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💐 The Shepperton Village Conservation Group · The Sheppertonian (for Shepperton village)

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  It
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  means
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  the
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  world
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  to
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  me.
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  It's
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  so
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  rewarding
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  that
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  you're
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  doing
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  something
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  that
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  people
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  really
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  like
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  and
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  value.
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  It's
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  got
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  a
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  purpose.
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  And
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  of
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  course
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  our
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  mission
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  was
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  to
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  make
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  the
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  village
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  nice,
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  keep
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  the
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  village
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  nice,
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  to
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  support
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  the
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  shops.
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  And
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  that's
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  the
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  other
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  thing.
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  I
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  mean,
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  I
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  know
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  we
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  all
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  shop
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  online,
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  but
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  if
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  we
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  didn't
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  have
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  Shepperton
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  village
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  shops,
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  there
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  wouldn't
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  be
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  a
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  Shepperton
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  in
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  the
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  same
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  way
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  at
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  all.
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  That's
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  Vivienne
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  Leighton
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  of
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  the
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  Shepperton
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  Village
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  Conservation
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  Group.
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  And
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  if
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  you've
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  ever
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  walked
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  through
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  the
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  village
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  centre
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  and
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  thought
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  it
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  looked
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  particularly
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  lovely,
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  this
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  is
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  why.
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  Welcome
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  to
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  the
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  Sheppertonian.
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  I'm
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  Gareth
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  and
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  this
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  is
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  the
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  podcast
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  bringing
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  you
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  stories,
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  voices
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  and
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  events
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  from
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  in
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  and
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  around
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  Shepperton.
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  Before
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  we
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  get
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  into
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  it,
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  a
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  thank
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  you
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  to
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  the
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  business
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  partners
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  and
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  business
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  members
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  who
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  make
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  production
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  possible
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  through
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  the
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  Sheppertonian
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  Business
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  Club,
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  the
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  Ferry
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  Coffee
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  Shop,
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  purveyors
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  of
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  fine
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  coffee,
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  tea
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  and
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  snacks.
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  Meon
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  Media,
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  Small
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  business
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  support
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  based
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  here
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  in
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  Shepperton,
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  offering
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  flexible
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  support
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  to
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  keep
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  things
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  running
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  smoothly
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  in
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  your
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  business.
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  The
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  Sound
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  Boutique:
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  thoughtful
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  audio
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  for
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  every
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  story.
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  And
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  our
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  business
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  members,
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  Island
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  Motors:
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  Shepperton-based,
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  family
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  run
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  MOT
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  servicing
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  and
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  repairs;
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  and
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  LuvBiltong:
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  proper
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  South
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  African
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  biltong
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  made
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  locally.
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  On
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  the
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  3rd
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  of
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  June,
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  we're
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  hosting
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  the
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  Sheppertonian
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  Live,
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  our
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  first
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  live
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  recorded
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  event.
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  We
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  have
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  the
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  very
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  lovely
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  Dik
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  Gregory,
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  chair
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  of
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  the
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  Shepperton
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  Village
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  Fair
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  Committee.
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  That's
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  happening
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  soon.
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  And
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  Shepperton
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  Studios.
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  Farah
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  Charles
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  and
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  Dan
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  Burton.
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  Farrah
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  is
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  the
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  General
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  manager
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  of
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  the
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  studios
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  and
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  Dan
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  is
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  the
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  senior
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  Community
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  outreach
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  and
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  Education
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  manager.
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  So
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  along
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  with
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  Dik
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  Gregory,
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  it
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  should
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  be
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  a
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  very
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  interesting
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  evening
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  with
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  a
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  very
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  reasonably
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  priced
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  bar.
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  Tickets
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  for
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  the
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  live
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  event
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  are
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  in
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  the
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  show
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  Notes.
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  Today,
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  the
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  Shepperton
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  Village
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  Conservation
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  Group.
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  I
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  met
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  Vivienne
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  at
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  the
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  village
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  hall,
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  standing
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  next
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  to
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  their
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  newest
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  project,
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  a
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  Hügel
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  Kultur
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  bed
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  they
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  just
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  finished
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  building.
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  We
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  recorded
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  outside
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  in
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  the
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  sunshine
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  and
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  she
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  told
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  me
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  the
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  whole
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  story.
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  The
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  group
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  has
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  been
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  going
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  for
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  15
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  years,
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  but
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  it
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  didn't
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  start
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  with
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  a
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  grand
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  plan.
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  It
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  started
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  with
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  a
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  corner
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  that
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  needed
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  attention.
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  Basically.
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  2007-11,
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  the
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  borough
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  council
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  got
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  the
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  county
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  to
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  join
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  in
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  with
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  them
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  and
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  they
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  invested
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  in
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  small
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  shopping
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  centres
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  around
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  the
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  borough
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  to
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  make
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  improvements.
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  So
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  we
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  got
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  people
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  together
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  locally,
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  so
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  us
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  councillors
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  and
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  sort
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  of
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  leading
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  people
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  in
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  the
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  community
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  who
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  knew
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  about
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  what
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  they
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  like
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  here
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  and
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  everything,
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  and
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  we
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  advised
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  on
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  that
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  and
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  there
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  was
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  a
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  consultant
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  came
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  in
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  and
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  he
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  suggested
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  majoring
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  on
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  what
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  we
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  already
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  had,
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  making
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  sure
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  the
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  trees
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  lived
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  and
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  were
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  cared
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  for
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  and
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  sort
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  of
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  emphasised
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  even
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  more
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  that
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  it
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  was
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  a
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  green
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  corridor.
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  So
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  we
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  introduced
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  other
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  stuff.
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  That
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  green
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  corridor
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  runs
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  through
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  the
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  heart
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  of
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  the
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  village.
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  And
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  once
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  they'd
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  started,
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  the
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  next
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  opportunity
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  wasn't
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  far
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  away.
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  Down
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  at
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  the
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  war
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  memorial
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  on
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  the
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  corner
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  opposite
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  the
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  park,
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  there
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  was
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  dead
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  and
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  dying
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  trees
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  and
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  it
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  was
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  all
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  brambles
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  and
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  everything.
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  And
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  the
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  head
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  of
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  Civic
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  Pride
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  for
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  the
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  borough
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  at
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  that
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  time
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  said,
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  vivian,
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  why
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  don't
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  you
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  do
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  something
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  about
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  this
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  corner?
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  And
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  I
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  said,
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  oh,
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  all
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  right,
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  then.
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  So
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  we
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  got
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  together
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  and
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  obviously
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  we
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  had
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  help
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  and
• 4:08
  everything.
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  So
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  the
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  trees
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  were
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  felled
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  and
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  then
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  there
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  was
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  a
• 4:13
  group
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  of.
