November 2008 Archives

Workers at Woolworths stores in Elmbridge, Runnymede and Spelthorne are facing job loss fears as the company goes into administration.

Students at Rydens School had a dramatic week enjoying a range of workshop activities thanks to the help of the RC Sherriff Trust.

The St Georges Hill Lawn Tennis Club was full with song writing legends belting out their hits on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 November. 'The Songwriters and The Kestrals' evening hosted by the Walton and Weybridge Friends of Princess Alice Hospice Committee was a great success and saw hundreds of guests enjoying classic hits. This is a wonderful flagship event in the calendar and would not take place without the dedication of the committee, which includes an instrumental member in Brenda Greenaway, wife of songwriter Roger Greenaway.

A talk on the history of Walton Bridge will be held in January at St James' Church.

Nick Pollard from Sunbury and Shepperton Local History Society will give a talk on January 19 at the next meeting of the Weybridge Society.

Admission is free to members and guests pay £1.

Elmbridge residents have been ranked as having the best quality of life in Great Britain by a building society survey.

The third annual Halifax Quality of Life Survey, which examines data from a range of sources, was published on Saturday November 22 with the borough of Elmbridge as top out of 150 other local authorities.

Walton Central councillor Chris Sadler is calling on all Elmbridge councillors to freeze their personal allowances.

Cllr Sadler, who leads the opposition Residents group, says if the council is trying to save 6% of its spending then members should set an example.

Last year Day Hospice patients at the Princess Alice Hospice were very please to receive gifts of beautiful patchwork quilts courtesy of Creative Quilting, Bridge Road, East Molesey. This year the Hospice is once again receiving a very welcome gift of over 30 quilts, made during 'QUILTATHON'.

An incident involving a man who fell to his death at a boat yard is being investigated by the Health and Safety Executive.

The man fell to his death on October 15 this year at Ditton Marine Services Ltd in Portsmouth Road, Thames Ditton, but died five days later in Kingston hospital.

The chairman of the management board at Wellington Close flats in Walton has said maintenance work is essential.

Martin Lincberg, who has been living in the flats for 32 years, has said the plans to replace the buildings' curtain cladding, which is made up of an old aluminium frame holding the glass windows, is in danger of disintegrating in the future if work is not carried out.

Isn't it great now that winter is here?

(Only joking of course, that was a joke if you didn't realize. It's like the time I went to see a comedy night in Englefield Green and one of the comedians said 'I just came back from Glasgow. Great town, but not enough chunky faced alcoholics there for my liking.')

One of the only good things about winter is when the sun is shining on a crisp day, and you can see the sinking sun through the bare trees.