December 2009 Archives

One car was towed away and traffic wardens have issued 100 fixed penalty notices to vehicles for obstructing roads or footpaths close to Royal Holloway, University of London.

Police have been monitoring parking in specific roads close to the college following complaints of anti-social parking since the new term began.

The police have also liaised closely with the college to indentify vehicle owners and given advice to students on alternative parking places.

Two lucky motorists escaped with only minor injuries after losing control of their vehicles in two separate incidents on icy roads last week.

The first incident took place on Monday, December 21, around 8.55am on Coldharbour Lane, Thorpe, after the driver of a black Volkswagon Passat, when the vehicle hit a patch of ice and collided with a road barrier.

Surrey Police and Runnymede Borough Council are monitoring youth activity in St Jude's Cemetery following incidents of littering and anti-social behaviour.

Cigarette packets and beer cans have been cleared away by the Sater Neighbourhood policing team who have also been increasing their patrols of the area.

The team has also requested the borough council uses its CCTV cameras in St Judes Road to monitor the park.

Planning permission was granted for the erection of a first floor rear extension with railings to form a terrace at a property in Northcroft Road.

The application, from Mrs Younger and Mr Meares was heard by Runnymede Council's Planning Committee on Wednesday (December 9) night, who voted unanimously to grant the application.

Wow, I thought, what is wrong with cheques? It seems that the Banking fraternity are not happy dealing with messy little bits of paper. In future, we must pay by credit card. Have you got a card Sir? Yes, I replied thru gritted teeth, I have credit cards. Are they Debit or Credit cards Sir? They are Visa Debit cards I growled, Sorry Sir, he said triumphantly, we only take Credit cards! Strangely, I did not explode with rank and file anger language, I was quite calm when I asked if I could take him thru our last hour together. At long last we had agreed terms and conditions on my house and car insurance. A lot of time had been spent explaining why certain offers on TV and in the Newspapers, were not suitable for my needs. Obviously they were slightly more expensive, but peace of mind were more important, don't you think? I wanted to ask why were the cheap offers made, if they were not good value? But only being a part time, semi-qualified Grumpy Old Man, I thought I would save that for another day. My mind was trying to work out this latest stab in the

Local historians, the Egham-by-Runnymede Historical Society meet tonight (Thursday, December 10) at the Literary Institute in the High Street for a talk by Egham Museum's Richard Williams.

Mr Williams, chairman of the society, will present a talk entitled 'Egham Past concluded'.

A charity pub crawl to raise funds for Help for Heroes takes place on Friday, December 18, starting at the Barley Mow at 6pm.

The event organised by a group of footballing friends a few years ago has carried on, but now taken on a more charitable form.

Anyone is welcome to join the lads on their fundraising evening, which will finish at the Red Lion in Egham, taking in six other pubs on the way.

A pianist will be performing exerpts from classical composers at the United Church on Sunday, December 13 at 3pm.

The free concert will include 'Pictures at an Exhibition' by Mussorgsky and Sonata in A Minor by Schubert.

Entry is free but donations are welcome. For more details contact Sheila Lumb on 01784 434986.

A Christmas concert takes place at the United Church on Saturday, December 12 at 7.30pm.

The concert, organised by The Egham Band will feature an evening of festive brass music and carols.

Admission is free, doors open at 7pm. For more information email: general.secretary@eghamband.co.uk

Emergency services attended a road traffic collision at the slip road off junction 13 of the northbound carriageway of the M25 at around 1.30pm on Saturday, December 5.

A motorcyclist left the carriageway and was in collision with a barrier. The rider was treated at the scene for minor cuts and bruises.

The road was cleared shortly after 2.40pm.