Monthly Archives: August 2011

Cars tailing back up Stoke Road today as far as the Esso garage. Hate to think what it was like at rush hour. Schools go back next week as well.

 I spotted this on Cobham High Street the other day. It seems so friendly and innocuous, doesn’t it? “I’m sorry we’re about to dig up the roads again”, it is saying, “but don’t worry, dear friends because at the end … Continue reading →

This will be my 100th post since starting this blog just over 2 years ago. There is only one issue which I can properly address today – the rioting which we saw in our major cities some 10 days ago. … Continue reading →

In 35 years of watching cricket, I have never been able to claim that the England team are the best in the world. I remember watching spellbound as Botham, Gower and Willis defeated the Aussies in 1981 – but that … Continue reading →

A quick plug for the excellent Cobham Conservation & Heritage Trust’s annual flagship event, the Heritage Day which this year is on Saturday 10th September. Year on year this event gets better and better. Church Street, St Andrew’s Churchyard and … Continue reading →

On Wednesday of last week I was privileged to attend the opening of the new development by Richmond Churches Housing Trust (part of the Paragon Group which includes Elmbridge Housing Trust) at Faraday Road in Molesey. This is a development … Continue reading →