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London 2012 Opening CeremonyThe #OpeningCeremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games (@Olympics) is officially underway! Instagrammers are...
You can now access - FREE of charge - over 2.5 million Surrey parish records usingAncestry in all Sutton Libraries. This includes the use of your own laptop, tablet or phone with our Free Wi-Fi. So you can relax over a cup of coffee or on a sofa while researching your family history.
Win a free birthday party at Whitehall Museum!
Calling all children aged 5-11 years! Could you draw a great picture of Whitehall Museum in Cheam Village? You could win a free birthday party at the museum. There’s just 3 days left to enter so collect an entry form from Whitehall and get drawing. Entry costs 50p. Closing date is this Sunday, 9th June and the winner will be announced on Saturday 15th June.
Good luck!!
Sutton celebrating the Queen’s coronation in 1953
Today, Britain celebrates the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. Here’s how our community marked the occasion back in 1953, with street parties across the Borough. http://bit.ly/LLpSsk
Little Holland House open this Sunday
Visit the former home of Frank Dickinson (1874-1961) this Sunday 2nd June. Frank was an artist, designer and craftsman who built his house between 1902-4 in the English Arts and Crafts style. Inside the grade II listed interior you will find hand-made furniture, paintings, carvings and metalwork.
With little money Frank Dickinson built the house and all its furniture himself - the ultimate in D.I.Y!
Little Holland House is at 40 Beeches Avenue, Carshalton SM5 3LW. Open from 1.30-5.30pm. Admission FREE! For further details call 020 8770 4781
Road: On B278; Rail: Carshalton Beeches Station (3 mins walk); Bus: 154
Walk along the Wandle
This Sunday, 2nd June, take a walk along the Carshalton branch of the River Wandle with local historian John Phillips. Meet in front of Honeywood Museum in Carshalton at 2.30pm. FREE but please book in advance by phoning 0208 770 4297. The walk will last approximately 90 minutes.
For more information go to www.friendsofhoneywood.co.uk/
Postcard shows Fishing at Butter Hill Bridge; courtesy of Sutton Local Studies & Archives Centre.
Art Attack
Take the children to Honeywood Museum in Carshalton from Wednesday 29th - Friday 31st May for lots of art and creative fun. There will be a chance to try out block printing, collaging and painting with watercolours. Take a closer look at the art collection with our trail and don’t forget to visit the cafe for tea and cake. All activities are free and there’s no need to book (unless you are bringing a large group). For more information visit http://www.friendsofhoneywood.co.uk/
Whitehall’s Birthday Floral Fair
Join the Friends of Whitehall Museum in Cheam to celebrate 35 years since the house first opened to the public in 1978.
The floral fair will be held on Saturday 15th June from 10am - 4pm with lots of stalls selling small items including plants and cakes. The winner of the Whitehall picture competition will be announced - its not to late to enter!!.
Don’t miss the Pennyroyal Clog Dancers, performing at 11am.
Innovating for Growth: small business support
Are you too busy running your business that you don’t have time to move your plans forward for growth?
Have you got an idea to take your business to the next stage but aren’t sure how to do it?
Competition invites people to get snappy this spring
A photography competition encouraging local people to get a snapshot of garden wildlife has been launched this month.
The Garden Wildlife Competition will challenge contestants’ photography skills asking them to show the wonderful things they have in their gardens this spring.
The competition – which is running across the whole of south London - wants photographs to picture native plants and animals including birds, butterflies, bees, flowers, and other British species.
There will be one grand prize for the winning photo and eleven runners up prizes.
The top 11 winning photos will be chosen by the Biodiversity Team but there will also be a chance for people to vote for the public favourite on www.sncv.org.uk. The competition opened on Monday 11 February and will be closing on the Friday 12 April.
These 12 photographs will be displayed at the Garden Wildlife Showcase in April and will also be included in our Garden Wildlife Calendar which will be distributed free at the annual BioBlitz in August.
Cllr Jill Whitehead, Chair of the Environment and Neighbourhood Committee said: “We have a huge array of wonderful plant and animal life tucked away in people’s gardens across the borough and this is a great chance to show off our green credentials.
“We want to show people across the south of London how beautiful Sutton is. I know we have some very talented photographers here so this is a chance for them to flex their creative muscles and make sure Sutton plays a part in this wildlife project.”
To enter the competition, email your name, contact details, and up to five photos to biodiversity@sutton.gov.uk. Each photo should have a date and location so that it can be included in the species records.
Thousands attend £11m leisure centre’s opening
Thousands of people flocked to Carshalton over the weekend to witness the opening of Sutton’s brand new £11m state-of-the-art leisure centre.
Around 5,000 visitors came to the new Westcroft Leisure Centre on Saturday 26 January and Sunday 27 January to get a first glimpse of the new centre, try its new equipment and meet stars from popular TV show Strictly Come Dancing and last summer’s Olympics.
During the day Olympic bronze medal winning gymnast, Kristian Thomas demonstrated the skills that secured him his place in gymnastic history while silver medallist rower Mark Hunter met with the public to show his medal from the London Games.
Later in the day, Strictly judges Kristina Rihanoff and Ian Waite quickstepped guests to a dance workshop before donning their judging caps again to evaluate a Strictly Come Dancing style competition involving 16 children from Everyone Active School of Dance in Fareham.
Cllr Jill Whitehead, Chair of Sutton’s Environment and Neighbourhoods Committee, said: “The day was fantastic and I was so pleased to see so many people turn up to see what we have been developing. The stars really made the day complete and I’m sure that everyone who came really enjoy meeting them and taking part in the various activities.
“We now want to see those same faces - and many more - coming back week in, week out to use the centre and take advantage of the wonderful equipment and facilities we have here in Sutton.”
Work to the centre has seen the development of a 160 station gym, two different sized swimming pools, an eight badminton court sized multi-use sports hall, a day spa, dance and spinning studios, crèche, café and library.
The centre was closed in October 2010 for refurbishment work to begin.
