Clubs/societies

Unsung heroes from Runnymede were finally recognised in the New Year's Honours List.

Among them was Eileen Jackson of Roakes Avenue, Addlestone, who was made an MBE for services to the Chertsey Over 60s Club, based at Chertsey Hall in Heriot Road.

Eileen started the club more than 30 years ago, and has built it up to a group of 300 regular members meeting every week.

A Christmas concert has raised over £600 for Age Concern Runnymede.

The concert was held on Sunday, December 20, at Christ the Prince of Peace Church in Portmore Way, Weybridge.

Money was being raised to help provide Age Concern Runnymede with a new mini bus, which are used to take the elderly of the borough on outings.

Children and their families will get a chance to create something artistic in under 15 minutes when they visit Chertsey Museum on Saturday January 3.

Between 2pm and 4pm visitors to the museum in Windsor Street, Chertsey, can go to the Pardoe Room and follow instructions to create a 2009 calendar.

A spokeswoman said the craft events are be a regular feature on the first Saturday of the month and materials and admission to the museum is free.

Runnymede Dolphins are looking for a new volunteer secretary.

The group which runs swimming sessions at Woking's pool in the park, in Kingfield Road for the disabled of Runnymede and Woking are searching for a volunteer who is computer literate and can attend at least six yearly meetings.

For more information please contact Jenny on 01932 571122.

Members of the Chertsey W.I. have stopped making comfort parcels for troops due to the volume of post that has been received.

The parcels usually consist of luxury items such as cards, sweets and games, but due to the level of support from the public, the Ministry of Defence has requested that only family and friends should continue sending.

Award-winning local drama group, Ottershaw Players, are presenting a version of Charles Dickens' story of 'Oliver Twist' in Woking next week.

The play, written by Jeremy Brock and directed by Matthew Horton, follows the tale of little orphan Oliver, who is brought up in the workhouse, before escaping to London.

Local drama group, Thorpe Players, is looking to the future with its next production.

The play, "Comic Potential", is set a few years hence, when daytime TV soaps are even further down the scale than they are now. Actors are not always Humans any more, some of them are Androids.

In response to popular demand Chertsey Museum is again selling cards for good causes. The Christmas cards are on sale in the Museum shop during opening hours until 22 December.

For further information, please contact Chertsey Museum on
01932 565764

Chertsey Museum's latest exhibition, Reverent Runnymede, marks the 200th anniversary of the rebuilding of St Peter's Church in Chertsey.

The exhibition looks not only at Chertsey's parish church but also at various other churches in Runnymede. Photographs, paintings and objects from the Museum's collection are on display, together with a number of items on loan from St Peter's Church.

The exhibition is on view until Saturday 3 January 2009.

Chertsey Museum are looking for up to 60 people to interview for it's new oral history project, In Your Own Words.

The recordings will be themed based, and will not only be part of an exhibition planned for 2009, but will be stored in the museum's archives for future generations to access.

Anyone who has lived in the area for over 10 years is welcome to take part. To receive an application form, please phone 01932 565764.