January 2009 Archives

Staines Musical Theatre Group is staging the musical Mame, which tells the story of a fun-loving character in the 1920s, from March 4-7 at the Magna Carta Theatre, Egham Hythe.

Tickets, which are £13 on Friday and Saturday evenings, and £11 with £9 concession for the Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday matinee perfomances, are available from the box office on 01932 221719.

The group meets at Staines Methodist Church on Monday evenings from 8pm-10pm and for further information call 01784 454339.

An elderly lady was left shaken after getting locked in the bathroom of her home in Runnymede Road, Egham, on Monday (26) at about 1.45pm.

Firefighters broke down the door to release the lady who was unhurt.

A nearly new sale organised by the Staines, Ashford and Egham branch of the National Childbirth Trust takes place on Saturday, March 28, at Egham Leisure Centre, Vicarage Road, from 10.30-12noon.

Visitors will be able to buy babies' and childrens' clothing, maternity wear, toys and other equipment and admission is £1 per adult.

Seller registration opens in early February. For details email sae.nctsales@hotmail.co.uk

Blood donor sessions take place on Friday (30) at Egham youth centre in Egham High Street, from 12.45pm-3.30pm and 5pm-7.30pm.

Volunteers need to be between 17 and 60 years old, in general good health and weigh more than 7st 12lbs.

Free basketball sessions are being offered to youngsters every Friday until March 13 at Magna Carta School, Egham Hythe, from 6pm-7.30pm.

Slam Dunk Basketball is a new project for children and young people who take part in three-four hours of sport each week.

Vandals broke five 12ft-tall trees on Saturday night that had just been planted in Kingston Road, Staines, near the Dog and Partridge pub.

The mature London plane saplings, which had been snapped, and were worth about £1,000. Thirty London planes were planted in total and eight have now been broken.

Water company, Three Valleys Water, is launching its charity support for 2009 by pledging £15,000 in support of Help the Aged.

Staff from Three Valleys Water will present a cheque for the pledged amount at the Manor Farm Day Centre, Manor Farm Lane, Egham, on Wednesday, January 21.

The presentation kicks off a year of fundraising for the charity, which will include team building exercises at some of the Help the Aged shops.

Royal Holloway, University of London in Egham hosts its next community liaison forum on Tuesday, February 24 in the main lecture theatre of the Founder's Building at 7pm.

The forum, hosted jointly between the college and the students' union, is a chance for residents living near the college or its students to raise any issues or
concerns they have.

A lecture entitled Randomness and Communication will take place on Tuesday, February 10 in the Windsor Building Auditorium at Royal Holloway, University of London in Egham at 6pm.

Professor Simon Blackburn of the department of mathmatics will discuss the maths behind such questions as, how can computers transmit messages that a third party cannot decipher? And, how can we be sure that networks of computers remain connected?

Entry is free.

Egham-By-Runnymede Historical Society holds its next meeting on Thursday January 29 in the main hall at the Literary Institute in the High Street, Egham, at 8pm.

Christine Weightman will be doing a talk entitled A Victorian Bobby's Notebook and admission is free for members and £2 for guests.