Do you have any strange old items round your home? Would like to find out what they are?

Then come to Chertsey Museum this Saturday, 28 January between 11am and 4pm for our identification day. We have an archaeological finds expert, a costume expert and an antiques expert to help identify your finds. FREE EVENT!

Just drop in to get your items identified!

If the object is rather large bring a photograph and we will see what we can do.

For further information, please contact Sally Russell, Assistant Curator, on:
T 01932 575374
F 01932 571118
E sally.turner@runnymede.gov.uk

VOLUNTEERS are working hard in preparation for the launch of the Addlestone Foodbank.

It is hoped the new project, which is being led by Beacon Church, will help families in Runnymede who are desperately short of food and experiencing financial hardship.

BOXERS at The Biz were hard at work on Monday evening in preparation for a charity tournament that will take place next month.

The event will be held at Spelthorne Leisure Centre in Knowle Green, Staines, on Saturday February 4 and will include around 12 to 15 bouts.

CAMPAIGNERS reacted with disgust after councillors voted unanimously in favour of selling off an Ottershaw play park for potential development.

Despite the presence of disgruntled residents waving signs emblazoned with the words 'save our park', the recommendation to proceed with the sale of the land in Palmer Crescent was passed.

Merry Christmas to all our readers and advertisers from everyone at the Surrey Herald.

THE Independent Police Complaints Commission has said it does not need to investigate an incident in which a BMW driver crashed and died on the M25 shortly after police had tried to stop him.

The victim's car collided with the back of an articulated lorry on the clockwise carriageway near Chertsey.

The motorway was closed for several hours between junctions 10 and 11 following the crash at around 11.55pm on Monday (December 19).

POLITICAL heavyweights stepped into the ring for real last week to celebrate the success of an award winning boxing club.

They were joined by the High Sheriff of Surrey, professor Michael Joy, who officially presented the club's members with a shield they won at the end of November recognising The Biz as the sports project of the year in Surrey.

TWINS from Virginia Water have been offered the opportunity to attend the prestigious Yale University in America.

The private university, which is an Ivy League school based in New Haven, Connecticut, north-east of New York, is widely regarded as one of the best college's in the world.

THE speed limit around a notorious Chertsey accident blackspot is to be reduced from 70mph to 50mph.

The A320 Staines Road, which runs from Chertsey and past Thorpe Park, will be given its new limit next year after the move was approved by Surrey County Council's local committee for Runnymede on Monday.

The road has been the scene of a number of crashes over the years, particularly at its junction with St Ann's Road. Earlier this year a car collided with the wall of a bungalow.

THE Salvation Army in Addlestone is appealing for gift donations to make sure everyone in the town has a happy Christmas.