Kingston Guardian, January 1, 2015

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January 2014 March
Stormy start for 2014
Record rainfall
 A drunken man plunged PoliticiansinKingstonjumped
throughapetshopskylightand tothedefenceof theborough’s
caused havoc for intoafishtank. MPEdwardDavey,afterhewas
PeterHunt,ownerofAquaPets criticised for taking paternity
inGrandParade,Tolworth,got leaveduringthefloods.
householders, and anunexpectedvisitorwhenthe Theenergysecretarybecamea
unnamed man stumbled across father for the second time in
nude photos paid theflatroof andthroughafibre February, but the Daily Mail
glass partition into a 3ft by 3ft claimedfellowministerswereas-
tropicalfishtank. tonishedthattheEnergySecre-
tribute to one of Nofishwerehurt. taryhadjust“downedtoolsand
Mr Hunt said: “No piranhas. gone”.
That would have been a good Buthefoundsupportfrompo-
Kingston’s most
story.” litical rivals in Kingston, with
both North Kingston MP Zac
famous sons February GoldsmithandLabourchairman
LaurieSouthwishingtheLiberal
Democratwell.
January Anall-nightraveinChessing-
ton caused sleepless nights for March
residentsallovertheborough.
2014willcertainlyberemem- Hundredsof revellersdescend-
bered for the record breaking edonanemptywarehouseinCox Theforgottentombofaformer
stormsandfloodsthathitBritain Laneindustrialestate,andresi- LordMayorof Londonwasun-
inJanuaryandFebruary. dents in Chessington, Berry- coveredduringthemulti-million
KingstonandElmbridgewere lands,NewMaldenandSurbiton pound refurbishment works at
Highwater:Thousandsofpeoplewereforcedtoevacuatetheirhomeswhen affected,with thousandsof peo- allreportedhearingthenoise. AllSaintsChurchinKingston.
theThamesreacheditshighestlevelfor30years pleforcedoutof theirhomes,as Workersrevampingthehistoric
riverlevelshittheirhighestpoint Stallholderswerebootedoutof churchdiscoveredthefinalrest-
in30years. Kingston’sancientmarketplace ing place of John Garratt, the
asthepromisedrevampoverran. LordMayorin1824,beneaththe
 Town centre managers Tradershadtosetupshopin churchaltar.
Kingstonfirst got into a spot of Memorial Gardens, as contrac-
bother with the artist behind tors Balfour Beatty rushed to SupermarketgiantTescofinal-
Kingston’s iconic falling tele- speeduponthestallingproject. lygaveuponadecade-longbattle
phonesculpture,OutofOrder. tobuildastoreontheoldToby
The1987pieceattheentrance JugsiteinTolworth.
toOldLondonRoadwasdecorat- Havingwithdrawnthreesetsof
edwithCathKidstonsnowflakes plans since 2002, the company
over Christmas – but left little scrappedtheproposeddevelop-
grey spots all over the red mentinfavourofanewresiden-
paintwork. tial-ledscheme.
A spokesman for artist David
Mach,whocreatedthesculpture,  A report into the proposed
said:“Theyshouldhavetoldus Crossrail2schemesparkedpanic
first.” intheborough,afteritwassug-
gested up to 70,000 new homes
 Developers revealed the new couldbebuiltongreenbeltland
Riverside Kingston restaurant inChessington.
complexwouldbeadornedwith The Liberal Democrats
imagesof nudewomentakenby launchedapetitionagainstLon-
legendaryphotographypioneer donFirst’ssuggestionthatChess-
EadweardMuybridge. ingtoncouldbeapossiblesitefor
GregMiles,headofpromotions asignificantnewcommunity.
atPortlandEstates,thecompany Criticised:EdwardDaveyMP ButCityHallandmembersof
behindtheproject,saidthemove cameunderfirefortaking theKingstonConservativesdis-
was a “celebration” of one of paterinityleaveduringthe missed the Lib Dem claims as
Kingston’smostfamoussons. floodcrisis “scaremongering”.
