Spelthorne Natural History Society announces details of the November indoor meeting that will be on Wednesday, 9th November at:Charlton Village Hall, 83 Hetherington Road, Shepperton TW17 0SN.Doors open at 8 pm - we start at 8.15.

This month we are delighted to welcome back to SNHS, Dr. Erica McAlister. Erica McAlister Hon. FRES is an entomologist and Senior Museum Curator at The Natural History Museum in London. She is an expert in flies and has presented many programmes about flies on both television and radio.

Her talk is entitled: Bums, tums and knobbly bits - why flies are great! Entrance is free to all meetings for members of SNHS.Non-members are welcome to attend any meeting – entrance charge £3.

Further details about Spelthorne Natural History Society, programme and membership, together with our other activities can be found on our web site: www.snhsociety.org.uk

The River Thames Scheme (EA/Surrey Floodrisk Scheme for Egham to Teddington) have published the attached dates for their in-person consultations.

Please take this opportunity to speak to the River Thames Scheme about this nationally important flood risk project, its impact on our area, and the Thames Landscape Strategy’s potential role locally.

The consultation dates and venues may be viewed by clicking here

As a jazz trumpet player, composer, arranger and educator, Steve Waterman is one of the top British British jazz artists both at home and on the international scene.

He began his career while studying at Trinity College Of Music, and since then has worked regularly on the British, European and International jazz scene.

He will be joining the Terence Collie Trio at the Riverside Arts Centre at 8pm on Sunday 6th November.

For further information, click here

Following a report from LOSRA to the Neighbourhood Manager, Joint Enforcement and Community Safety Teams at Spelthorne Council, we received the following email from him today. We are very grateful to him and his team for their prompt response:

"Thank you for your email concerning the graffiti on both the front and back of the wall at Green Street. I have this morning met with our Borough building services team Manager on site and discussed the issue. As you will appreciate, the wall is very old and any work to clear the graffiti will need some thought. It has been agreed that we cannot Jet Wash the area as we would normally do as this will cause further damage to the wall. A specialist cleaning contractor has been spoken to and we have sent him photos of the damage and he will hopefully do some testing with material to see what would be best within the next week. Thereafter depending on these results we will look to remove all of the graffiti, however, the final removal will not be until sometime around the middle of November due to their commitments."

It's very welcome news that Surrey County Council and both Spelthorne and Elmbridge councils are supportive and currently giving the cycle/footbridge very serious consideration.

Regular visitors to this site, readers of our newsletters and Sunbury Matters will know that our Association has been campaigning for a river crossing at Lower Sunbury for many years.

To read the latest update on progress, click here

Further to the article posted here on 18th July and in the Council's Summer Bulletin, our Committee considered the implications of the Plan as it affects Lower Sunbury and have submitted the following representation:

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Our Autumn Newsletter is currently with the printers and will be distributed to all households shortly.

Please note that it is our 50th anniversary and to mark the occasion we will be hosting a social gathering at Sunbury Cricket Club on Thursday 20th October. Do let us know if you are able to attend by sending a brief email to the address shown on the front page.

The newsletter may be viewed by clicking here

The next Music Night at Sunbury Cricket Club is on Friday 14^th October, when the Club is delighted to welcome back a band who played one of first Music Nights more than 12 years ago, and who have headlined one of our Beer & Music Festivals in the past.

Capturing the spirit and music of Free, Bad Company and Led Zeppelin, Fire & Water comprise Paul Cox, who Radio 2’s Paul Jones says has “one of the best voices in Europe” and has worked with Ray Charles, Eric Clapton and others; guitarist Mike Summerland, who was with Blodwyn Pig, Georgie Fame and William Bell; bass player Al Maclean, formerly with Kokomo and Hershey & The 12 Bars; and drummer Jim Russel, whose background includes Stretch, Scotty Moore, Curved Air, Desmond Dekker and others.

An evening of top quality rock and blues is absolutely guaranteed, and it will be a classic Sunbury Music Night.

It's £10.00 on the door payable by cash or cards. Hot food will be available as usual from about 7pm.

The Mayor, Cllr Susan Doran is holding 'A Night with Elvis', starring Johnny Quatro at the Stanwell Village Hall on Saturday 15th October.

This Event aims to raise money and awareness for the Mayors chosen Charities : Spelthorne Mental Health & Stanwell Family Centre.

To Book Tickets, click here