West End Village News

Park Close footpath The battle to re-open the Park Close footpath trundles on. Some 100+ residents have signed a petition to have it unblocked so it certainly does matter. We are working with the Ramblers Association but the overall responsibility for this lies with the behemoth that is Surrey County Council. We are continually pressing them to take action and

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Simon Leifer Wins!

We are delighted that Simon Leifer has won his election so convincingly. This is the first time in many years that the LibDems have put up a candidate in he Esher Ward and the loss to our vote, compared to other years, was minimal. We are certain that Simon will make an extremely good councillor. He is diligent, quick witted

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Rosebriars – what’s in a name?

Local playwright, R C Sherriff is memorialised in Lower Green’s Sherriff Close, but what is Rosebriars? Sherriff Close and Rosebriars are both named for Sherriff, but for different reasons. “Sherriff Close” is an obvious naming but what is his connection to “Rosebriars”? “Rosebriars” was the name of Sherriff’s family home in Esher Park Avenue and, when he died in 1975,

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ERA Quiz and Fish & Chips supper raises £500 for Oasis.

As ever, Joan and Simon Leifer treated the 60+ participants with a brilliantly challenging quiz. Won by the ‘New Roaders’ team, aka Paul Fielding and Friends by a small margin from the ‘Onwards & Upwards’ team including the current Elmbridge Mayor and Mayoress. The raffle raised over £500 for the Mayor’s wonderful charity Oasis. The fish & chips were excellent,

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Hersham Golf Club Footpath News

Since we featured the parlous state of this footpath in our last newsletter, a number of residents have written to us complaining about the rubbish on the path, the holes in the golf club fencing and the graffiti. Rubbish It has taken some months, but Amey, the Elmbridge BC contractor has removed some of the rubbish on the path. They

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