Unlike many parts of the World, the UK (United Kingdom explained) does not have a public holiday on 1st May. We have the first Monday in May as a Bank Holiday. A Bank Holiday in the UK comes from a time when banks were shut and thus no trading could take place, and today we have eight such […]
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I found a new friend Oakley
Last night at a concert featuring Kingston University Chamber Choir, Chorus and Ensemble entitled, Ancient and Modern, Innovation & Modern: c1656 – 3/5/2013, I made a new friend. The concert had been organised at St. John’s Church, Hampton Wick, to present prizes to three winners of the Music Composition Competition at Kingston University, with prizes […]
The annual Senior Youth Speaks Competition, for schools in the Royal Borough, was held in the Methodist Church, New Malden, on the 13th November, and organised by the Rotary Club of Kingston upon Thames. Pupils, teachers, friends and families of the competing teams, members and friends of the Rotary Club, and The Worshipful Mayor of Kingston upon Thames, Councillor […]
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Adult Achievement Awards 2012
I recently was present at the Kingston upon Thames, Rotary Club’s Adult Achievement Awards, held once a year in the Royal Borough of Kingston’s Guild Hall. It is so humbling to listen to some of the stories, of those who had experienced difficulties in their life, yet overcame them to attain further education to better […]
A quick bus ride from Kingston upon Thames to another town downstream on the River Thames, took me to Richmond upon Thames. Looking down from the old Richmond Bridge to the boats moored on the banks of the Thames, I was taken aback at the sight of the Royal Barge, being prepared for the Queen’s […]
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There Once was an Ugly Duckling
Walking along the Thames Path from Kingston upon Thames towards Richmond upon Thames, a sight took me back to a story by Hans Christian Andersen, a story that was told to me as a small boy, and to a song sung by Danny Kaye. The Ugly Duckling This little ball of fluff had three other […]
Perhaps not the best choice of venues to hold a musical recital on a cold day in May 2012, but this was the moment to announce the Kingston University Musical Awards in the ancient Market Place of Kingston upon Thames. Once again the awards were given by the Rotary Club of Kingston upon Thames, and […]
From my home town of Kingston upon Thames, there is on the opposite bank of the River Thames the grounds of the Palace of Hampton Court, a largely open parkland area south of Bushy Park, the home of the Hampton Court Flower Show, and the historical Palace of Henry VIII. On the north bank of […]
A group of Kingston upon Thames Rotary Club members, plus spouses, visited the Kent, Surrey and Sussex HEMS service, based at the old RAF airfield, home of the BBC’s Top Gear program, test track for the car manufacturer McLaren, Dunsfold. HEMS, (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service), is operated every day of the year from 7am to […]
There is a saying, a myth, a fable in many cultures which says that there will be A Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow. After a loverly Spring day in Kingston upon Thames in the UK, the sky darkened as the cloud became black. The weather forecast had predicted heavy showers perhaps […]
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