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  A
• 4:13
  small
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  group
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  from,
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  you
• 4:15
  know,
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  Rotary
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  and
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  tree
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  wardens
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  and
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  all
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  those
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  sorts
• 4:19
  of
• 4:19
  people
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  who
• 4:20
  care
• 4:20
  about
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  this
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  sort
• 4:21
  of
• 4:21
  thing.
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  And
• 4:23
  we
• 4:23
  sort
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  of
• 4:23
  thought,
• 4:23
  well,
• 4:24
  we
• 4:24
  clear
• 4:24
  this
• 4:25
  corner,
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  perhaps
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  we
• 4:25
  could
• 4:25
  do
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  something
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  with
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  it.
• 4:26
  And
• 4:26
  it
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  grew
• 4:27
  from
• 4:27
  there.
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  So
• 4:28
  what
• 4:29
  we
• 4:29
  made
• 4:29
  there
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  eventually
• 4:31
  became
• 4:31
  a
• 4:31
  pocket
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  park.
• 4:33
  At
• 4:33
  the
• 4:33
  same
• 4:33
  time,
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  the
• 4:34
  second
• 4:34
  challenge
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  arrived.
• 4:35
  The
• 4:35
  council
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  was
• 4:36
  stepping
• 4:36
  back
• 4:36
  from
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  water
• 4:37
  the
• 4:37
  flower
• 4:38
  beds
• 4:38
  along
• 4:38
  the
• 4:38
  high
• 4:38
  street.
• 4:39
  We
• 4:39
  thought
• 4:39
  we'd
• 4:40
  take
• 4:40
  that
• 4:40
  over
• 4:40
  because
• 4:41
  we
• 4:41
  didn't
• 4:41
  want
• 4:41
  to
• 4:41
  lose
• 4:42
  all
• 4:42
  the
• 4:42
  flower
• 4:42
  beds
• 4:42
  in
• 4:42
  the
• 4:43
  High
• 4:43
  street
• 4:43
  and
• 4:43
  it
• 4:44
  was
• 4:44
  horrendously
• 4:45
  expensive
• 4:45
  to
• 4:45
  water
• 4:46
  them.
• 4:46
  So
• 4:46
  we
• 4:47
  had
• 4:47
  to
• 4:47
  form
• 4:47
  ourselves
• 4:48
  to
• 4:48
  manage
• 4:48
  that.
• 4:49
  So
• 4:49
  we
• 4:50
  set
• 4:50
  ourselves
• 4:50
  off
• 4:50
  that
• 4:51
  we
• 4:51
  had.
• 4:51
  Some
• 4:52
  people
• 4:52
  said
• 4:52
  they'd
• 4:52
  like
• 4:53
  to
• 4:53
  do
• 4:53
  it
• 4:53
  and
• 4:54
  we're
• 4:54
  now
• 4:54
  well
• 4:55
  organised,
• 4:55
  where
• 4:56
  the
• 4:56
  flower
• 4:57
  beds
• 4:57
  are
• 4:57
  adopted
• 4:58
  by
• 4:58
  one
• 4:59
  of
• 4:59
  our
• 4:59
  members
• 5:00
  and
• 5:00
  then
• 5:00
  they
• 5:00
  help
• 5:01
  each
• 5:01
  other
• 5:01
  out
• 5:01
  if
• 5:01
  they
• 5:01
  need
• 5:02
  to,
• 5:02
  but
• 5:03
  they
• 5:03
  are
• 5:03
  looked
• 5:03
  after
• 5:04
  52
• 5:04
  weeks
• 5:04
  of
• 5:05
  the
• 5:05
  year,
• 5:05
  you
• 5:05
  know,
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  watered,
• 5:06
  weeded,
• 5:07
  etc.
• 5:08
  And
• 5:09
  that's
• 5:09
  a
• 5:09
  big
• 5:09
  commitment
• 5:10
  and
• 5:10
  people
• 5:11
  absolutely
• 5:11
  love
• 5:12
  it.
• 5:12
  The
• 5:12
  dinghy,
• 5:13
  which
• 5:13
  sits
• 5:13
  at
• 5:13
  the
• 5:14
  entrance
• 5:14
  to
• 5:14
  the
• 5:14
  pocket
• 5:15
  park,
• 5:15
  planted
• 5:16
  up
• 5:16
  with
• 5:16
  flowers,
• 5:17
  has
• 5:17
  become
• 5:17
  one
• 5:18
  of
• 5:18
  the
• 5:18
  most
• 5:18
  recognised
• 5:19
  things
• 5:19
  in
• 5:19
  Shepperton.
• 5:20
  Vivienne
• 5:20
  has
• 5:21
  complicated
• 5:21
  feelings
• 5:22
  about
• 5:22
  that.
• 5:22
  When
• 5:23
  we've
• 5:23
  entered
• 5:23
  competitions
• 5:24
  like
• 5:25
  Spelthorne
• 5:26
  In
• 5:26
  Bloom
• 5:27
  or
• 5:27
  South
• 5:27
  &
• 5:28
  South
• 5:28
  East
• 5:28
  In
• 5:28
  Bloom
• 5:29
  or
• 5:30
  RHS
• 5:30
  It's
• 5:31
  Your
• 5:31
  Neighbourhood.
• 5:32
  It's
• 5:32
  always
• 5:32
  the
• 5:33
  dinghy
• 5:33
  that
• 5:33
  they
• 5:33
  focused
• 5:34
  on
• 5:34
  over
• 5:34
  the
• 5:34
  years.
• 5:35
  And
• 5:35
  I
• 5:35
  used
• 5:35
  to
• 5:35
  get
• 5:35
  really
• 5:36
  cross
• 5:36
  because
• 5:37
  the
• 5:37
  work
• 5:37
  behind
• 5:38
  that
• 5:38
  goes
• 5:39
  on
• 5:39
  to
• 5:39
  make
• 5:39
  that
• 5:39
  little
• 5:40
  path
• 5:40
  park
• 5:41
  is
• 5:41
  a
• 5:41
  lot
• 5:41
  of
• 5:41
  work,
• 5:42
  you
• 5:42
  know,
• 5:43
  so.
• 5:43
  But
• 5:43
  anyway,
• 5:43
  the
• 5:44
  dinghy
• 5:44
  is
• 5:44
  now
• 5:44
  tended
• 5:45
  by
• 5:45
  the
• 5:45
  chair
• 5:45
  of
• 5:45
  the
• 5:45
  Allotments
• 5:46
  association.
