Local Capture
Thanks to this months contributors who have been enjoying our fine village. Please email monica@villagematters.co.uk
Sunbury Matters
The Platinum Jubilee
By Nick Pollard As we celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen, a unique event which is unlikely to be repeated, I thought it was appropriate to look back at how Sunbury and Shepperton celebrated her coming to the throne. When she actually acceded to the throne on 6th February 1952, it was
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ScamWatch
By Bill Cunningham Sometimes there’s good news to share around too about scams To quote Which? “Currently, many banks have signed up to a voluntary reimbursement code, but victims of bank transfer scams face a lottery depending who they bank with, with concerns about it being applied inconsistently. However, under the new bill, the Payment
Sunbury Jubilee Celebrations – Thank yous
As this magazine hits the door mat, we are gearing up to a weekend of celebrations for the Platinum jubilee. In Sunbury we will be celebrating with several events. Monksbridge will be open on June 4th where you can visit the garden and see the world class Spelthorne Gymnastics perform. On Orchard Meadow on the
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Gardening Matters
By Rachael Leverton The Trellis Trellis is underutilised in most gardens, yet it has a myriad of uses. It can cover an ugly wall or screen an ugly garden build-ing, and it can be used on one or more sides of a patio to provide privacy. You can use it as a framework to support
Sunbury Greyhound Girls 1933-71
By Ken Battle The kennels and training grounds occupied fourteen acres of land and were situated on the north side of the old Hanworth Road, Sunbury, on the site now occupied by Lok n’ Store, Jaguar Land Rover and Costco Whole-sale. The kennels were built in 1933 at a cost of £25,000 to accommodate about
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Discover the benefits of ‘Healing’
By Martin Thomas Have you ever wondered what ‘healing’ is? This is your chance to experience it for free. Healing is a gentle, natural, non-invasive therapy and is entirely comple-mentary with conventional medicine and other treatments. Discover how the ancient art of healing may naturally help initiate and restore balance for your optimum health. The
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Restaurant Review – 4 Thurlestone, Shepperton
News had started spreading about some rather good food at the new café/restaurant, 4 Thurlestone, so we had to go along and try for ourselves. Chef/Owner Sokol Petriti has excellent cre-dentials. He attended the Pru Leith cookery school and was runner up at the end of the year, from amongst 100. He went on to
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Celebrating Her Majesty
HRH Queen Elizabeth II looked radiant on her coronation day in 1952. She looked pretty amaz-ing when she was recently in public too! She is the longest reining monarch ever and we wish her well. She is being royally celebrated the country over during the long jubilee weekend. But we do love what one resident
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Island Life in Sunbury
By Andrew Lansdale I have lived on the island known as Wheat-ley’s Ait for nearly seven years. Although it was July when I first saw the house, it was like a monsoon with rain bouncing knee-high from the paving stones. But despite that small inconvenience, I loved it. Some say that with some houses, one
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Green Award for Springfield
Springfield Primary School, Sunbury has won the prestigious ‘Green Tree Platinum Award’ from the Woodland Trust for planting many trees and hedgerows over the last four years and showing a deep commitment to the conservation of woodlands and their natural habitat in Surrey. Children at Springfield Primary School have participated in activities such as tree planting, reducing carbon emissions, exploring onsite woodlands and
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Notes from the Riverside
I write this at the end of an Easter weekend when the sun has shone and not a drop of rain has fallen. The only discordant note being from us Brits moaning that we have not be able to curse the typical bank holi-day weather. Spring has certainly sprung for us in the beautiful country
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Knit and Natter’s Teddies
It is some 5 or 6 years since Squire’s started ‘Knit and Natter’, a weekly gathering of locals who get together to craft and chat. At it’s peak there were some 30 members gathering, but Covid put paid to that. The group missed this communal activity so much that once we were allowed to meet
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Colour me in Book by Daphne Clement
Local self taught and much loved artiest, Daphne Clement, loves sharing her work with others. She has been creating first pen and ink and then watercolours of Sunbury and the surrounding area, for some 40 years. Knowing that there have been many people isolating recently, that children need to be kept amused, and wanting to
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Rivermead Island – A Tale About Trees
We love Rivermead Island. So do you! We are sent many beautiful photos taken there for our Local Capture page. Rivermead Island is blessed with some stunning mature trees, including the iconic plane tree (see photo on the right). Long may it remain healthy! To preserve the nature of the island, there have been new
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LoSRA Says
The Avenue – What’s in a Name? An Avenue is defined as “a broad road in a town or city, typically having trees at regular intervals along its sides” The Avenue in Low-er Sunbury is arguably the most iconic resi-dential thoroughfare in the Borough largely due to the linear form of mature horse chest-nut trees
Sunbury & Shepperton Beat
By Inspector Maxine Cilia, Spelthorne Borough Commander I hope that you all enjoyed the good weather over the Easter bank holiday and I am hoping for further good weather throughout the may Bank Holiday and Jubilee Celebrations. It is an exciting time see communities getting together to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the reign of
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Local Capture
Thanks to this months contributors. Spring is in the air for sure! Please email monica@villagematters.co.uk
Admiral Hawke and Sunbury
By Nick Pollard Admiral Hawke is perhaps best known in Sunbury today by having a pub in Green Street named after him. Those who know the area a bit better will know that there is a Hawke House almost opposite the pub. But what about Admiral Hawke himself? Who was he and why is he
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Gardening Matters
By Rachael Leverton Perfect Partners When we think about climbing plants, we most often think about growing them to cover a wall or a fence. We might think about growing them over a dead tree stump too, but one of the nicest ways to grow them is through a living tree or a shrub. It’s