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This is a wonderful community led initiative to bring some sparkle to the centre of East Sheen.
Festive lights will adorn the big London Plane tree at Milestone Green this Christmas.
A community-led initiative, supported by East Sheen Village and Richmond Council, is aiming to raise £1,575 in just three weeks. Every pound donated will be match-funded by The Council and East Sheen Village so contributions go twice as far.
The funds will cover festive lights, permissions, professional installation, and tree surgeon costs to make sure everything is done safely. The lights will be reused year after year, bringing festive cheer to the heart of Sheen for many Christmases to come.
It’s a small project with a big impact and a chance to bring the community together and make Sheen shine bright this Christmas. 💚
The crowdfunding link – https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/light-up-milestone-green-the-heart-of-east-sheen
Winter Recital Series at Christ Church – November:
No charge on Wednesdays at 12.00 noon – 1.00pm but donations welcome.
Fridays: 7.00pm – 9.00pm, tickets £16.00, under 16s £6. Available on the door or via the website: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/christchurch/east-sheen.
Wednesday
5 – Damla Tuncer Oboe; Friday
7 – Bernard Adams Remembrance Day Event –
(tickets only on the door);
Wednesday 12 – Nex3 Brass Trio;
Friday 14 – Thomas Coxhead Organ;
Wednesday 19 – Timothy Lin Theorbo;
Friday 21 – Basil Alter Violin; Julian Chan Piano
Wednesday 26 – TBC;
Friday 28 – The Brubeck Experience Jazz Group
Diana White and Bryan Brown support the local poppy drive.
To celebrate Guy Fawkes Night the meeting at the Barnes Home Guard Club on Wednesday evening will explore the lives and dubious deeds of local characters down the centuries.
630pm for 7pm at 76A Richmond Park Road, London SW14 8LA
Christ Church, on Friday, 7 November 2025 at 7.00pm.
This an evening of remembrance, in poetry, prose and music. There will be accounts from people who were living here at the time. Some will be read by the individuals themselves and others read on their behalf by members of the local congregations. There will also be relevant passages giving the wider picture, more than 60 photographs, and the opportunity for a brief singalong.
Tickets for sale on the door (only) : adults £10.00, under 16s £5.00.
Supporting the mental health veterans’ charity “Combat Stress“.
A call for local property deeds was put out at a recent talk at the Home Guard. Sue at 7 RPR provided hers, which date back to an Indenture or Conveyance dated 28 April 1910, within which there is a plan of the adjacent properties of 5 & 7 RPR.
Within the file there was the plan above, which has attracted considerable interest. It was posted with the intention that readers might want to study it and draw their own conclusions. It might now help to provide some interpretation.
The previous post had some overlap. The version above is clearer. (Thanks to Paul Wiggins.) Note the North South direction. And note also the scale 2 Chains to an inch. A Chain is 66 feet and the sporting among you might note the connection to a cricket pitch.
The plan found within the file for 7 RPR is not dated but looking at the plan in detail, it must have been prepared in the 19th century. A wall surrounds what was Sheen House and its grounds, built in 1786 and demolished in 1907.
On the east side of Sheen Lane (bottom of the plan) there are traces of the Sheen House boundary wall from the junction opposite York Avenue round the bend to opposite Wayside and at the end of the Larches.
The plan shows the original buildings of Sheen House marked house and offices in pink. The dark grey area is marked Conservatory but that does not show on the 19th century photos of the property. The Land and Pleasure Gardens was, one might assume, the area where there was a cycle track. The light grey area could be the Coach House which is still there but now to the north of Shrewsbury Avenue.
Looking to the Upper Richmond Road, divided by the area of Muirdown Avenue, we have the Parsonage, now the site of Parkway House and Artisan. But no records of that Parsonage? And the Kitchen Gardens – the area was of course noted for its orchards. Who still has an apple tree in their garden?
The unbroken line under the words William Gilpin Esq (top of the plan) must be the wall which stretches the whole length of the east side of Richmond Park Road, separates it from Palewell Park and still exists.
The Ice Well marked at the top right hand is an interesting feature. Was it there to feed an ice rink or to keep food for the house cold? Where was it? Did it later feed the allotment in the Home Guard? Does someone have signs of it in their garden? Some of you may know the one in Kew Gardens.
Does anyone have any clues as to what the red mark between William and Gilpin might denote?
See also https://childlawobserver10.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=954&action=edit for more on Sheen House.
Stiff Joints is well known around the music venues of south west London – and beyond.
As always with groups of this type there have been changes over the years and not everyone is available for every gig. The main line-up these days is Brian Coope, Lead Vocalist and Rhythm Guitar, Jon Riley on Lead Guitar and Mandolin, Mark Stevens on Keyboard, Accordion and Vocals, Alan Brock on Bass Guitar and Dan Allsopp or Dave Maud on Drums.
They perform regularly at local venues, such as the Stag’s Head on Priest’s Bridge, the Barnes Home Guard Club in East Sheen and the Jolly Gardeners in Mortlake (opposite the Tapestry), as well as other West London venues in Richmond, Twickenham, Barnes (notably the Bull’s Head), Brentford, Isleworth, Chiswick, Ealing and Kew.
But where did it all start? Brian had been playing with Brentford Dick, aka Richard Brook, sadly now deceased, in earlier bands and continued playing as a duo (including Sunday nights in the Hare and Hounds). They needed to form a larger band for a couple of birthday gigs. Dick’s flatmate Jon Riley also played in a band, so they borrowed him plus his bass guitarist and drummer. So a new band was formed fronted by Brian, Dick and Jon (playing keyboard as well as guitar), plus Mike Allin on bass and Adam Roman on drums.
But “Brian and Dick’s Band” could only be a temporary title and the search was on for a catchier name.
This was solved one Sunday lunchtime at the Hare and Hounds in about 1991. A third party who shall remain nameless had a habit of asking people what they were having for Sunday Lunch and one answer led to the anticipation of a healthy stiff piece of beef and some possible diversity in the nature of the joint. Play with words led to the adoption of the name which has now lasted 35 years.
Stiff Joints has a basic playlist of about twenty numbers performed most frequently, with another ten regular songs. They are always up for requests, especially on early Beatles and Stones. They have also produced their own material over the years. See especially Down Decibel Drive, something of a protest song noted at https://childlawobserver10.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=3498&action=edit
Personal favourites are Runaway by Del Shannon (though Brian admits to difficulty in hitting the high notes now), and Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire and Folsom Prison Blues, which (wisely) they play in a lower key.
Their next gig is this Friday (7.00pm – 10.00pm) at the Halloween Party at the Coach and Horses on Kew Green TW9 3BH.
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