• 5:47
  And
• 5:47
  he's
• 5:47
  brought
• 5:47
  a
• 5:47
  new
• 5:48
  approach
• 5:48
  that's
• 5:48
  changing
• 5:49
  how
• 5:49
  the
• 5:49
  whole
• 5:49
  group
• 5:50
  thinks
• 5:50
  he
• 5:50
  does
• 5:51
  it
• 5:51
  differently.
• 5:51
  He
• 5:51
  doesn't
• 5:51
  buy
• 5:52
  plants,
• 5:52
  he
• 5:52
  grows
• 5:53
  everything
• 5:53
  from
• 5:53
  seed,
• 5:54
  etc.
• 5:55
  So
• 5:55
  we've
• 5:55
  got
• 5:55
  a
• 5:56
  really
• 5:56
  good
• 5:56
  partnership
• 5:57
  with
• 5:57
  him
• 5:58
  and
• 5:58
  he's
• 5:59
  teaching
• 5:59
  us
• 5:59
  how
• 5:59
  to
• 6:00
  do
• 6:00
  things
• 6:01
  differently
• 6:01
  so
• 6:02
  that
• 6:02
  we
• 6:02
  can
• 6:02
  be
• 6:02
  even
• 6:03
  more
• 6:03
  sustainable.
• 6:04
  Because
• 6:04
  obviously
• 6:04
  the
• 6:05
  cost
• 6:05
  of
• 6:05
  plants
• 6:05
  can
• 6:06
  mount
• 6:06
  up.
• 6:06
  Standing
• 6:07
  next
• 6:07
  to
• 6:07
  us
• 6:07
  as
• 6:07
  we
• 6:08
  recorded
• 6:08
  was
• 6:08
  the
• 6:09
  group's
• 6:09
  newest
• 6:09
  project,
• 6:10
  a
• 6:10
  Hugel
• 6:11
  Kultur
• 6:11
  bed,
• 6:12
  built
• 6:12
  just
• 6:12
  days
• 6:13
  earlier
• 6:13
  during
• 6:14
  the
• 6:14
  Rotary
• 6:14
  showcase
• 6:15
  at
• 6:15
  the
• 6:15
  village
• 6:15
  hall.
• 6:16
  I
• 6:16
  asked
• 6:16
  Vivienne
• 6:17
  what
• 6:17
  it
• 6:17
  actually
• 6:17
  is.
• 6:18
  One
• 6:19
  of
• 6:19
  our
• 6:19
  members
• 6:20
  is
• 6:20
  a
• 6:20
  landscape
• 6:21
  gardener
• 6:21
  and
• 6:22
  he
• 6:22
  said
• 6:22
  this
• 6:22
  is
• 6:23
  a
• 6:23
  really
• 6:23
  good
• 6:23
  way
• 6:24
  of
• 6:24
  having
• 6:25
  a
• 6:25
  bed
• 6:26
  that
• 6:26
  is
• 6:26
  really
• 6:27
  good
• 6:27
  for
• 6:28
  the
• 6:28
  environment
• 6:29
  ecologically
• 6:30
  wise.
• 6:30
  It's
• 6:31
  good
• 6:31
  for
• 6:31
  insects,
• 6:32
  it's
• 6:32
  good
• 6:32
  for
• 6:32
  the
• 6:33
  soil,
• 6:33
  it's
• 6:33
  good
• 6:33
  for
• 6:33
  the
• 6:34
  plants
• 6:35
  and
• 6:35
  at
• 6:35
  the
• 6:35
  same
• 6:35
  time
• 6:36
  you're
• 6:36
  composting
• 6:37
  down
• 6:38
  dead
• 6:39
  wood.
• 6:40
  So
• 6:40
  the
• 6:40
  whole
• 6:40
  thing
• 6:41
  is,
• 6:41
  you
• 6:42
  know,
• 6:42
  it's
• 6:42
  a
• 6:42
  win,
• 6:42
  win
• 6:42
  all
• 6:43
  round.
• 6:43
  And
• 6:44
  so
• 6:44
  somehow
• 6:45
  we
• 6:45
  got
• 6:45
  permission
• 6:45
  from
• 6:46
  the
• 6:46
  council
• 6:46
  to
• 6:46
  dig
• 6:47
  this
• 6:47
  here
• 6:47
  in
• 6:47
  public
• 6:48
  grounds.
• 6:48
  The
• 6:49
  timing
• 6:49
  of
• 6:49
  the
• 6:49
  build
• 6:49
  was
• 6:50
  deliberate
• 6:50
  and
• 6:50
  it
• 6:50
  brought
• 6:51
  the
• 6:51
  wider
• 6:51
  community
• 6:52
  together
• 6:52
  around
• 6:52
  it.
• 6:53
  The
• 6:53
  local
• 6:54
  Shepperton
• 6:55
  Sunbury
• 6:55
  Rotary
• 6:56
  had
• 6:56
  a
• 6:57
  showcase
• 6:57
  for
• 6:58
  charities
• 6:58
  in
• 6:58
  the
• 6:59
  village
• 6:59
  hall.
• 7:00
  They
• 7:00
  let
• 7:00
  us
• 7:01
  time
• 7:01
  this
• 7:01
  to
• 7:02
  be
• 7:02
  the
• 7:02
  external
• 7:03
  activity
• 7:03
  to
• 7:03
  help
• 7:04
  draw
• 7:04
  people
• 7:04
  in
• 7:05
  and
• 7:05
  it
• 7:06
  worked
• 7:06
  really
• 7:06
  well.
• 7:06
  There
• 7:06
  were
• 7:07
  23,
• 7:07
  I
• 7:08
  think
• 7:08
  it
• 7:08
  was
• 7:08
  charities
• 7:09
  in
• 7:09
  there.
• 7:10
  Hundreds
• 7:10
  of
• 7:11
  people
• 7:11
  visited.
• 7:12
  It's
• 7:12
  always
• 7:13
  popular.
• 7:13
  It's
• 7:13
  only
• 7:13
  done
• 7:14
  every
• 7:14
  other
• 7:14
  year
• 7:14
  because
• 7:15
  you
• 7:15
  know,
• 7:16
  it
• 7:16
  isn't
• 7:16
  right
• 7:17
  always
• 7:17
  to
• 7:17
  do
• 7:17
  things
• 7:18
  every
• 7:18
  year.
• 7:19
  And
• 7:19
  the
• 7:20
  idea
• 7:20
  is
• 7:20
  that
• 7:20
  people
• 7:21
  want
• 7:21
  to
• 7:22
  talk
• 7:22
  to
• 7:22
  people
• 7:22
  about
• 7:22
  what
• 7:23
  they
• 7:23
  do,
• 7:23
  give
• 7:23
  them
• 7:23
  a
• 7:24
  bit
• 7:24
  more
• 7:24
  time
• 7:24
  to
• 7:24
  understand.
