The Good Life Surbiton

Veterans mark Armistice Day with services at care home 0
- History, News
- 11th November 2020
Veterans at the Royal Star & Garter Home in Surbiton have marked Armistice Day today (Wednesday) with services on each of its three floors (to allow for social distancing), tea and cake, and nearby Shrewsbury House School laying a wreath outside the Upper Brighton Road building. On Remembrance Sunday (November 8), veterans watched the annual
READ MORE
Put up a poppy poster in your front window to honour the fallen 0
- News
- 7th November 2020
We will remember them, despite the fact that we can’t get together to honour them. Covid-19 has put the kibosh on Remembrance Sunday gatherings across the country but The Royal British Legion has asked people to still commemorate the contribution of veterans and those who died in the two World Wars and later conflicts by
READ MORE
Make room for mushrooms!0
- Environment, News
- 2nd November 2020
Does this look like a gathering of Coprinus comatus to you? Or do you know them by any of their other names – shaggy ink cap, lawyer’s wig or shaggy mane? They were spotted by one of our Good Life deliverers in a front garden in Woodstock Lane North, Long Ditton. The fungi, a gilled
READ MORE

Beware Surbiton’s scary street!0
- News
- 1st November 2020
Wonder how many haunted houses there are in Spooky Street? Perhaps the residents of Cotterill Road – now dubbed the spookiest street in Surbiton – could let us know? Were there any strange and eerie noises emitting from the mix of Victorian, Edwardian and 1930s houses last night for Halloween? And any child-sized apparitions of
READ MORE
Local creatives showcase their talent at Tolworth’s arts market 0
- Arts, Food, News
- 31st October 2020
Tolworth’s arts, crafts and food market will be in full swing tomorrow (Sunday) from 11am to 3pm. “Tolworth and Kingston as a borough are lucky to have a huge number of brilliant local traders and creatives,” said Charlotte Levy, project co-ordinator for the community-led regeneration project SHEDx which has organised the event. “We’re looking forward
READ MORE
Halloween fun at The Circulatory 0
- News
- 30th October 2020
Spooky goings on will be happening at The Circulatory near Berrylands railway station tomorrow (Saturday). The waste not, want not, recycling, upcycling and repurposing centre at Chiltern Works off Chiltern Drive, Berrylands, will be decorated in all things eerie for Halloween. Enter a dark corridor and make your way towards the Grotto of Doom encountering
READ MORE