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Tolworth arts and crafts market shrugs off the rain with smiles 0
- Arts, Food, News
- 5th October 2020
Talk about raining cats and dogs! Yesterday’s First in Tolworth arts, crafts and food market was a somewhat soggy affair but that didn’t dampen the spirits of the stallholders, writes Jane Grove. “To be honest I don’t mind,” said a beaming Melanie Wingfield of Guilford Avenue-based Gorgeous Painted Pebbles. “I’ve been quite busy really, in
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It’s a lonely life in goal 0
- Chelsea First Team, Sport
- 30th September 2020
Meet Eddie Mendy, the Blues’ new netminder. At 6ft 6in he’s an imposing figure… but it is a lonely life for long stretches, as he found at White Hart Lane on Tuesday night, when Chelsea were knocked out of the League Cup on penalties. Spurs were second best for much of this contest, which spent
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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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Blues stutter in opening game 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Sport
- 6th September 2020
Guro Reiten slipped a congratulatory fingertip touch to Sam Kerr, right, after the Aussie striker put her frustrating Community Shield performance at Wembley behind her by notching Chelsea’s opening goal in the new WSL campaign. But Kerr’s first-half stike, away to Manchester United at Leigh Village on Sunday afternoon, wasn’t enough to clinch a win
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