Makingthebestofit:Tradersmanagedtoconductmarketbusinessinspiteofdelaysto
upgradework
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April 2014 June
April June
 It was announced planning Theyrodeoutrecessions,won
coursesatKingstonUniversity awardsandservedgenerations
would close and 15 lecturers ofregulars.
would lose their jobs in ButManuelandJanetTurnes
the School of Surveying and finallyretiredfromrunningthe
Planning. WychElmpubinKingstonafter
The school’s head, Dr Sarah 31yearsincharge.
Sayce,wassuspendedafter“try- Thecouplethankedtheirloyal
ing to rally” students in its customersatafarewellparty–
defence. whereoneoldregularevenmade
Auniversity-commissionedre- thetripfromSomersettosend
port said the department was themoff.
“notagoodfit”.
 Portuguese-style peri-peri
 Artists at Old London Road chickenpurveyorsNando’san-
Tattooshelpedamumcomplete nounceditwouldsetupshopin
thefinalstepinherbreastcan- NewMalden.
cer journey by giving her new Thepopularrestaurantchain
nipples. tookoveranemptyformerfurni-
Claire Whittaker, from Berk- turestoreoverlookingtheFoun-
shire,hadadoublemastectomy tainroundabout.
afterlearningshehadthesame Themovesparkedjubilantre-
potentially-deadly BRCA2 gene actiononline.
asAngelinaJolie.
 The Kingston Guardian re-
AmissingEasterbunnywas vealed Kingston Council had
reunitedwithitsownerafteran rakedin£890,000inbuslaneand
appearance in the Kingston box junction fines in just 12
Guardian. weeks.
Treacle escaped when his That meant an average of 72
Backhome:CiaraHillwas
hutchwasleftopen. driversadaywerecaughtbreak-
reunitedwithherbunny;Box Steppingdown:ManuelandJanetTurnesattheWychElmpubinKingston
Owner Ciara Hill, of Berry- ingtherulesinbuslanesalone.
lands,said:“Wespentthewhole junctions,right,proved One Surbiton van driver was DeadlinepixKT85396
ofEastermiserablesoitwasjust lucrativeforthecouncil finedforpullingintoabuslane
amazingtogethimback.” aged88. toallowpolicetopass,butap-
The Australian, who died in pealedsuccessfully.
May Sydney, won the F1 champi-
onshipin1960,1966and1969.
HeranagarageinHookRoad,
 Town centre managers sellingpetrolatthefrontand
Kingstonfirstcelebrated10years tuningcarsintheback.
sincetheUK’sfirsteverbusiness
improvement district was Itwasarottennightforthe
created. Liberal Democrats as the
Itlaunchedasuccessfulcam- Conservativestriumphedin
paignforathirdfive-yeartermof thecouncilelections.
shaping,managingandmarket- Defeated Lib Dem leader
ingKingstonasashoppinghub. CouncillorLizGreensaidthe
Morethan900businesseswere result came down to “a few
polled. hundred votes in a few key
wards”.
SirJackBrabham,theFormu- Thefirstresultswerenotan-
la1andcarbuildinglegend,died nounceduntil6.30am.
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July 2014 September
July forChristmaswastobescrapped.
Usehadplummettedoverthe
years, with fewer than 20,000
 Mystery surrounded an at- users in 2013 compared with
tempt to wipe a Kingston 53,000in2006.
Guardian story from Google Highcostwasanotherreason
searchesunderthe“righttobe forthemove.
forgotten”.
A2010reportintoHillcroftCol- September
lege’s£443,000lossonafundrais-
ing concert was deleted from
searchresultsafteranunknown Asix-year-oldboyhandcuffeda
personmadearequesttoGoogle. policeconstableandsprayedasu-
perintendentwithtrainingpep-
Awomantryingtoarrangea perspraybeforespeedingoffina
viewing with a Surbiton estate patrolcar.
agent received a smutty email MalachiTyler,whohasanin-
callingher“atart”andsuggest- curable brain tumour, visited
ingshemight“bendover”.AKT Kingstonpolicestationaspartof
Residentialestateagentacciden- abucketlistofactivities.
