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A couple have held a double celebration, commemorating their golden wedding anniversary and the 35th birthday of their multinational maritime business.

Lynn and Val Lewis held a party at their Chertsey Road home last week, which was attended by over 80 relatives, including their two children and seven grandchildren.

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Dogs of all shapes and sizes line-up outside a Shepperton vets on Wednesday to mark the start of Pet Vaccination Month.

With two-thirds of the nation's pets at risk from killer disease due to a lack of vaccinations, vet Jamie Crittall, who runs Beech House in Shepperton High Street, decided to mark the start of Pet Vaccination Month by offering injections at reduced rates.

The Spelthorne Natural History Society is conducting a litter pick on Thursday, April 16 from Splash Meadow to Nutty Lane, meeting at the far end of Old Charlton Lane at 9am.

Organiser Joan Ponton is looking for sellers to participate in a craft fair on Saturday March 21 at Shepperton Village Hall in the High Street.

Anyone interested can call her on 01932 223217.

The next meeting of the Sunbury and Shepperton Local History Society takes place on Tuesday, February 24, at Halliford School, Russell Road, Shepperton, at 8pm.

Matthew Piggott will give a talk about searching for family history.

Tickets for non-members cost £1 in the door.]

Spelthorne Natural History Society will visit The Ranges in Docket Eddy Lane, Shepperton, on Sunday, February 22 from 10am to make baskets from dry willow.

Anyone interested in getting involved can call 01932 232344.

Egham and Staines Conservation Volunteers will be cutting canes on Sunday, February 22, from the cane plantation at The Ranges, Shepperton, at 10am.

Canes supplied from the plantation are used by craftsmen across the region and volunteers will need to bring wellies and secateurs if they have them.

Anyone interested can meet in Dockett Eddy Lane, OS MAP 176, grid reference TQ 066 663.

For more information, call 0208 977 4675.

A 10-week drama course is due to begin at Shepperton Studios on Saturday January 24.

Each class, which is open to boys and girls between the ages of nine-15, begins at 3.15pm for two hours.

Anyone interested in finding out more can call 01932 592016.

AFTER seeing a cyclist injured in a smash with a car, a fence flattened and a wall knocked down all in one journey, a councillor has warned drivers to be careful over the Christmas period.

On her way to Kingston last week, Staines County Councillor Denise Turner-Stewart saw the cyclist hurt in Hampton Court Way, East Molesey, just minutes after seeing the mangled fence in Hurst Road, Walton and a wall turned to rubble in Walton Bridge Road, Shepperton.

Littleton C of E Infant School, has signed up to a groundbreaking new cycling initiative it hopes will tackle the growing issue of child obesity.

One of the first in the country to join forces with Cycle Solutions, the school hopes the Bikes4School initiative will also make money which will help invest in a better future.