• 7:25
  It's
• 7:26
  lovely
• 7:26
  because
• 7:26
  you
• 7:26
  have
• 7:26
  this
• 7:27
  real
• 7:27
  pulling
• 7:27
  together
• 7:27
  of
• 7:28
  all
• 7:28
  these
• 7:28
  people,
• 7:28
  you
• 7:29
  know,
• 7:29
  in
• 7:29
  the
• 7:29
  community
• 7:30
  who
• 7:30
  do
• 7:30
  all
• 7:31
  this
• 7:31
  self
• 7:31
  voluntary
• 7:32
  work
• 7:32
  and
• 7:32
  there
• 7:32
  you
• 7:33
  all
• 7:33
  are,
• 7:34
  you
• 7:34
  know,
• 7:34
  not
• 7:35
  competing
• 7:35
  with
• 7:35
  each
• 7:35
  other
• 7:35
  but
• 7:36
  you're,
• 7:36
  you
• 7:36
  know,
• 7:36
  talking
• 7:37
  and
• 7:38
  we
• 7:38
  always
• 7:39
  get
• 7:39
  a.
• 7:39
  We
• 7:39
  had
• 7:39
  the
• 7:40
  MP,
• 7:40
  he
• 7:40
  threw
• 7:40
  the
• 7:41
  first
• 7:41
  log
• 7:41
  in
• 7:41
  there
• 7:42
  for
• 7:42
  us
• 7:44
  and
• 7:44
  the
• 7:44
  deputy
• 7:45
  Lord
• 7:45
  Lieutenant
• 7:46
  would
• 7:46
  come
• 7:46
  and
• 7:47
  other
• 7:47
  people
• 7:48
  who've
• 7:48
  got
• 7:48
  the
• 7:48
  influence
• 7:49
  or
• 7:49
  the
• 7:49
  purse
• 7:50
  strings
• 7:51
  for
• 7:51
  the
• 7:51
  local
• 7:51
  area
• 7:52
  are
• 7:52
  invited
• 7:53
  so
• 7:53
  that
• 7:54
  it's
• 7:54
  a
• 7:54
  learning
• 7:55
  and
• 7:55
  communicating
• 7:56
  exercise
• 7:56
  all
• 7:57
  round.
• 9:01
  Behind
• 9:02
  all
• 9:02
  of
• 9:02
  this
• 9:03
  is
• 9:03
  a
• 9:03
  small
• 9:03
  but
• 9:04
  dedicated
• 9:04
  group
• 9:04
  of
• 9:05
  people.
• 9:05
  I
• 9:06
  asked
• 9:06
  Vivienne
• 9:06
  who
• 9:07
  they
• 9:07
  are
• 9:07
  and
• 9:07
  what
• 9:07
  brings
• 9:08
  them
• 9:08
  to
• 9:08
  this
• 9:08
  kind
• 9:08
  of
• 9:09
  work.
• 9:09
  There's
• 9:09
  a
• 9:09
  few
• 9:09
  of
• 9:09
  us
• 9:10
  that
• 9:10
  have
• 9:10
  been
• 9:10
  there
• 9:10
  from
• 9:10
  the
• 9:11
  beginning,
• 9:11
  which
• 9:11
  is
• 9:11
  now
• 9:12
  15
• 9:13
  years.
• 9:14
  They
• 9:14
  are
• 9:15
  people
• 9:15
  from
• 9:15
  perhaps
• 9:16
  local
• 9:16
  because
• 9:17
  there's
• 9:17
  different
• 9:17
  jobs.
• 9:18
  So
• 9:18
  you
• 9:18
  know,
• 9:18
  might
• 9:19
  be
• 9:19
  someone
• 9:19
  from
• 9:19
  the
• 9:19
  residents
• 9:20
  association
• 9:20
  was
• 9:21
  our
• 9:21
  treasurer
• 9:21
  for
• 9:22
  years
• 9:22
  and
• 9:22
  this
• 9:22
  sort
• 9:22
  of
• 9:23
  thing.
• 9:23
  So.
• 9:23
  But
• 9:23
  it's
• 9:24
  people
• 9:24
  from
• 9:25
  other
• 9:25
  gardening
• 9:26
  or
• 9:26
  nature
• 9:26
  type
• 9:27
  organisations
• 9:28
  locally.
• 9:28
  We've
• 9:29
  always
• 9:29
  had
• 9:29
  people
• 9:29
  from
• 9:30
  both
• 9:30
  Rotary
• 9:30
  clubs
• 9:31
  locally
• 9:32
  and
• 9:33
  we
• 9:33
  also
• 9:33
  have
• 9:33
  people
• 9:34
  who
• 9:34
  love
• 9:34
  to
• 9:35
  garden
• 9:35
  and
• 9:36
  so
• 9:36
  they
• 9:37
  do
• 9:37
  it
• 9:37
  as
• 9:37
  well.
• 9:38
  And
• 9:38
  we
• 9:38
  just
• 9:38
  come
• 9:39
  together.
• 9:39
  We've
• 9:40
  got
• 9:40
  our
• 9:41
  committee's
• 9:41
  maximum
• 9:42
  of
• 9:42
  10
• 9:42
  allowed
• 9:43
  and
• 9:44
  we've
• 9:44
  got
• 9:44
  a
• 9:44
  couple
• 9:44
  of
• 9:45
  co
• 9:45
  opted
• 9:45
  people
• 9:45
  as
• 9:46
  well.
• 9:46
  For
• 9:46
  special
• 9:46
  reasons.
• 9:48
  And
• 9:48
  then
• 9:48
  we
• 9:48
  have
• 9:48
  a
• 9:49
  more
• 9:49
  relaxed,
• 9:50
  wider
• 9:50
  pool
• 9:51
  of
• 9:51
  volunteers
• 9:52
  who
• 9:52
  we
• 9:53
  just
• 9:53
  call
• 9:53
  on
• 9:53
  for
• 9:54
  work
• 9:54
  mornings.
• 9:55
  And
• 9:55
  they'd
• 9:56
  be
• 9:56
  on
• 9:56
  a
• 9:56
  Saturday
• 9:56
  or
• 9:57
  Sunday,
• 9:57
  normally
• 9:58
  in
• 9:58
  the
• 9:58
  morning,
• 9:58
  10
• 9:59
  till
• 9:59
  12.30
• 9:59
  or
• 10:00
  something
• 10:00
  like
• 10:00
  that.
