Neil Huntingford, Chair Patient Participa-tion Group SHC, in conversation with Richard Fryer, Business Manager SHC. The media and the press are quick to high-light issues with the NHS, especially with re-gard to patients having difficulty getting ac-cess to GP surgeries and yet 9 out of 10 NHS Chief Executives have reported that the health service […]
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We attended the official opening of the new Woodward Building at Halliford School last month. What a fabulous addition this is. From start to finish the three storey building went up in 21 weeks. The design is modular, cho-sen to be the fastest build with the least im-pact on locals. Named after school Chair of
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Sunbury Park and, more recently, Or-chard Meadow and Hawke Park (previously the TP26 Linear Park) are highly valued local amenity assets both appreciated and used by many residents to visit, play, relax, or for dog walking. Together with Spelthorne Council, The Friends of Sunbury Park (FSoP) volun-teer group work to maintain the environ-ment and nature
By Inspector Maxine Cilia With the festive sea-son arriving, we see a rise of some certain crimes. One of those crimes is theft of bi-cycles. Everyone is looking for a bargain, but please don’t be tempted to buy a bi-cycle from a local advert if you do not meet the person at their home address
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by Bill Cunningham What I want for Christmas Please Santa So far I have not spotted a Scamometer for sale for Christmas and if it existed then it would be a scam, not reaching us after pay-ment. If only we could input letters, emails, texts and voice mails to a box and it warned us
By Nick Pollard Halliford School was founded in 1921 as Shepperton Grammar School, and occupied a building in Laleham Road, just by the present junction with Manor Farm Avenue. It provid-ed education for boys and girls from the ages of 5 to 14. The school was founded and owned by the first Headmaster, Alfred Dobree
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Simple Winter Tasks By Rachael Leverton This year’s festive season (at least at time of writing), is shaping up to be a little more ‘normal’, whatever that term now means. While most of us are looking forward to more socialising and togetherness, I’m betting a fair few might think back fondly to last year’s smaller,
By John Taylor | Photo, Laleham Players It’s that time of year, when at theatres throughout the country we hear the sound of “He’s behind you”, “Oh yes it is” and “Oh no it isn’t”. A festive outing for all ages, a visit to a pantomime is great fun. It’s usually a child’s first theatre
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When I was little I remember my parents taking me to London at Christmas time to see the lights and the Christmas windows. I seem to remember Hamley’s and Harrods had particularly wonderful displays of snow scenes and animated snowmen etc. It was magical. But we don’t have to go to London. Van Won-deren Flowers
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By Ken Battle Eighty years ago in November 1941, a young member of the WW2 Sunbury Home Guard drowned beside Sunbury Lock whilst being ferried there for duty. His father was a WW1 hero with a VC, but the death of his son eventually led him to take his own life in 1954. Following Britain’s
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After 36 years, Twirltour Travel may have closed its rather interesting office doors at 101 Green Street, but Managing Director Richard Stanier says, “This time for change is a result of the devas-tating affect the pandemic has had on the travel industry. For the first time, I look forward to serv-ing my longstanding and loyal
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By Rory Edwards Rory Edwards is a local parent, teacher of 28 years and a school governor. He offers us an insight into certain dilemmas parents might face throughout the school year. Over the past few weeks, we have been look-ing at different schools as our middle daugh-ter is now in year 11. She is
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By Monica Chard We have always championed the Spelthorne in Bloom initiative. Gardens give so much pleasure, brighten our borough and the bene-fits all round for mental health and well being is well documented. Our Sunbury champion has long been Leslie Grimes whose hanging baskets in his front garden in Manor Lane are something to
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We are blessed locally with a great choice of theatres to visit. Kingston is only a stone’s throw away and we have immensely enjoyed visiting the fabulous Rose Theatre a couple of times recently. Leopards, an original production, was greeted with great enthusiasm. This new play by the award winning producer of Fleabag was a
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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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Proposed Development of Phase 2, Benwell House Refused by Planning Committee Despite the officer’s recommendation to approve this plan, the Planning Committee on 13th October voted against the construction of the 5 storey block of 39 flats as the Second phase of the Benwell House development in Green Street, pictured below. (Artist impres-sions are always
By Inspector Maxine Cilia The crime of this month is theft from motor vehicles. It is still so surprising how many people leave their cars on their drives un-locked. What is more surprising is that they also leave their car full of valuable items such as expensive sun-glasses, mobile phones and satnavs, cash, even wallets
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The Sunbury ferry has had a fantastic first year and has had more than 6000 passengers. What a boon for the area. This electric craft runs at weekends only from a specially made pontoon down the passage opposite the Riverside Arts Centre and takes you over to the Walton bank. There you can walk along
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by Bill Cunningham 159 Anything that counteracts scamming is wel-come. And now we have a new tool to use, allowing us to check if a call from our bank really is a call from our bank. In the last year over £500m was scammed in bank transfer fraud. Less than half of that was refunded
By Nick Pollard With the former police station in Staines Road East, Sunbury, being converted into flats, I thought it would be an opportune moment to look at the history of policing in Sunbury. The photo shows the staff of 5 sergeants and 2 acting sergeants (with two stripes) surrounded by 18 constables in front
Mike Bodnar investigates the rise of doorbell cameras Ding-dong! It’s a sound that makes us drop everything and head to the front door to see who it is. We don’t know of course until we open it, or at least that’s the way it used to be. Today we can see who’s there from the
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