October 2010 Archives

Well this one is not very difficult to guess, Big Business is always the winner. Big Business under the name of Airtrack will win the clash of the crossings. Airtrack (Does anybody know who they are?) Well whoever they are, they want to foul-up our local road system, so that we will have to wait for hours to cross the rail lines at four local junctions. What we the yokels will have to suffer, under this new regimen is not very nice to contemplate. How we will manage to shop, get to school or work? It will be a nightmare. How the emergency services are supposed to get through is not explained. I think the reason for all this chaos, is so that people can get to Heathrow quicker.I kid you not! So what are our local worthies doing to stop this nonsense? Well, it is a bit difficult to discover! At the moment we are still at the footstamping stage, getting a bit red faced, and doing a lot of pointing. It is difficult for us yokels to understand and to realise that we live in the home of democracy. But, I think Orwell got it about right. "Some Pigs are more equal than others"

A charity golf day will take place at Hoebridge Golf Centre, Woking, to raise funds for Home Start Runnymede, on Friday, October 15.

Tickets cost £35 per head, including breakfast, 18 holes, dinner and a raffle.

For more details, contact Bill McCoy on 07737 820748 or email: wtmcc@hotmail.com

The Virginia Water British Legion is launching an appeal for the public to help provide parcels to frontline troops in Afghanistan.

The legion has worked supporting the Windsor-based Houshold Cavalry for the past year, sending comfort parcels of food to the soldiers.

Now the legion, which has also been running fundraisers to raise money for the regiment's casualty fund, is asking for help with donations of food products, or to help pack the boxes.

For more information call Jim Thatcher on 07833 664749.

Pilates sessions begin today and continue every Thursday at the Village Centre, Victoria Street.

Beginners and improvers classes run from 10am-11am and 6pm-7pm and pregnancy and ante and post-natal classes run from 11.10am until 12pm.

Classes cost £50 for a six-week slot, payable in advance and non-refundable.

For more details email: linda@villagecentre.org.uk or visit the website: www.villagecentre.org.uk

The works of equine artist, Sir Alfred Munnings will be the subject of a talk to budding artists at the Community Centre, Beechmont Avenue on Wednesday, October 6.

The talk by David Evans will be presented to the Virginia Water Art Society at 7.30pm.

Provincial blooms in south east Asia will be the subject of a talk to green-fingered villagers at the Community Centre, Beechmont Avenue, on Wednesday, October 13.

Mr G Yates will present a talk entitled 'China Western Sichuan hunting for flowers' to the Virginia Water Horticultural Society at 7.45pm.