November 2009 Archives

A vintage Victorian helter skelter and 46 themed Christmas trees were two of the festive frolics going on in Spelthorne at the weekend.

On Saturday November 28 in St Matthews Church, Ashford, the 11th annual Christmas tree festival took place, which saw schools, brownie and scout groups, and shopkeepers decorate trees to their own theme.

Two thefts of fishing equipment from sheds have taken place in the borough over the last week.

A large amount of fishing gear was stolen from a house in School Road, Ashford, on Friday November 27, when thieves broke a padlock to enter.

A drunken bet the night before led to a Freemason from Ashford donning shorts and plunging into freezing cold water for charity.

Simon Hodkins, 37, of London Road, stood in the sea at Bournemouth on Sunday November 22 with his 35-year-old friend Jed , from Windsor and raised, £350 for Slough Homeless Our Concern for standing in the cold water during heavy winds for 15 minutes.

An extra 200 police officers could be seen walking around the streets of Surrey in the near future.

Chief constable of Surrey Police Mark Rowley has said the force are looking to close police stations, make cuts of senior officers and lower bureaucracy as part of radical plans due to be discussed on December 10 with Surrey Police Authority.

Fifty fruit trees have been placed in two locations in Spelthorne to try and get residents interested in nature.

Denise Turner-Stewart, Surrey County Councillor for Staines South and Ashford West, had 25 trees planted in Edinburgh Drive, Staines on Sunday (22) and 25 in Kingston Crescent, Ashford on Thursday November 19.

Two homeless people who have been harassing commuters at Ashford and Egham train stations for the past year have been given anti-social behaviour orders.

Trevor Davison, 29, and Kerri Turner, 20, had been begging, drinking, and causing a nuisance at the stations, in Station Road respectively.

A hopeful band will be launching their debut EP at a promotional gig in Staines in December.

On December 12, the Dirty Crawlers, whose four members are from Ashford, Staines, and Chertsey, will be performing at The Hobgoblin, in Church Street, to promote their first EP Bottleneck.

A Christmas tree festival is taking place at St Matthews Church on Saturday 28.

The 11th annual festival, which will start at 10am but go on until December 6, will feature 45 trees displayed by various shops and organisations.

The event, in Chuch Road, will be opened by pupils from Echelford School and in the evening the Mayor of Spelthorne Caroline Spencer will attend a concert by the Spelthorne Young Voices at 7pm.

Tickets are £8 which can be booked by ringing Alice Bennett on 01784 259718

A Spelthorne councillor has donated £200 to Ashford Breast Cancer Support to help them print information leaflets.

Ashford Common councillor George Trussler gave the money from his better neighbourhood grant scheme, a £750 budget for members to spend on community projects in their ward.

Firefighters were called to a residential address in Ashford on Wednesday to remove a pensioner's rings.

At 12.45pm crews from Staines visited the woman, who had three rings on her wedding finger in need of removal.

The firemen cut through the rings, which had been on her finger for 65-years.