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New plays brought to the stage in cornerHOUSE oneACTS festival0
Kindertransport, robots, memories and the unexpected are brought to the stage in Part Two of the highly respected cornerHOUSE oneACTS festival. The showcase of new, original playwriting, now in its 14th year, takes place on Friday, June 10 and Saturday, June 11 at the arts centre in Douglas Road, Surbiton. Tickets to see four new
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Get your tickets for Tolworth’s tribute to Ziggy Stardust0
Join the celebrations to mark 50 years since Ziggy Stardust took to the stage in Tolworth. Celebrate ’72 on Thursday, February 10 will mark half a century since pop legend David Bowie first introduced the world to his iconic and pioneering Ziggy Stardust persona at the former Toby Jug pub back in 1972. Up to
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Executed… for keeping mum0
One of the more unlikely village hall talks you’re likely to encounter is taking place this month. The topic? A woman who was executed for spying, for – effectively – refusing to dob in her husband. It marks the launch of the Book Box series at St Mary’s, Long Ditton. Ethel Rosenburg: A Cold War
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That sinking feeling…0
A packed community hall at St Mary’s church, Long Ditton, heard a talk from assistant curate the Rev Alison Baverstock about a passion… the Titanic. The area has a bond with the doomed ship as Austin Partner, one of the 1,502 who perished in the freezing waters of the Atlantic on April 15 1912, lived
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Surbiton church ‘best in the land’0
- Environment, History, News
- 19th November 2021
Congratulations to St Matthew’s, Surbiton, for winning an award which rates it the UK’s best-maintained church. The 1874 landmark in St Matthew’s Avenue has scooped the 2021 Nayler Award for Excellence in Church Maintenance. Team rector the Rev Helen Hancock said she was delighted with the accolade, attributing it to regular volunteer upkeep sessions. The award
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Step into baroque dance classes at St Raphael’s church hall0
Learn dances of the baroque period in the company of two long-standing members of the Covent Garden Minuet Company. Kate and Peter Horrocks will teach you the mid-18th century dances performed at Georgian Balls and assemblies – like the formal minuets, sarabandes and gavottes and the informal contra dances – at workshops on Tuesday nights
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The 999 man of Elgar Ave
- History, Notable Surbitonians
- 14th September 2020
How to survive crisis: Ed Davey
- Environment, History, News, Opinion
- 20th March 2020
A fragrant outing to the sewage works
- History
- 30th August 2019
Tolworth's Mr Green Fingers
- Gardening, History, Notable Surbitonians
- 1st December 2018
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