tallysentontheemail,whichhad
beensenttohimbyacolleague.  Residents of Kings Road in
Kingstonsharedtheirstreetwith
 A New Malden councillor Special:NevilleStaple Hollywood royalty during the
said his name appeared on a filmingofnewthrillerCriminal.
leaked list of British National Domino’ssaiditcarriedoutafull KevinCostnerwasspottedon
Partymembersbecauseofanun- investigation. set,butphotographerstryingto
dercover mission five years snapashotwerethwart-
ago.TerryPatonsaidhewasa KingstonCarnivalwascan- ed by limelight-
private investigator monitoring celledamidconcernsupto hogging
extremism. 5,000peoplewereexpected security
CounPatonjoinedLabouranda todescendonthetownto guards.
numberofradicalpartiesaspart watch Neville Staple
ofhiswork. perform.  James
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plugonthe15thannu- Moore’s
alfestival. appear-
The Neville ance at
 A father-of-two Staple gig Water-
tucked into a pizza wentahead stones saw
from Domino’s in in Septem- fansqueueout
Tolworth only to ber at Mc- of thedoorata
discover the bot- Clusky’s signingeventforhis
tomwascovered nightclub. newbook.
in mould. Matt LastManStanding:Talesfrom
Hewett,of Chess-  The park-and- Tinseltownisacollectionof Sir
ington, suffered ride service that Roger’s finest stories from his
stomach cramps ferried Chessing- yearsinshowbusiness.
aftereatingaslice ton and Surrey Heclaimedhewroteitbecause
before he realised. shopperstoKingston “Ihadnothingelsetodo”.
MattHewettwithabottleof
mouldkiller,above;Roger
Moore,right;MalachiTyler
WithPCAlexKing;below
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October 2014 December
Aproposed23-storeytowernear
theA3Tolworthroundaboutdrew
comparisonswithLordoftheRings
Inthenews:DianaandGospatricHome;ViewingNewMalden’sregenerationscheme,right
October Mediterraneancruiseandthen  Teenager Mohammed Barre
stallingontherefunds.Just10 wasnamedandsentencedto17
daysbeforetheshipwasdueto years behind bars for the fatal
 A proposed 23-storey tower setsail,NewMaldenbasedLiv- stabbingof JamilPalmer.Barre
near the A3 Tolworth round- ingSun Holidays cancelled. wasdescribedasa“troubledand
about inspired a Lord of the DianaandGospatricHomewho turbulent young man” by the
Ringsthemedfrontpageonour hadbeenduetogoonthecruise judge after the six-week trial.
sisterpaperSurreyComet.The describedthecancellationas“a Thejuryreachedtheirverdictin
buildingformedpartof Tesco’s crazysaga”. lessthan24hoursandfourother
redrawnplansforemptylandby teenagerswerefoundnotguilty
CharringtonBowl.Kingstonand December ofmurder.
SurbitonMPEdwardDaveysaid
hewas“extremelydisappointed” Aformermarkettraderhadan
bytheplans,whichincluded800 Anotherregenerationscheme embarrassing Christmas mo-
newhomes. wasthetalkof NewMaldenat ment when his Santa suit
thebeginningof December.The trousersfelldownwhilehewas
 A reformed prisoner turned planstoknockdowntheparade entertainingkidsatStAndrews
communityleaderfoundherself of shops,includingthehistoric Churchplaygroup.FergusKent
back behind bars after nearly cinemabythestationandreplace hadlostweightaftercuttingout
killing two people in a drink- them with high-tech modular themincepiesandhisfive-year-
drive accident. Annys Darkwa, flats were met with hostility oldsuittrouserswerealittletoo
53,wastwiceoverthelimitand when they were slack,muchtotheamusementof
speedingwhenshecrashedintoa showcased dur- theparentsandchildreninthe
manandawomanatapelican inganexhibition crowd.
crossing.Darkwawasjailedfor at the Malden
nearlyfouryearsforthecrime. Centre.
Plansforacompleteoverhaul
ofKingstontowncentrewerere-
vealedinthemiddleof October.
