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Hit for six by Sobers 0
- History, Sport
- 28th November 2019
Hanging from a string at the doorway of a recently opened Surbiton cafe is a cricket ball. It’s at Coffee on the Corner, where Beaconsfield Road meets King Charles Road. But what is it doing suspended there? It commemorates the mighty six scored by arguably the greatest cricketing all-rounder of all time, Garry Sobers, who
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We’re ‘most improved’0
- Environment
- 28th November 2019
Recognition! Kingston borough has been cited in The Good Parks for London 2019 report as the most improved for its parks, and is now 19th out of 33 in the capital’s league table… up 14 places on last year. The annual report, compiled by Parks for London, assesses all the work taking place across parks,
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The football pioneer who coined ‘soccer’0
- Notable Surbitonians, Sport
- 28th November 2019
Former England football captain Charles Wreford-Brown is the man credited with coining the word ‘soccer’. A centre-half for Corinthian FC – now the Corinthian-Casuals, who play at Tolworth – he lived at 1 Walpole Road, Surbiton, an imposing pile on the corner with Upper Brighton Road. Affectionately nicknamed Mr Corinthian, he was an immense character
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Just a Lidl bit closer 0
- News
- 28th November 2019
Work is continuing apace on the new Lidl GB HQ in Tolworth. The final steel beam is in place – 1,439 tonnes of structural steelwork is in the 367ft long, 144ft wide (112m x 43.9m) frame – the upper floor concrete slabs are complete, and work is progressing on the glazed external envelope and steel
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Remembering 0
- News
- 28th November 2019
The remarkable fact about Surbiton’s annual open-air remembrance service in Ewell Road is that while old soldier numbers inevitably decline, the people paying tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice keeps rising. More than 1,200 gathered at the war memorial, above. In Long Ditton, pupils from Long Ditton Infant & Nursery School dressed
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Antelope Beer Festival 0
- Food
- 28th November 2019
The Antelope pub’s recent beer festival was the best yet, said Big Smoke Brew’s Rich Craig. “The pub was full of happy, well-behaved, friendly people.” In all, 5,000 pints of beer and 600 pints of cider were drunk over three days. “We sold out of all beer by the end,” added Rich. Live music from
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