• 10:01
  Two
• 10:01
  years
• 10:01
  ago,
• 10:01
  the
• 10:01
  group
• 10:02
  took
• 10:02
  on
• 10:02
  something
• 10:02
  new,
• 10:03
  absorbing
• 10:04
  a
• 10:04
  community
• 10:04
  allotment
• 10:05
  that
• 10:05
  had
• 10:05
  lost
• 10:05
  its
• 10:06
  original
• 10:06
  purpose.
• 10:07
  There
• 10:07
  was
• 10:08
  a
• 10:08
  community
• 10:08
  allotment
• 10:09
  at
• 10:09
  the
• 10:09
  allotments
• 10:10
  and
• 10:10
  unfortunately,
• 10:11
  the
• 10:12
  purpose
• 10:12
  for
• 10:12
  which
• 10:13
  it
• 10:13
  had
• 10:13
  been
• 10:13
  set
• 10:13
  up,
• 10:14
  which
• 10:14
  was
• 10:15
  for
• 10:15
  people
• 10:15
  who
• 10:16
  to
• 10:16
  be
• 10:17
  recommended
• 10:17
  by
• 10:17
  the
• 10:18
  health
• 10:18
  service
• 10:18
  to
• 10:19
  come
• 10:19
  along
• 10:20
  outside
• 10:20
  with
• 10:20
  their
• 10:21
  carer,
• 10:22
  that
• 10:22
  didn't
• 10:22
  ever
• 10:23
  work.
• 10:24
  So
• 10:25
  it
• 10:25
  needed
• 10:25
  taking
• 10:26
  over
• 10:26
  so
• 10:26
  that
• 10:27
  the
• 10:27
  finances,
• 10:28
  the
• 10:28
  accounts
• 10:28
  and
• 10:28
  the,
• 10:29
  you
• 10:29
  know,
• 10:29
  all
• 10:29
  the
• 10:29
  stuff
• 10:30
  you
• 10:30
  have
• 10:30
  to
• 10:30
  do
• 10:30
  these
• 10:31
  days
• 10:31
  to
• 10:31
  exist.
• 10:32
  So
• 10:33
  we
• 10:33
  offered
• 10:33
  to
• 10:33
  do
• 10:33
  that.
• 10:34
  So
• 10:34
  we've
• 10:34
  absorbed
• 10:35
  them.
• 10:36
  They
• 10:36
  meet
• 10:36
  on
• 10:36
  a
• 10:37
  Wednesday
• 10:37
  morning
• 10:38
  and
• 10:39
  they're
• 10:40
  a
• 10:40
  mixture
• 10:40
  of
• 10:40
  people.
• 10:40
  I
• 10:41
  mean,
• 10:41
  people
• 10:42
  move
• 10:42
  here,
• 10:43
  perhaps
• 10:43
  and
• 10:45
  get
• 10:45
  to
• 10:45
  know
• 10:45
  people,
• 10:46
  people
• 10:46
  downsize
• 10:47
  and,
• 10:48
  you
• 10:48
  know,
• 10:48
  keen
• 10:49
  gardeners,
• 10:49
  but
• 10:49
  they
• 10:49
  no
• 10:49
  longer
• 10:50
  have
• 10:50
  a
• 10:50
  garden
• 10:51
  so
• 10:51
  they
• 10:51
  can
• 10:51
  go
• 10:52
  there,
• 10:52
  that
• 10:52
  sort
• 10:52
  of
• 10:53
  thing.
• 10:53
  So
• 10:53
  it's
• 10:53
  really
• 10:53
  good.
• 10:54
  It
• 10:54
  provides
• 10:55
  a
• 10:55
  real
• 10:56
  social
• 10:57
  and,
• 10:57
  you
• 10:58
  know,
• 10:59
  healthy
• 10:59
  activity,
• 11:00
  which
• 11:01
  all
• 11:01
  of
• 11:01
  this
• 11:01
  is.
• 11:02
  I
• 11:02
  mean,
• 11:02
  it's
• 11:02
  all
• 11:02
  to
• 11:02
  do
• 11:03
  with
• 11:03
  that.
• 11:03
  And
• 11:03
  then
• 11:04
  at
• 11:04
  the
• 11:04
  end,
• 11:04
  the
• 11:04
  end
• 11:05
  result
• 11:05
  is
• 11:05
  something
• 11:05
  that
• 11:06
  the
• 11:06
  villagers
• 11:07
  here
• 11:08
  love
• 11:09
  people.
• 11:09
  The
• 11:09
  local
• 11:09
  community
• 11:10
  absolutely
• 11:11
  love
• 11:11
  this.
• 11:11
  We
• 11:11
  get
• 11:12
  such
• 11:12
  support.
• 11:13
  The
• 11:13
  group
• 11:13
  enters
• 11:14
  competitions
• 11:14
  regularly.
• 11:15
  Lordsbridge
• 11:16
  Pond,
• 11:16
  the
• 11:17
  High
• 11:17
  street,
• 11:17
  the
• 11:17
  Pocket
• 11:18
  Park.
• 11:18
  And
• 11:19
  this
• 11:19
  year
• 11:19
  the
• 11:19
  ambition
• 11:20
  has
• 11:20
  been
• 11:20
  raised.
• 11:21
  We've
• 11:21
  entered
• 11:21
  the
• 11:21
  pocket
• 11:22
  park
• 11:22
  for
• 11:22
  quite
• 11:23
  a
• 11:23
  long
• 11:23
  time.
• 11:24
  We
• 11:24
  did
• 11:25
  enter
• 11:26
  Lordsbridge
• 11:26
  Pond
• 11:27
  one
• 11:27
  year.
• 11:27
  It's
• 11:28
  a
• 11:28
  school
• 11:28
  land
• 11:30
  near
• 11:30
  the
• 11:30
  war
• 11:31
  memorial
• 11:31
  again.
• 11:32
  It's
• 11:32
  got
• 11:32
  a
• 11:33
  300-year-old
• 11:34
  dew
• 11:34
  pond
• 11:34
  there,
• 11:35
  so
• 11:35
  we
• 11:35
  look
• 11:35
  after
• 11:36
  that.
• 11:37
  We
• 11:38
  vary
• 11:38
  what
• 11:38
  we
• 11:38
  enter
• 11:40
  according
• 11:40
  to
• 11:41
  our
• 11:41
  capacity
• 11:42
  and,
• 11:42
  you
• 11:42
  know,
• 11:42
  what
• 11:42
  we
• 11:43
  think
• 11:43
  we
• 11:43
  can
• 11:43
  do.
