February 2009 Archives
Visitors to the Ankerwyck Estate can get a taste of spring on Sunday, March 15, from 11am-1pm.
Visitors have the chance to join a National Trust warden to explore both the wildlife and the history of the beautiful grounds at Ankerwycke Farm in Magna Carta Lane, Runnymede.
The day costs £4 for adults, £3 for senior citizens and £1 for children. For more details call 01784 432891 or visit runnymede@nationaltrust.org.uk
An evening of pampering and indulgence is being held on Friday, March 20 at Englefield Green Infant School, Barley Mow Road, Englefield Green, from 7.30pm-9.30pm.
The Evening of Indulgence, organised by the Parent Teacher Association, includes taster sessions of complementary therapy and beauty treatments such as massages and manicures.
Entry is £1 and includes a drink with proceeds going towards new childrens' outdoor learning spaces. All are welcome.
Framework, the framing shop in Woodthorpe Road, Ashford, is to close on Saturday, March 14 after 21 years.
Owners Jim and Mary Cowell, who began framing in 1985 in a unit in Tilly's Lane in Staines before moving to Ashford three years later when Two Rivers was built on that site, are retiring when their lease comes up for renewal.
Blood donor sessions take place on Sunday, March 8 at Ashford Community Centre in Woodthorpe Road, Ashford, from 9.30am-12.30pm and 2pm-4.30pm.
Volunteers need to be between 17 and 60 years old, in general good health and weigh more than 7st 12lbs.
For more information call 0845 771 1711 or visit www.blood.co.uk
They may have dressed up to the nines but a WAGS day at St David's School in Ashford took on a whole different meaning.
For instead of the theme being about Wives And Girlfriends of a celebrity, the year 11 and sixth form students were taught that it stands for Working And Gaining Success.
Firefighters doused the flames in a car that caught fire on Wednesday last week (12) in Parkland Grove, Ashford, at about 2.50am.
No one was hurt during the blaze.
The weekend is here again, they seem to be getting here faster each week.. I don't know if this is a good thing or not but this coming week will be hectic for me.
I tend to never argue with punctuation... It's silly!
Time ticks on and people drag their feet... This is normal, but in this shiny, new and now RECORD BREAKING recession, time is money and the less we have the more we borrow from our future, which in turn makes the future harder... we know it, but we have to do it to survive.
I think I will do a Bankers with our money illustration next time, it seems quite apt I feel with the current feelings of England towards the upperclass banking monopoly.
Ironically I think the play money in a monopoly board game is actually worth more than the game costs now. We have all said 'Oh, Imagine if this Monopoly Money was REAL MONEY' at some stage, well now it's technically better than real money! Go figure!
Burglars have broken into two Ashford homes and tried to raid several more by reaching through the letterbox to open the front door.
And residents are being warned to lock themselves in at night after intruders got into the homes in Avondale Road and Gordon Road that had not been deadlocked on Friday January 23.
Snow has brought Surrey to a standstill as schools have closed, services have been cancelled and residents have been urged to stay inside.
Surrey County Council closed all schools in the county this morning due to the severe weather conditions.
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