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  • Below par… but still winning
    Below par… but still winning0
    • 8th December 2024

    Fatigue after the international break, was the explanation that Chelsea Women’s head coach Sonia Bompastor gave after her team’s under-par performance against Brighton on Sunday. Nevertheless, the game (a thrilling one for the neutral) finished 4-2 to the current Women’s Super League table-toppers who capitalised on more of their chances than the Seagulls, who were

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Arts

  • Great singing… and that’s gospel!
    Great singing… and that’s gospel!0
    • 10th May 2025

    Exploring the roots of rock ’n ’ roll through the eyes of two gospel singers from the Deep South – one churchy, one clubby, Marie & Rosetta is a charming stage biopic of early musical influencers against a backdrop of racial division in the States. The Rose hosts singer Beverley Knight as the boundary-pusher Sister

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Food

  • Souffle is supreme on the Plough’s new winter menu
    Souffle is supreme on the Plough’s new winter menu0
    • 12th January 2025

    It may be winter outside, but Long Ditton’s Plough & Harrow has unveiled a seasonal menu to banish the chill, with a centrepiece souffle main course (above) that is simply outstanding. The Ditton Hill Road pub/restaurant’s January listings, launched last week, give the chefs licence to push the boundaries with new dishes, serve fresh takes

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Environment

  • Poster girl champions plastic solution
    Poster girl champions plastic solution0
    • 30th October 2024

    She’s the poster girl for Surbiton’s waste-not, want-not community. And now she is literally that – a poster girl! Sage Parmar, the driving force behind Sage’s health store – the organic, sustainable grocery shop in Brighton Road which champions zero waste – is the face of a What’s Your Plastic Solution? campaign. You can see

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Gardening

  • Bugs at home at the Burney
    Bugs at home at the Burney0
    • 11th July 2023

    Biodiversity officer Elliot Newton outlines the planet’s need for bug homes and insect and bird-friendly planting to counter the Earth’s mass extinction ecological crisis. He was speaking after the mayor, Cllr Diane White, officially opened the Burney Bug Hotel in Surbiton, at the Burney Triangle – the green space at the junction of Burney Avenue

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History

  • Tolworth goalie dies at 82
    Tolworth goalie dies at 820
    • 30th December 2022

    Tributes have been paid to a Tolworth goalkeeper who has died at the age of 82. Memorably, he played just the once in the shadow of Tolworth Tower, in a warm-up game at the Decca sports ground, across the road from the bowling alley. But he did also win three World Cups. Footballing legend Pele,

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Notable Surbitonians

  • The 999 man of Elgar Ave
    The 999 man of Elgar Ave0
    • 14th September 2020

    The man who helped devise the UK’s best-known telephone number lived in Elgar Avenue. Though humble about the role he played, Tom Fallon takes much of the credit for setting up 999. Born in London’s Docklands at the turn of the 20th century, he joined the police after serving in the Royal Navy in the

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Opinion

  • The perfect day out?
    The perfect day out?0
    • 27th November 2020

    Let’s take a moment from the absolute disgrace that is 2020, and focus on the important fact that the Coronation clocktower by the entrance to Waitrose car park is rated on Tripadvisor as the fifth best thing to do in Surbiton. I told you this was important. If you’re surprised by this, then perhaps, like

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  • 100 words to sum up Covid-19
    100 words to sum up Covid-190
    • 21st July 2020

    Surbitonians were invited to sum up their coronavirus thoughts and experiences in 100 words, with the resulting scrapbook of entries being turned into an online flipbook by the web team at the cornerHOUSE arts centre in Douglas Road, Tolworth. This submission was written by Simon Hancock, summing up the contradiction of between being able to

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