CHURCH

Church yes there is now a chance to attend a regular church service for all, the services are held at Stanwell Moor Village Hall from 11:15 till 12:15.

The first service was today were there was a good attendance and only surpassed by the service, there is room for more young and old so please come and enjoy, tea and coffee avail;able after morning service.

You cant please everyone

Community pay back are back doing there best to payback society in STANWELL NORTH, work has been done in Haws Lane, Stanwell Village Hall car park and off of Oaks Road.

We are looking at doing work in the Horton Road And Spout lane very soon.

We have had one complaint from a resident who wanted all the trees and bushes removed from Haws Lane which at present form a very good hedge and barrier, Just so a new chain link fence could be put in.

If there is a job in your road that you feel needs attention then please contact me so we together can make Stanwell North even better, its true there is no I in TEAM.

Stanwell North Rocks

Just a brief blog to let Stanwell North know of advents that are coming up for your enjoyment.

Party in the park, at Hadfield, Village park............. Look out for the poster they are out there know.

Stanwell North garden party Oaks Road..........Tickets £4.00..........

Raj one of your Stanwell North Councillors is planning an event called ............... Curry on the green, were you are all welcome.

So come on and support events in your local area, Stanwell North Councillors are working hard to improve the area for you, so come and enjoy your self with your families and if you would like to talk to your Councillors from Stanwell North in a more social environment then we look forward to talking to you.

Let it snow let it snow

Well what can I say, Despite the irrelevance I some times have to endure, listen and read what I have to say as sooner or later you will hear it on the news and read it in the press, I refer to the fact that I suggested in January that Community Pay Back should be used in conjunction with county and Borough services to keep Spelthorne moving forward despite the weather and as I have said it has happened written in last weeks paper Surrey seam to see the value of this resource, So regardless of who put the suggestion forward first, lets plan for what we can do if we have another winter like last year and show our residence that yes we do care!

STANWELL NORTH a place to be proud of!

These are early morning pictures and video of Stanwell North, a jewel in the Spelthorne crown often miss represented in the press and Quite possible taken just a little for granted by the people of Stanwell North.

I went out early to take theses pictures and video deliberately, to show how clean Stanwell North is before our litter collectors have had chance to start work for the day picking up litter which has either blown out of bins or dropped, as any were in the country some days are better than others, which can be due to many reasons, for example, has there been a local event, has it been windy.

I regularly go to Staines Ashford Sunbury, and these areas can not hold a candle to Stanwell North. I am looking for the people of Stanwell North to help me make the area even better, So if you have an hour to spare please contact me. You never know even the press may realise that Good news stories sell papers as well.

CCTV should every street have one

There are two types of CCTV, Type one is a fully remote 24hr a day recording unit which can either be a Dome or a for a better word, a camera not dissimilar to a motorway camera.

Type two follows basically the same principals as above, but with one difference it is monitored 24-7 by an operator.

CCTV costs money! were does this money come from!

Ultimately every person in the borough pays for the CCTV in the borough in which they live, and as such the responsible authorities have to for fill a criteria and demonstrate that there is a need.

Regardless of which type, there are limitations,

There are many people know who have some sort of video camera, ask any one of them have they ever missed a shot because they were not facing in the right direction, and at some point even a professional will answer yes.

So if the answer is yes does this show best value for money?

CCTV has a place but it is a tool which only has a use when integrated along with other well proven methods of operation, whether it is crime or crime prevention, So before a CCTV camera system in any area is put in place, as already said, there is a criteria to be followed, as there may other ways of addressing the given problems in that area!

I pose a Question, how many cameras could we do with out if we all worked together?

Shock and Disbelief

The people of Spelthorne are still waiting for answer and for this area to be put right after work was only partially completed under the guise, that it was to prevent the lights going out in Spelthorne despite the fact that the trees that were removed posed no significant danger to power supplies.

Work was only stopped because the ground was water logged, this was in December, How many people in Spelthorne have been watering there gardens in the last six weeks!

Ashford beauty spot destroyed by National Grid contractors

Posted by Mark Goode on Feb 12, 10 04:21 PM in Local Authority

Spelthorne Council are calling on the National Grid to restore an area of Woodland in Ashford which they left in a 'poor state' after contract work.

Contractors working for the grid removed about 40 mature poplar trees from a piece of land on the A308 near Bronzefield Prison in December to make overhead power lines safe, but they have been accused of 'over-stepping their boundaries' and cutting down more trees than needed and ruining the place.
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Cllr Kevin Flurry, of Stanwell North ward, has worked in the ground maintenance business for 30 years and has completed contractors similar to the one taken out along the A308.

He believes the company overstepped the boundary of their work and have cut down 20 more trees than they should have, ruined the banks of the River Ash by driving tractors through it, turned the area into a swampland, damaged trees and destroyed fences.

He said: "Me any my wife used to love walking through there, but now it is like a swampland. This was an area created for biodiversity for the people of Ashford and is or was a wildlife nesting area. I recently went to a seminar on the Amazon, and the site really reminded me of the 'get in and chop' attitude there.

"I was contacted by some bird watchers the other day who told me how devastated they were. It makes me quite angry how they could do this."

Mr Flurry first became aware of the work when residents of Woodthorpe Road said sand was being dumped nearby, which on closer inspection turned out to be wood chippings.

He said : "The contractors were clearing trees to stop them falling on power lines. I have done this type of work for nearly 30 years so when I went round I knew parts of it had been done incorrectly.

"The contractors did have permission to remove some trees, but they have overstepped their area and I believe the quality of the work is sub-standard."

A spokeswoman for Spelthorne Council said: "The contractors have not yet finished on site but it's been left in a poor state. We are working with them to ensure that when they do return the site is left in best condition possible."

The grid are currently waiting for ground conditions to be met before they can resume