November 2009 Archives

The Seven Hills Road will be closed for 12 weeks now instead of seven months, after residents made their fears known.

The original period of seven months was changed by Southern Gas Networks (SGN), who will be undertaking the work, to 12 weeks after spending many hours talking to residents about their concerns of extra traffic in the area, which would have come as a result of the road being closed.

A public exhibition is being held on Friday, November 27 detailing the plans of the controversial seven month closure of Seven Hills Road.

Being held at the Hilton Hotel, in Seven Hills Road South,Cobham, from 11am to 8pm, all residents are welcome to view the plans and ask questions about the closure.

The busy road is being closed from Monday, December 28, while Southern Gas Networks replace gas mains and a new main is laid.

Details about diversion routes while the road is closed will also be on display.

Tell us how the closure of Seven Hills Road will effect you. Post a comment below.

Four men robbed a Cobham betting shop on Thursday (November 19) taking about £500 with them.

Four men robbed a Cobham betting shop on Thursday (November 19) taking about £500 with them.

A Christmas fayre is being held at the Cobham Centre on Saturday, November 28.

The centre for retired people, in Oakdene Road, will be hosting the fayre which will start at 10am and finish at 12.30pm.

There will be a tombola, a raffle and various stalls with a variety of Christmas gifts available.

For more information, phone the centre manager on 01932 596 031.

EMPTY wards at Cobham Cottage Hospital could be turned into a centre for rape victims in nine months time residents and members of The Friends were told on Friday (November 6).

Three vehicles were involved in a collision on the southbound carriageway of the A3 near Cobham, on Monday (November 9) at about 4.10pm.

A book fair is being held at Cobham Village Hall, in Lushington Drive, on Saturday, November 21.

Taking place between 9.15am and 3.30pm, admission costs 40p, but car parking is free.

Thousands of second hand books will be on sale covering a wide range of subjects, from military to children's stories.

For more information, contact Keith Alexander on 0208 399 8168.

Halloween fever took over ACS Cobham on Friday ,October 30, as students dressed up as ghouls and devils for the school's annual spooky festivities.

In the afternoon, younger pupils of the international school, in Portsmouth Road, took
part in a parade dressed in full Halloween costume while watched by the rest of the school.

In the evening, the eighth annual trick or trunk event took place in the grounds, where families dress up the trunks of their cars where children could collect sweets.

Residents in Elmbridge will be commemorating Remembrance Sunday on November 8.
A
full day of events is taking place across the borough to help raise money for the British Legion's annual poppy appeal.

The first official Legion poppy day was held in Britain on November 11, 1921 inspired by the poem 'Flanders' Fields' written by John McCrae.

After the fighting in World War One in the Flanders and Picardy regions of Belgium and Northern France, the poppy was the only thing which grew in the aftermath.

In Cobham a parade followed by a service is taking place at St Andrews Church, in Downside Bridge Road, at 10.20am.

The service will start at 10.45am.