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    Jane Grove

    Jane, assistant editor of The Good Life, has been a journalist for more than 35 years covering local and national news. Having lived and worked all her life in the Surbiton/Kingston/Long Ditton area, she set up The Good Life with like-minded souls who care about local newspapers and feel they are a vital part of the community.

    Jane is a woman on a mission - to raise the profile of local arts and champion environmental issues. Jane also covers Chelsea Women football games, and posts regular updates on events and the amusing side of living in Surbiton on The Good Life's Instagram site @thegoodlifesurbiton

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  • First in Tolworth market appeals for volunteers to run the event

    First in Tolworth market appeals for volunteers to run the event0

    The First in Tolworth market needs you! The Community Brain, which organises the monthly food, arts and crafts market in the slip road opposite Our Lady Immaculate Church near Tolworth Broadway, is looking for additional volunteers to help set up and run it. The market, which takes place on the first Sunday of the month

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  • YouTube film on Surbiton station

    YouTube film on Surbiton station2

    Train buff Jago Hazzard has posted a seven-minute video about the history of Surbiton railway station on his eponymous YouTube channel which has over 100,000 subscribers. Jago, who also has a Facebook page called Tales from the Tube, posts short films about public transport in and around London. His video Surbiton Station: An Art Deco

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  • Volunteer to end global poverty

    Volunteer to end global poverty0

    Oxfam in Surbiton is looking for new recruits. The charity shop in Victoria Road, which raises funds to fight global poverty, needs volunteers to work front of house and behind the scenes. “There’s the option to do a bit of everything!” said area volunteer coordinator Judi Thompson. Judi said the shop was a bit like

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  • Spring awakening for popular Surbiton boutique Shoes at Last

    Spring awakening for popular Surbiton boutique Shoes at Last0

    It’s been like Christmas for Sarah Taylor who runs Shoes at Last in Maple Road. Boxes have been arriving at the Surbiton boutique since lockdown eased with the new spring collections from various designer labels – think the likes of Marble Scotland, Foil Clothing, Soya Concept, One Season, Focus and Ilse Jacobsen – and Sarah

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