lockdown

Record-breaking sales as British Heart Foundation opens its doors 0
- News
- 14th April 2021
Charity shops in Surbiton were doing good business on Monday as shoppers hit the stores. The British Heart Foundation in Victoria Road proved particularly popular with an orderly socially distanced queue forming outside for most of the day. Despite some of the charity’s shops in Scotland and all in Northern Ireland remaining closed, BHF, which funds
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Punters enjoy pints in the Black Lion’s garden as pub reopens 0
- Food, News
- 13th April 2021
Mark Sheehy was as pleased as punch. The landlord of the Black Lion was back pulling pints again yesterday (Monday) and the garden of the pub in Brighton Road, Surbiton, was full of people enjoying them. “It has been such a relief – fantastic to open,” said the overjoyed publican. “I was a bit worried
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Emotional reunions at Royal Star & Garter care home for veterans 0
- News
- 26th March 2021
Residents at the Royal Star & Garter in Surbiton have held hands with loved ones for the first time in a year, with the beginning of indoor visiting, yesterday (Thursday). It marked their first physical contact with relatives since the Covid-19 lockdown began in March last year. New government guidelines permit a single, designated visitor
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Treat your mum to a special cookbook for Mothering Sunday 0
- Arts, Food, News
- 8th March 2021
Stuck deciding what to buy mum for Mother’s Day this coming Sunday? Why not give her a cookbook of fabulous recipes courtesy of the parents and children at two local schools? It’s also a chunk of lockdown history too. The Friends of Long Ditton St Mary’s Infants and Junior Schools have created a Lockdown LOVE
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A theatrical twist to Valentine’s gifts from Lunaria London 0
- Arts, News
- 10th February 2021
Why not gift a bouquet or wreath for your Valentine or Galentine (for your female besties) made with some theatrical flair by chums Lauren Smith and Sarah Mathieson. The duo, who work out of a studio in Villiers Close, Surbiton, launched Lunaria London when they found themselves jobless in March when The National Theatre closed
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Tell community survey what you think of your local green space 0
- Environment, News
- 5th February 2021
The Community Brain – the events and community regeneration group – is asking people to take part in a survey about Tolworth’s green and open spaces. “We’re running a community survey and would love people’s thoughts about what is important to them about the green and open spaces in Tolworth and their ideas for how
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