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Parking restrictions and fines are back!0
- News
- 25th May 2020
Beware, you could have one of these slapped on your car windscreen tomorrow if you don’t park in the right place or pay the correct fee. From tomorrow (Tuesday) traffic wardens will be patrolling Surbiton’s streets again making sure parking charges are correctly paid and time limits adhered to. Parking charges will be imposed in
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Pitch perfect ground is ready for cricket 0
- News, Sport
- 24th May 2020
It’s pitch perfect, but not one ball has been bowled on it so far this season. Long Ditton Cricket Club’s ground at Stokes Field off Betts Way is looking tip-top, the cricketers are raring to go but everyone is waiting for the government and the sport’s governing body, the ECB, to decide on when they
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Café holds lockdown drawing competition for children 0
- Food, News
- 23rd May 2020
Aoife Hyams, aged two, holds an illustration of Coffee on the Corner drawn by local artist Emma Bryan. Now her father Kyle, who owns the café at the junction of Beaconsfield Road and King Charles Road, is challenging children to draw or paint their own image of the Surbiton shop. “We’d love to see some
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Paddleboarders get back on the water for one-to-ones with Leah 0
- News, Sport
- 22nd May 2020
Good news for paddleboarders – and those who wish to learn the fast-growing sport. You’re allowed to get back on the water and be taught one-to-one by qualified instructors like Surbiton’s Leah Fraser. The rules around watersports have recently changed, which means Leah, who runs The Good Life Paddle Company, is not only allowed to
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Talented musicians to perform online lockdown gig 0
- Arts, News
- 21st May 2020
Talented, young, local singer-songwriter-musicians will perform a special online Out of the Corner Lockdown gig tonight (Thursday). The open mic event, usually staged monthly at the cornerHOUSE arts centre in Douglas Road, Surbiton, has moved online since lockdown. “Following the success of our last online outing we have some innovative performances this month from some
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Becky’s stickmen on lockdown 0
- Arts, News
- 20th May 2020
Her Good Life columns observing Surbiton’s day-to-day comings and goings have won many admirers, but there’s more to Becky Mayhew’s creativity than words. As well as writing regular blogs (beckysaysthings.com), she also illustrates them with stickman drawings, and she has a stickman greeting card range. No target is safe from her commentary on life, the
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