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Waste not, want not – Abundance will harvest your unwanted fruit 0
- Food, News
- 16th September 2020
If you hate waste, call Abundance, a Surbiton project aimed at harvesting and redistributing gluts of fruit from gardens, allotments and street trees, saving it from being thrown away. Last year, 1.3 tons of fresh organic fruit was harvested in and around Surbiton, with this year’s target being to better that. Toni Izard needs volunteers able to
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Traffic barrier produces new rat runs around King Charles Road 3
- News
- 15th September 2020
Leafy Alexandra Drive and sleepy Beaconsfield Road have become rat runs overnight after a traffic barrier was put in across King Charles Road using council emergency powers. No residents were consulted about the blockade (consisting of giant planters and posts) before it was put in place on Monday as part of a council ‘low traffic neighbourhood’ initiative,
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Who needs strikers?0
- Chelsea FC Women, Chelsea First Team, Sport
- 15th September 2020
Who needs strikers? With Chelsea’s defenders on such potent scoring form at the start of the new season, the Blues can contemplate resting their forwards. Reece James and Kurt Zouma were among the scorers (along with a penalty by midfielder Jorginho) as Chelsea defeated Brighton 3-1 away on Monday night – the James goal an
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The 999 man of Elgar Ave 0
- History, Notable Surbitonians
- 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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A nine-goal blitz for Blues 0
- Chelsea FC Women, News, Sport
- 13th September 2020
It was not so much a match as an execution. The man trying to keep the score ran out of paper, and the only question was whether Chelsea Women would get into double figures in their first home game of the new WSL season against Bristol City. But it finished 9-0, with almost everyone in
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Colourful, plant-based picnics for your socially distanced gathering 0
- Food, News
- 13th September 2020
Emma Egerton of Little Ginger is used to making an impact with her plant-powered catering company. Emma, who lives in Surbiton, and who preps most of her vegan food for events in the community kitchen at the Museum of Futures in Brighton Road, obviously struck the right note with a recent addition to her menu – the Rainbow
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