• 11:44
  When
• 11:44
  we
• 11:44
  entered
• 11:45
  South
• 11:45
  &
• 11:45
  Southeast
• 11:46
  In
• 11:46
  Bloom,
• 11:46
  I
• 11:46
  think
• 11:46
  we
• 11:47
  entered
• 11:47
  the
• 11:47
  High
• 11:47
  street,
• 11:48
  so
• 11:48
  that's
• 11:49
  different
• 11:49
  because
• 11:50
  you
• 11:50
  have
• 11:50
  to
• 11:50
  enter
• 11:50
  all
• 11:51
  the
• 11:51
  beds.
• 11:51
  This
• 11:51
  year,
• 11:52
  a
• 11:52
  new
• 11:52
  catego
• 11:53
  has
• 11:53
  changed
• 11:53
  the
• 11:54
  target
• 11:54
  entirely.
• 11:55
  Last
• 11:55
  year,
• 11:56
  Spelthorne
• 11:56
  introduced
• 11:57
  a
• 11:58
  new
• 11:58
  category
• 11:59
  Most
• 11:59
  Attractive
• 11:59
  Local
• 12:00
  Centre.
• 12:01
  And
• 12:01
  that's
• 12:01
  what
• 12:01
  we
• 12:02
  want
• 12:02
  to
• 12:02
  do.
• 12:02
  So
• 12:02
  we're
• 12:02
  having
• 12:02
  a
• 12:03
  real
• 12:03
  push
• 12:03
  at
• 12:03
  the
• 12:03
  moment
• 12:04
  to
• 12:04
  try
• 12:04
  and
• 12:04
  bring
• 12:04
  in
• 12:05
  schools,
• 12:06
  other
• 12:06
  organisations.
• 12:07
  Our
• 12:08
  local
• 12:08
  councillors
• 12:08
  are
• 12:09
  helping
• 12:09
  us.
• 12:10
  The
• 12:10
  library
• 12:10
  said
• 12:11
  they'd
• 12:11
  help
• 12:11
  advertise
• 12:12
  stuff
• 12:13
  and
• 12:13
  we
• 12:13
  want
• 12:13
  to
• 12:13
  have
• 12:13
  a
• 12:14
  big
• 12:14
  work
• 12:14
  morning
• 12:15
  on
• 12:15
  the
• 12:15
  4th
• 12:15
  of
• 12:16
  July.
• 12:17
  That's
• 12:17
  a
• 12:17
  Saturday.
• 12:18
  And
• 12:19
  we're
• 12:19
  trying
• 12:19
  to
• 12:19
  get.
• 12:20
  Which
• 12:20
  is
• 12:20
  what
• 12:20
  we
• 12:21
  did
• 12:21
  2013,
• 12:22
  when
• 12:22
  we
• 12:22
  entered
• 12:23
  South
• 12:24
  &
• 12:24
  South
• 12:24
  East
• 12:24
  In
• 12:25
  Bloom,
• 12:25
  we
• 12:26
  asked
• 12:26
  people
• 12:26
  from
• 12:26
  the
• 12:26
  community
• 12:27
  to
• 12:27
  come
• 12:27
  and
• 12:27
  join
• 12:28
  us
• 12:28
  and,
• 12:29
  like,
• 12:29
  wash
• 12:29
  all
• 12:29
  the
• 12:29
  bollards
• 12:30
  and
• 12:30
  clean
• 12:31
  the
• 12:31
  benches
• 12:32
  and
• 12:32
  make
• 12:32
  sure
• 12:32
  everything
• 12:33
  was
• 12:33
  spick
• 12:33
  and
• 12:33
  span.
• 12:34
  So
• 12:34
  that's
• 12:35
  what
• 12:35
  we
• 12:35
  want
• 12:35
  to
• 12:35
  do,
• 12:35
  because
• 12:36
  no
• 12:36
  point
• 12:37
  going
• 12:37
  in
• 12:37
  for
• 12:37
  something
• 12:37
  if
• 12:38
  you
• 12:38
  don't
• 12:38
  want
• 12:38
  to
• 12:38
  do
• 12:38
  well.
• 12:39
  And
• 12:39
  the
• 12:39
  message
• 12:39
  gets
• 12:39
  out
• 12:40
  through
• 12:40
  more
• 12:40
  than
• 12:40
  just
• 12:40
  social
• 12:41
  media.
• 12:41
  We're
• 12:42
  very
• 12:42
  lucky
• 12:43
  that
• 12:43
  the
• 12:43
  local
• 12:43
  Village
• 12:44
  Matters
• 12:44
  magazine.
• 12:45
  Monica
• 12:46
  is
• 12:46
  one
• 12:46
  of
• 12:47
  our
• 12:47
  sponsors
• 12:48
  and
• 12:48
  she's
• 12:49
  very,
• 12:49
  very
• 12:49
  helpful
• 12:50
  because
• 12:50
  she's
• 12:50
  a
• 12:50
  very
• 12:51
  good
• 12:51
  conduit
• 12:51
  to
• 12:52
  get
• 12:52
  the
• 12:52
  message
• 12:52
  out
• 12:53
  for
• 12:53
  people
• 12:53
  who
• 12:53
  don't
• 12:53
  look
• 12:54
  at
• 12:54
  Facebook,
• 12:54
  you
• 12:55
  know,
• 12:55
  that
• 12:55
  sort
• 12:55
  of
• 12:55
  thing.
• 12:56
  So
• 12:56
  we're
• 12:57
  having
• 12:57
  a
• 12:57
  hanging
• 12:57
  basket
• 12:58
  initiative
• 12:58
  this
• 12:58
  year
• 12:59
  as
• 12:59
  well,
• 13:00
  and
• 13:00
  the
• 13:00
  residents
• 13:01
  association
• 13:02
  funds
• 13:03
  certain
• 13:03
  number
• 13:03
  these
• 13:04
  days,
• 13:04
  so
• 13:04
  by
• 13:05
  coming
• 13:05
  together,
• 13:05
  we
• 13:06
  hope
• 13:06
  to
• 13:06
  have
• 13:07
  a
• 13:07
  really
• 13:07
  good
• 13:07
  show
• 13:08
  in
• 13:08
  the
• 13:08
  high
• 13:09
  streets
• 13:09
  all
• 13:10
  the
• 13:10
  way
• 13:10
  along.
• 13:11
  If
• 13:11
  someone
• 13:11
  listening
• 13:11
  wants
• 13:12
  to
• 13:12
  be
• 13:12
  a
• 13:12
  part
• 13:12
  of
• 13:12
  this,
• 13:13
  the
• 13:13
  barrier
• 13:13
  is
• 13:14
  deliberately
• 13:14
  low.
