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MAY 2010 Filming for a Churchill Insurance commercial took place in Vincent Road on the Saturday of the late May bank holiday. The road was virtually taken over for the day, The advertisement will probably be screened around August. PC Lee Fabry may be becoming more like an 'old style' village policeman by going around on a bicycle as economies have necessitated his car being redeployed elswhere. Unfortunately it looks as if Lee is also expected to fund the bike as well ! The Association has pledged £50 towards its purchase. An alert resident called the Police on the night of 26th May, who arrested 3 people commiting a crime in the playground being developed across the road from the pub. Our local PC, Lee Fabry said that it was an excellent example of the Police and the Residents of Stoke d'Abernon working well together. MARCH 2010 Swayfields, the company behind the planned M25 service station at Cobham has gone into administration. It is anticipated that the company will be re-financed and plans for the service station remain unchanged. Pay and display meters may come to Elmbridge for the first time. Surrey County Council plan to introduce parking restrictions at some 80 locations across the borough including Cobham High Street. Surrey 50+ group is starting an Elmbridge borough group with financial assistance from South East Regional funds. A public meeting to promote this is planned for 2:30pm Tuesday 16th March at the Mole Hall, Bishop Fox Way, West Molesey. The main speaker will be Prof. George Jones from the London School of Economics with other guest speakers from Surrey County Council and Elmbridge Borough Council. A rather obscure leaflet has been produced but more detailed information can be obtained from Gail McKenzie at Elmbridge Civic Centre. E-Mail: gmckenzie@elmbridge.gov.uk Surrey County Council has introduced 'yellow line' parking restrictions in the Tilt, Stoke d'Abernon. Part of the privately owned service road in front of the Stoke d'Abernon parade of shops has recently been treated to some new Tarmac where the surface had badly broken up at the end nearest the railway station. This was iniated by the Residents' Association and financed by the shops. JUNE 2009 Blundel Lane Traffic Management. Surrey County Council has suggested that a traffic management scheme could be introduced at the railway overbridge towards the end of 2010 or 2011. MARCH 2009
Some incidents of "surfing" on the outside of trains have been observered at the station.
Just as the train is starting to move, the young participants get onto the step by a set of
doors clinging to the small strip of guttering above. They travel down the platform like this
before leaping off. Very dangerous - one slip could mean a fall between the platform and
moving train. In the old days the guard used to check a train until it was actually moving,
unfortunately not often the case nowadays.
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