The re-development in Eden
Quarterproposedupto1,200new
homesandanew“flag-ship”de-
partment store. Council leader
KevinDavissaid:“It’sabouten-
hancing the town and making
what’sbecomeaprettyshabby
part of town something we
canbeproudof.”
November
Ateenagerwhowas
assaulted by men
dressed as pink
fairiesinahomo-
phobic Hal-
loween attack
bravely faced
uptobulliesin
November.
Robbie
Kingsford,
21, was in-
spired by
the commu-
nity response
towhathappened
andencouragedother
gayyoungpeopleto“keep
theirchinup”and“staystrong”
aftertheattackinSurbiton.
RachelRabin,knownasRaign,
the X Factor singer dubbed a
“nightmare”byCherylFernan-
dez-Versinispokeoutaboutall
themessagesof supportshere-
ceivedaftertheshow.Cherylde-
scribed herself as “allergic” to
theformerTolworthGirls’pupil
onnationaltelevisionsparking
anoutpouringof supportfrom
theborough.
AChristiantouroperatortook XFactor:
partinanot-so-Christianactby Raign
cancelling an elderly couple’s
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torists breaking the law – Howtopaywhenyouarrive: Surprisepresent:RowanWilliamJamesHodgsonarrivedonChristmasmorning
from ParkingEye, which hadnoideatheyweregoing  Visit one of the payment
claimstoholdmorethan40 togetdone. machines Christmas Day special delivery
per cent of the ANPR “Theticketsareintimidat- Enteryourregistrationand
market. ing.Thesignshavenotbeen moneyforthenumberofhours
Thenewsystemcameinto correctlydoneunderpark- youwishtobeattheHospital
effect in November, and ingguidelines.” Retainyourticket
meanspatientsandvisitors A hospital spokeswoman  If you exceed the time of A Chessington mum had a graduallyworse.IrealisedI surprisethatitwasChrist-
must adapt to new a pay- said:“Thenewparkingsys- surpriseonChristmasmorn- mustbegoingintolabourso masmorning.”
yourticket,visitoneofthepay-
ment scheme – and blue temhasbeenwell-received ing after giving birth to a we rushed straight to MissSmithandMrHodg-
badge users must register bythemajorityof patients mentmachines,enteryourreg- babyboy. KingstonHospital.” son said that since getting
with the hospital to avoid andvisitors. istrationandthenthenumber RebeccaSmithgavebirthto MissSmithandRowan’sfa- Rowanhomehehasbeenjust
fines. “We have, however, had ofhoursyouwishto“topup” 10lb Rowan William James therRussellHodgsongotto aseasygoingashisbirth.
JohnCreasey,whovisited someteethingproblemsand for.Retainthesecondticket Hodgsonat4.33amonDecem- thehospitalat3.30am. Miss Smith said: “We
thehospitalwitharelative are looking at how we can Howtopaywhenyouleave: ber25. “Wegottothehospitaland haven’thadanytroublesyet.
usingabluebadge,saidhe help make the information  Visit one of the payment MissSmithwaswokenup justoveranhourlaterRowan He’sbeenaverycontentand
had a fine quashed by the availableclearerandthank machines at2amonChristmasmorn- was born. It was a really relaxedbabysofar.”
hospitalbecausesignsout- everyoneforbearingwithus Enteryourregistrationand ingbyhereldestsonwhowas quickbirthandIcouldn’tbe- Itwasarelativelyquieter
liningthenewschemewere while we make these moneyforthenumberofhours notfeelingwell.Aftercom- lieveit. ChristmasDayforKingston
notinplace. changes.” youhavebeenonsite fortinghersonshestartedto “Ihadoriginallybeendue Hospital’s maternity ward,
Headded:“Thepeoplethat There have been no  Retainyourticketasproof feelalittlebitunwellherself. togivebirthonthe22ndsoI withjustfivefestivearrivals
have been doing this for increasesinparkingcharges ofpayment MissSmithsaid:“Ihadabit knew he was coming very thisyear,comparedtoninein
years[visitingthehospital] andthechargingperiodstill ofabackacheandthenitgot soon, but it was still a 2013.