A Child’s Generation Game
The salon on Thames Street has just had a makeover for third generation Saul Childs’ Saul Hair Design, which is now open for business.
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Sunbury Matters Articles
The Story of the Sunbury Embroidery
It began in architect David Brown’s kitchen! The year was 1995 and David was looking for ideas for a project to commemorate Sunbury during the forthcoming millennium.
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Sunbury Cross C1969
This photo of Sunbury Cross, looking east from the Pyrene House office block, was taken just as preparations were underway to change the area forever. A large roundabout was to be built, displacing the Jubilee clock seen in the middle of this view, and following this the huge M3 flyover was constructed. On the right
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Sunbury Brothers Win Great River Race 2013
Andrew and John Graham, both Members of Sunbury Skiff and Punting Club (SSPC), are celebrating success after winning the gruelling 21 mile Great River Race. Starting at Millwall in London Docklands and finishing at Ham House, Richmond, the Race attracts top crews from all over the world who compete to become the UK Traditional Boat
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Sunbury Regatta
Sunbury Amateur Regatta is firmly established as one of the highlights of the year in Lower Sunbury, both as a sporting event and a fun day for all the community. This year’s event, blessed by fine weather, drew the crowds as usual, and the fireworks (a feature since at least 1880) were spectacular! This picture
Bringing Back a touch of ‘Making Do’
I am one of four children. My mum didn’t work, my Dad was a lecturer and we lived in Kew. It all sounds impossibly affluent in today’s terms, but those were the days when families knew how to live a frugal life. We were not at all well off (the house was condemned due to
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Church is a Messy Business
Over the past few months readers will know that I have visited St Mary’s on several occasions. Having enjoyed a variety of cultural experiences, I took up the invitation ’Church Open’ as I passed by one day. The door was open, there was no one about, but I was welcomed by some cool and calm
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Memories with Fred Mansell
Zak, the 13 year old Chihuahua, announced my arrival at Fred’s house with great enthusiasm! I had met him before as it happened and you may well have seen him too. He travels with his master, Fred Mansell, perching at the front of his mobility scooter. They make quite a spectacle. A couple of elderly
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When Green is not Green
Our children are growing up in an environment where they are educated about the importance of recycling. It is not so long ago that we all used to chuck everything in the bin without thinking about what happened to it. It went off to be buried in landfill, a legacy to be dealt with by
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Sunbury Village from the air
This photo of Sunbury village from the air shows the Thames Street area essentially unchanged from today. A noticeable difference is the lack of houses in The Avenue beyond the Rope Walk, which were built from the 1930s onwards. The parade of shops in the Avenue wasn’t added until after World War Two. Further along
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Sunbury’s Islands
The Thames is unique in this country in having a series of inhabited islands. There are several in the Sunbury area. Travelling downstream, the first is Wheatley’s Ait.
An Angel for our Times
David Light graduated from the Swansea School of Glass with a First Class Honours Degree in Architectural Glass. Angels are often seen depicted in ecclesiastical glass, however the artist wished to realise an Angel for modern times. The Fallen Angel panel on display at the Embroidery Gallery is the culmination of his artistic and technical
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Texan Blues legend packs ‘em in at Sunbury Cricket Club
The latest in the series of Music Nights at Sunbury Cricket Club, now entering its third successful year, saw one of the best yet, as the Club welcomed back the legendary Texan blues star Buddy Whittington, who packed the Club to capacity on his last UK tour. Once again, it was standing room only as
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The History Of Walton Bridge
The new Walton Bridge is fast approaching completion, and it seems a good time to look back on the history of the five previous bridges which have crossed the Thames here. The first bridge was built for Samuel Dicker of Mount Felix, Walton, MP for Plymouth and a plantation owner in Jamaica. He obtained an
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Their Future Today – Art for Charity
Sunbury Matters has championed the local art scene since it launched in 2010. There are always comments from readers regarding the covers, which showcase paintings. This month is no different…apart from one thing. You have the chance to own the original art, at the same time as supporting the local Sunbury based charity, Their Future
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Grooming Gorgeous
Nestling on Thames Street in Lower Sunbury sits a rather special grooming parlour. Don’t go there expecting a wash and blow dry however, unless you are of the four legged variety.
Cattle in Sunbury Park? Yes it is true
There has been a regular topic of conversation in Sunbury Park over several months. Are they really putting cows in the park? Why on earth would they do that? When will it happen?
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Crime and Punishment in Sunbury and Shepperton
Crime rates and the argument over punishment vs. rehabilitation of offenders are much in the news these days. 200 years ago there was no such uncertainty- punishment was swift and severe! Despite what we would regard as grinding poverty by today’s standards, the people of Sunbury and Shepperton were largely untroubled by serious crime.
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“No Rules” for Sunbury Artist Sally Friend
Sally Friend is no stranger to Sunbury Matters. This month sees the third cover produced by this local artist. What is clear from looking at her work is that it is always different.
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The Sunbury ‘Riot’
We may think of Lower Sunbury in the past as having been a sleepy place where nothing much happened, but in September 1904, an event occurred which was to attract the attention of several national newspapers.
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New York, Paris…Sunbury
Glamour and stardom are sparkling brightly in Sunbury. Local entrepreneurs Euan McDonald and Lesley Silwood have just celebrated 10 years in business building their accessories company Buba.
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