• 13:15
  You
• 13:15
  would
• 13:15
  join
• 13:16
  our
• 13:16
  list
• 13:16
  and
• 13:17
  you
• 13:17
  would
• 13:18
  get
• 13:18
  an
• 13:18
  email
• 13:19
  from
• 13:19
  Jane
• 13:20
  telling
• 13:20
  you
• 13:21
  when
• 13:21
  we're
• 13:21
  next
• 13:21
  having
• 13:22
  a
• 13:22
  work
• 13:22
  morning,
• 13:22
  it's
• 13:22
  just
• 13:23
  turn
• 13:23
  up.
• 13:24
  She
• 13:24
  tells
• 13:24
  you
• 13:24
  if
• 13:24
  you
• 13:24
  need
• 13:25
  to
• 13:25
  bring
• 13:25
  anything,
• 13:25
  like
• 13:26
  your
• 13:26
  own
• 13:26
  gloves
• 13:26
  or
• 13:27
  stuff
• 13:27
  like
• 13:27
  that,
• 13:28
  and
• 13:28
  people
• 13:28
  natter
• 13:29
  and
• 13:30
  garden.
• 13:30
  I
• 13:31
  think
• 13:31
  that's
• 13:31
  what
• 13:31
  it
• 13:31
  is.
• 13:33
  And
• 13:33
  then
• 13:33
  sometimes
• 13:34
  it's
• 13:34
  heavier
• 13:34
  work
• 13:35
  and
• 13:35
  we
• 13:35
  have
• 13:35
  got
• 13:36
  two
• 13:36
  or
• 13:36
  three
• 13:37
  strong
• 13:37
  men
• 13:38
  and
• 13:38
  so
• 13:38
  we
• 13:38
  try
• 13:38
  and
• 13:39
  get
• 13:39
  them
• 13:39
  along
• 13:40
  when
• 13:40
  we
• 13:40
  want
• 13:40
  to
• 13:40
  do
• 13:40
  work
• 13:41
  at
• 13:41
  Lordsbridge
• 13:42
  Pond,
• 13:42
  because
• 13:43
  that's
• 13:43
  heavier
• 13:43
  work.
• 13:45
  We
• 13:45
  might
• 13:46
  ask
• 13:46
  Staines
• 13:47
  and
• 13:47
  Egham
• 13:47
  volunteers
• 13:48
  to
• 13:48
  join
• 13:48
  us
• 13:48
  because
• 13:49
  they've
• 13:49
  got
• 13:49
  heavy
• 13:49
  equipment
• 13:50
  and
• 13:51
  yes,
• 13:53
  we
• 13:53
  do
• 13:53
  get
• 13:53
  new
• 13:54
  people.
• 13:54
  Generally,
• 13:55
  sustainability
• 13:55
  is
• 13:56
  my
• 13:56
  biggest
• 13:57
  concern,
• 13:57
  always,
• 13:59
  you
• 13:59
  know,
• 13:59
  because
• 13:59
  it's
• 14:00
  very
• 14:00
  easy.
• 14:00
  You
• 14:01
  lose
• 14:01
  two
• 14:01
  or
• 14:01
  three
• 14:01
  people
• 14:01
  from
• 14:02
  a
• 14:02
  group,
• 14:02
  don't
• 14:02
  you?
• 14:02
  And
• 14:03
  then
• 14:03
  it's,
• 14:03
  oh,
• 14:03
  my
• 14:03
  goodness,
• 14:03
  you
• 14:04
  know
• 14:04
  what's
• 14:04
  going
• 14:04
  to
• 14:04
  happen.
• 14:05
  And
• 14:05
  the
• 14:05
  door
• 14:05
  is
• 14:06
  always
• 14:06
  open.
• 14:06
  Vivienne
• 14:07
  is
• 14:07
  very
• 14:07
  clear
• 14:07
  on
• 14:08
  that.
• 14:08
  If
• 14:08
  you
• 14:08
  go
• 14:09
  into
• 14:09
  the
• 14:09
  website,
• 14:09
  which
• 14:10
  we
• 14:10
  are
• 14:11
  slowly
• 14:11
  getting
• 14:11
  around
• 14:12
  to
• 14:12
  updating
• 14:12
  even
• 14:13
  more,
• 14:14
  there's
• 14:14
  a
• 14:14
  contact
• 14:15
  us
• 14:15
  and
• 14:15
  I
• 14:15
  get
• 14:15
  the
• 14:16
  messages
• 14:16
  and
• 14:17
  so
• 14:17
  I
• 14:17
  always.
• 14:17
  We
• 14:17
  always
• 14:18
  go
• 14:18
  back
• 14:18
  to
• 14:18
  people.
• 14:18
  We're
• 14:19
  very
• 14:19
  responsive
• 14:20
  and
• 14:21
  we
• 14:21
  know,
• 14:21
  we
• 14:21
  try
• 14:21
  and
• 14:21
  get
• 14:21
  people,
• 14:22
  you
• 14:22
  know,
• 14:23
  sometimes
• 14:23
  somebody
• 14:23
  will
• 14:23
  come
• 14:24
  to
• 14:24
  the
• 14:24
  village
• 14:24
  fair
• 14:24
  stall
• 14:25
  where
• 14:25
  we
• 14:25
  raise
• 14:26
  money
• 14:26
  and
• 14:27
  say,
• 14:28
  you
• 14:28
  know,
• 14:29
  tell
• 14:29
  me
• 14:29
  more.
• 14:30
  And
• 14:30
  then
• 14:30
  we
• 14:31
  tell
• 14:31
  them
• 14:31
  more
• 14:31
  and
• 14:31
  hopefully
• 14:32
  they
• 14:32
  join.
• 14:33
  I
• 14:33
  ended
• 14:33
  by
• 14:33
  asking
• 14:34
  Vivienne
• 14:34
  something
• 14:34
  more
• 14:35
  personal.
• 14:35
  After
• 14:36
  15
• 14:36
  years,
• 14:36
  what
• 14:36
  has
• 14:37
  the
• 14:37
  group
• 14:37
  meant
• 14:37
  to
• 14:37
  her?
• 14:38
  I
• 14:38
  never
• 14:39
  say
• 14:39
  no.
• 14:41
  So
• 14:42
  it
• 14:42
  was
• 14:42
  like,
• 14:42
  what
• 14:42
  do.
• 14:43
  Okay,
• 14:43
  right.
• 14:45
  And
• 14:46
  I
• 14:46
  never
• 14:46
  dreamt
• 14:46
  it
• 14:47
  would
• 14:47
  turn
• 14:47
  out
• 14:47
  to
• 14:47
  be
• 14:48
  this.
• 14:48
  And
• 14:49
  quite
• 14:50
  honestly,
• 14:50
  it
• 14:50
  means
• 14:50
  the
• 14:51
  world
• 14:51
  to
• 14:51
  me
• 14:51
  because
• 14:52
  I've
• 14:52
  done
• 14:52
  it
• 14:52
  right
• 14:52
  from
• 14:52
  the
• 14:53
  beginning.
