Surrey Herald du lieu suivant : Chertsey, Surrey, England • 6

NEWS and ADVERTISING 01932 561111 or 01784 457187 6 HERALD and NEWS Thursday April 23 1998 Over the river SUNBURY TOWN VILLAGE VOICE Thoughts from the cutting room floor POSTCARD LINKS PAST WITH PRESENT If you have an item of interest call MIKE HA! I on 01932 78783b (evenings) or write to him at 3s Hawthorn Way Upper Halliford Shepperton TW17 8QH Alternatively ring the news-desk during the day on 01784 457187 POST CARD THE ADDRESS ONLY TO WKilLN BLUE I Lv 'U 4 A fin AND P'ota'k Sivti vs ii1 as i UK Back mw mov ms vK I' For FOREIGN Postack no: hv omt (Post Office Regulation iev 0 I VX- Tlail CiL I The Thames Over-ways Project (TOPS) which proposes a number of footbridges across the Thames locally including one at Sunhury has featured on this page before Most of the presentations have been inconveniently located south of the river perhaps they are trying to demonstrate to us the need for more crossings -hut now there is a chance to learn about their plans here in Sunhury Thames Footbridges Is There Local Need? is the subject of the next meeting of Issues the Spelthorne Debating Society at the Riverside Arts Centre on Monday 27i at Spin John Kanken from TOPS will be speaking along with John Brooks assistant head of planning at Spelthorne Council Further details from Michael Wakefield on 91932 7X3026 or Jonathan O'Brien on 017X4 456017 n- When members of the Hall family were filmed for our recent appearance on "Collectors' Lot" a while ago I had quite a bit to say about my collection of old postcards Unfortunately that part of my interview never made it to the screen which was a shame because 1 think that they can tell us so much about local history Not only are the pictures of historical interest hut often the messages are as well Take the card illustrated here for instance one of the items loaned to me recently by Joyce Carpreau whose reminiscences of her father Frederick Dunn and his nursery business I published recently Posted in November 1905 the card hich bore a well-known view of Sunbury Clock) was sent to 10-year-old Miss Margaret Hester by her younger sister Lilly Margaret had been ill and had been sent bv her family in Sunbury to convalesce in Belderrig in County Mayo The Hester family owned nurseries and greenhouses at the end of Lane and were active in local horticulture for many years Margaret eventually became Joyce and her sister Pearl's stepmother marrying the widowed William Dunn just before the last war husband was the son of the caretaker at the Good Templars Orphanage in Nursery Road about which I have also written recently Odd how these strands of Sunbury's history are all coming together ') 1 I TTlCvA Xdy Another item from the collection of Joyce Carpreau sent to her stepmother Margaret when she was a girl of 10 25 years ago 5 years ago A gang of youths ran riot around the Sunbury Cross Centre in what was described as "a half-term orgy of People at the Club were sent running for cover as the group threw bricks stones and masonry at the building Vandals caused I I ()()() of damage at Thamesmead School in Shepperton Pan els of glass ere shattered by bricks and scaffold my poles were bent Melvin Banks described as "the famous healing evangelist" was the preacher at two special services at St Andrew's Baptist Church in Upper Halliford Mr Banks disclaimed having any special powers "I am entirely reliant on he said member of the Metropolitan Police motor-cycling team since 1963 was among a team of riders selected to take part in special Endurance Tri als along the Isle of Man Tl course The BMW team aimed to run their two stun dard 750cc machines for sc en days and nights around the testing mountain circuit cm ering 85(H) miles for a tro phy offered by the Auto Cvcle Union A Winners of Sunbury Council's "Home am! Water Safety essay competition for schoolchildren included Anne Price Anne Travers and 'atherine Williams (Sunhury Grammar) Judith Pen son Kens nylon Manor) Sylvia Wald (Thamesmeud) and Nicolette Boater i Bishop Wand) Si David Minskip of Ashridge Way Sunbury a rompared to the Mitsubishi Gaiant the Audi A4 lacks a certain something Ten certain somethings actually 50 years ago 51 After receiving assurances that Kenwell Meadow was not to he transformed into dirt-track or a speedway Sunhury Council was urged by its planning committee to allow the site to be used bv local road safety organisations for a period of six months for training young motor cyclists S- Complaints were received by Simians Council about the behaviour of campers on riverside sites ami about the considerable nuisance being caused gipsies lot ally Sr Sunhury Methodist Church celebrated its Sunday anniversarv with a special concert including piano solos and a play Performers included Janette Tegerdine Rita Taylor and Brian Miller who recited a poem Our Sunday School composed by his mother Students over the top to raise funds In touch with the prize A RUGBY ball signed by the entire Harlequins rugby team including Will Carling will be one of the star prizes at a fair held by St Mary Magdalene Church Littleton on May 9 Held the rectory garden Rectory Close opening at I pm the fair will have plants homemade cakes and nearly-new clothes on sale as well as games and other attractions There will also he refreshments including a barbecue The fair is being organised by church members Dot Htfgon and Zandra Ceaser Do come along to centre A NEW drop-in centre for older people with learning disabilities opens at the Red Cross Centre in Glcbeland Gardens Shepperton today (Thursday) Run by Welmede Housing Association the centre is available at no charge to people in the retired age range and is open from 2 39 430pm A similar centre opened for (he first time on Tuesday at the Salvation Army Hall Addlestone More information available from Jennifer or Cathy on 0192 571666 THAMESMEAD pupils hit the heights with their charity fundraising event in aid of Young Homeless appeal Seven students and two teachers travelled to Stoke Newington on Sunday to take part in a sponsored abseil down a 126-ft Victorian water tower First over the parapet was Lewis Patterson 13 from Staines was really scary when I went over the he said have to lean out and backwards very slowly and my heart was jumping when I looked down and saw the tiny people on the ground below Iots of people had stopped to French teacher Wendy Jones who also took part said she had never had to concentrate so hard in her life Stadium and Canary Wharf didn't get a second she said eyes were fixed on the brickwork in front of The event raised more than £200 for Rarnardo's which is the adopted charity for Keller House So far the school has contributed more than £1500 to the charity this year Ijst week there were mixed feelings at the school when pupils said goodbye to around 20 pupils from Rennes who had been staying with Thamesmead pupils as part of their school's French exchange programme 01483 222184 4 Court Smith Ltd Fishers House Portsmouth Road Ripley Nr Woking Surrey GU23 6HB 5 Minutes from Junction 10 M25 MITSUBISHI MOTORS RE-INVENTING THE WHEEL.