans to complete higher education in a STEM-related discipline and with aspira-tions to pursue a career in STEM. A Level STEM subjects include Biology,
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By Spelthorne Choral Society Monday nights are special for Gill Henry, because Monday nights are choir nights! No matter how bad her day at work, or how dark or cold, singing as part of the Spelthorne Choral Society (SCS) each week is a must for her. And she’s not alone. “I know I’ll come out
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By Claire Reynolds “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” Lao Tzu You may have noticed that New Year’s reso-lutions are often talked about with an air of disillusionment as the month of January pro-gresses. As I drove home today I heard a radio presenter warning that “most people make a
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Gosh it was a cold one this year! But a lovely evening for the whole family. The village hall was understandably popular as it was toasty warm, so we hope the charities who were based there did well. Congratulations to the organisers of BTN for getting the show on the road, to the stall hold-ers
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27th-29th January 2023 What a great excuse to sit back with a cuppa and look out of the window! The last weekend of January is the time when the RSPB get us all to get involved and report what we spot in our garden. If you check the RSPB website (see below), you can register