• 14:53
  I'm
• 14:53
  not
• 14:54
  a
• 14:54
  gardener
• 14:54
  as
• 14:55
  such.
• 14:55
  I've
• 14:55
  got
• 14:55
  a
• 14:55
  garden,
• 14:56
  but
• 14:56
  I'm
• 14:56
  not
• 14:56
  a
• 14:56
  gardener.
• 14:57
  Like
• 14:57
  this.
• 14:57
  So
• 14:58
  I
• 14:58
  deal
• 14:59
  with
• 14:59
  all
• 14:59
  the
• 14:59
  stuff
• 15:00
  that
• 15:00
  all
• 15:00
  these
• 15:00
  people
• 15:00
  who
• 15:01
  want
• 15:01
  to
• 15:01
  garden
• 15:02
  keep
• 15:02
  assuring
• 15:02
  me,
• 15:02
  just
• 15:03
  do
• 15:03
  it,
• 15:03
  do
• 15:03
  it.
• 15:03
  We
• 15:04
  don't
• 15:04
  want
• 15:04
  to
• 15:04
  know.
• 15:06
  And
• 15:06
  I
• 15:06
  just
• 15:07
  love
• 15:07
  it.
• 15:07
  It's
• 15:07
  so
• 15:08
  rewarding
• 15:09
  that
• 15:09
  it's.
• 15:10
  You're
• 15:10
  doing
• 15:10
  something
• 15:10
  that
• 15:11
  people
• 15:11
  really
• 15:11
  like
• 15:12
  and
• 15:12
  value
• 15:13
  and
• 15:13
  it's,
• 15:13
  you
• 15:14
  know,
• 15:14
  it's.
• 15:14
  Got
• 15:14
  a
• 15:14
  purpose
• 15:15
  and
• 15:15
  that
• 15:15
  purpose
• 15:16
  is
• 15:16
  bigger
• 15:16
  than
• 15:16
  flowers.
• 15:17
  Our
• 15:17
  mission
• 15:18
  was
• 15:19
  to
• 15:19
  make
• 15:19
  the
• 15:19
  village
• 15:20
  nice,
• 15:20
  keep
• 15:21
  the
• 15:21
  village
• 15:21
  nice,
• 15:21
  to
• 15:22
  support
• 15:22
  the
• 15:22
  shops.
• 15:23
  And
• 15:24
  that's
• 15:24
  the
• 15:24
  other
• 15:24
  thing.
• 15:24
  I
• 15:25
  mean,
• 15:25
  I
• 15:25
  know
• 15:25
  we
• 15:25
  all
• 15:25
  shop
• 15:26
  online,
• 15:27
  but
• 15:27
  if
• 15:27
  we
• 15:27
  didn't
• 15:28
  have
• 15:28
  Shepperton
• 15:29
  village
• 15:30
  shops,
• 15:30
  there
• 15:31
  wouldn't
• 15:31
  be
• 15:31
  a
• 15:31
  Shepparton
• 15:32
  in
• 15:32
  the
• 15:32
  same
• 15:32
  way
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  at
• 15:33
  all.
• 15:33
  It
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  really
• 15:34
  is
• 15:35
  the
• 15:35
  core
• 15:36
  of
• 15:36
  Shepparton
• 15:37
  and
• 15:37
  it
• 15:37
  really
• 15:38
  matters.
• 15:39
  And
• 15:39
  so
• 15:40
  doing
• 15:40
  anything
• 15:41
  to
• 15:41
  support
• 15:41
  that
• 15:42
  really,
• 15:42
  really
• 15:42
  matters.
• 15:43
  And
• 15:43
  it
• 15:43
  matters
• 15:44
  to
• 15:44
  me.
• 15:44
  That
• 15:44
  was
• 15:45
  Vivienne
• 15:45
  Leighton
• 15:45
  of
• 15:46
  the
• 15:46
  Shepperton
• 15:46
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• 15:47
  Conservation
• 15:47
  Group.
• 15:48
  If
• 15:48
  you'd
• 15:48
  like
• 15:48
  to
• 15:48
  get
• 15:49
  involved
• 15:49
  as
• 15:49
  a
• 15:49
  volunteer,
• 15:50
  a
• 15:50
  work
• 15:50
  morning
• 15:51
  helper
• 15:51
  or
• 15:52
  just
• 15:52
  to
• 15:52
  find
• 15:52
  out
• 15:52
  more,
• 15:53
  head
• 15:53
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• 15:56
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• 15:56
  drop
• 15:56
  them
• 15:57
  a
• 15:57
  message.
• 15:57
  And
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  if
• 15:58
  you've
• 15:58
  got
• 15:58
  a
• 15:58
  free
• 15:58
  morning
• 15:59
  on
• 15:59
  the
• 15:59
  4th
• 15:59
  of
• 15:59
  July,
• 16:00
  they'd
• 16:00
  love
• 16:00
  to
• 16:00
  see
• 16:01
  you
• 16:01
  head
• 16:01
  to
• 16:01
  the
• 16:01
  village
• 16:02
  center
• 16:02
  and
• 16:02
  join
• 16:03
  in.
• 16:03
  As
• 16:03
  for
• 16:03
  the
• 16:03
  Sheppartonian,
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  we're
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  growing:
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  the
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  on
• 16:08
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• 16:09
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  the
• 16:09
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• 16:11
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• 16:15
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• 16:16
  the
• 16:16
  partners
• 16:16
  and
• 16:16
  supporters
• 16:17
  backing
• 16:17
  the
• 16:17
  Sheppertonian
• 16:18
  through
• 16:18
  the
• 16:18
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• 16:18
  Club,
• 16:19
  the
• 16:19
  Ferry
• 16:19
  Coffee
• 16:19
  Shop,
• 16:20
  Meon
• 16:20
  Media,
• 16:20
  the
• 16:21
  Sound
• 16:21
  Boutique,
• 16:21
  Island
• 16:22
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• 16:22
  and
• 16:22
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• 16:23
  Their
• 16:24
  support
• 16:24
  keeps
• 16:24
  this
• 16:25
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• 16:25
  rooted
• 16:25
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• 16:26
  the
• 16:26
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• 16:26
  I'm
• 16:27
  Gareth.
• 16:27
  This
• 16:27
  has
• 16:28
  been
• 16:28
  the
• 16:28
  Sheppertonian.
• 16:29
  Until
• 16:29
  next
• 16:30
  time,
• 16:30
  I'll
• 16:30
  see
• 16:30
  you
• 16:31
  around.