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Captain Tom inspires veterans’ book club at care home 0
- Arts, News
- 4th February 2021
The book which Royal Star & Garter residents are reading has taken on extra poignancy following the death of Captain Sir Tom Moore on Tuesday. The Surbiton home for disabled veterans and their partners launched a book club recently for its residents living with dementia – and they chose centenarian and national hero Captain Tom’s
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New boardwalk to help restore biodiversity at Six Acre Meadow 0
- Environment, News
- 3rd February 2021
I doubt there will be much room for The Drifters to get out a blanket and sit under a boardwalk like this one pictured below, but they could always enjoy walking along it instead. Kingston Council has agreed to fund a replacement boardwalk for Six Acre Meadow near the Sunray Estate in Tolworth off Knollmead.
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Veterans enjoy songs, haggis, neeps and tatties on Burns Night 0
- Food, News
- 26th January 2021
Singer and health care assistant Jodie Halls entertained the residents of Surbiton’s Royal Star & Garter Home with songs to celebrate Burns Night yesterday (Monday). The veterans at the home in Upper Brighton Road, also enjoyed a traditional Burns Supper – including haggis, neeps, tatties and a dram or two of whisky to celebrate the
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Roads become Advent calendars 0
- Arts, News
- 17th December 2020
Westfield Road in Surbiton is being turned into a picturesque Advent calendar. Each day leading up to Christmas Day itself a new window of a home is decorated in the river road (first two pics). “We have got 24 volunteers from the road to dress up their windows in the form of an eye-catching advent
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Help to find The Forgotten Village 0
- Arts, News
- 16th December 2020
Look out for these colourful characters, among others, around Surbiton and Tolworth this week. They are in a promenade performance called The Forgotten Village. This family show, which runs in Surbiton on Thursday and Friday (December 17 & 18) at 4.30pm and 6.30pm and in Tolworth on Saturday and Sunday (December 19 & 20) at
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Bring joy – and presents – to care homes this Christmas 0
- News
- 23rd November 2020
Poppy, 3, and Sophia, 5, can’t wait to give these Christmas presents to staff and residents of Langley Court Rest Home in Surbiton. The sisters helped to launch a campaign by newly-formed voluntary group RBKares which aims to give all 2,000 staff in the borough’s 44 care homes a gift to thank them for all
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