The Mary Wallace Theatre, Twickenham By Monica Jones One of the highlights of my summer was attending outdoor cultural events in the area. We are so blessed with a great choice of outdoor concerts, comedy and theatre. I spent a special evening at the Fountain Gardens opposite Eel Pie Island in Twickenham enjoying a fantastic […]
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By Monica Jones We know how much our readers love local history. We suspect one or two of you might enjoy the odd gin too! And as we like bringing you articles you enjoy, this is for you. There is a new gin on the scene. Hampton Court Gin was born out of lockdown inspiration.
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What should you look out for? By Rory Edwards Rory Edwards is a local parent, teacher of 29 years and a school governor. He offers us an insight into certain dilemmas parents might face throughout the school year. By the time you read this, the summer holi-days will soon be over and the new academic
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I am Tracy Tomkins Therapist, I am a certified EFTi Practitioner and a Reiki Master. I was recently runner up in the Spelthorne Business Plan Competition organised by Kwasi Kwarteng, Business Secretary. I help adults and children to fine tune their mental and emotional well-being offering one-to-one or small group sessions from a relaxing therapy
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A significantly underreported, rapidly deepening, nationwide humanitarian crisis, has hit the island nation of Sri Lanka, leaving 5.7 million people, approximately one quarter of the population, in ur-gent need of assistance, according to current UN reports. Referring to his recent work in Yemen, Somalia and South Sudan, UNICEF spokesperson, Bismarck Swagin, told ABC News that
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A new academic year doesn’t just have to be for schools and colleges! It can also be a time for you to take up a new hobby or renew interest in an old activity. This summer has been gor-geous, but it will not be long before those long, dreary winter days; not much to do;
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What the Inspector will consider Following last month’s Local Plan consultation announcement in this column, we now approach the next phase: the Examination in Public. At the Examination, an independent inspector will review the policies and proposed site allocations in the plan to consider whether they are ‘sound’, which means they have to meet the
As the summer draws to a close Sunbury Health Centre is preparing to deliver this year’s flu vaccinations for eligible patients. For the Health Centre this is a significant lo-gistical project, with an anticipated 5,000 pa-tients to be vaccinated. This is around a quar-ter of those patients currently registered with the practice. Seasonal flu continues
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For a taste of what the retirement living lifestyle is all about, why not attend one of Churchill Retirement Living’s Macmillan Coffee Morning events taking place this September at its devel-opments across Sunbury and Shepperton? The events, which are part of the charity’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning campaign, take place from 10.30am to 12 noon
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By Inspector Maxine Cilia, Spelthorne Borough Commander Summer is nearly here. We have had a few glimpses of the summer already with some per-fect sunny weekends. Hot sunny weekends in policing usually means that we will be very busy. Recently we have seen a rise in the num-ber of neighbourhood disputes being reported to police.
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Thanks to this months contributors who have been enjoying our fine village. Please email monica@villagematters.co.uk
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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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
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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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
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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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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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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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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Sunbury Group Practice (SGP) takes a positive step forward towards improving patients’ experi-ence by increasing the number of face-to-face appointments. The NHS has relaxed infection control and social distancing regulations within its working environments and this has enabled the Practice to increase the number of patients that can be accommodated on Sunbury Health Centre premises
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Local author Victoria Scott will be celebrating the publication of her second novel, Grace, with two local book signings in June and July. The writer, who lives in Lower Sunbury, had great success with her debut novel, Patience, which was named the Booksellers’ Association Book Of The Month last August. Like Patience, which explored gene
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