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MEET YOUR MP , MP for & Walton will be in Molesey on Thursday April 19, 7.30pm at The Molesey News Vine Hall in Vine Road, to give an update on his Westminster activities and take questions on local or national issues. We Voice of the Molesey Conservative Residents March 2012 hope you to see you then!

At Esher the MRA gives the impres- sion of having no purpose other than to ‘A manifesto for Molesey’ be there, and no policies except to say “we’re local”. I think Molesey deserves Hello and welcome to this special pre- On the seminal issue of the Jolly Boatman better and all I will be asking for on May election edition of The Molesey News. development, I am on the side of residents 3 is a chance to show you that I can make This time I am speaking to you, not as in seeking to mitigate the ill effects of this a better job of fighting your corner. the Editor, but with my other hat on as scheme and would like to see the Boatman Since last year’s campaign I have been the Molesey Conservative Residents’ part of the site purchased and landscaped. working hard to be worthy of your vote. I candidate for the Molesey East Ward. With the average age of councillors now at have got stuck into issues from planning To have been selected for a second year 59, I may be something of a novelty at 38. and conservation, to potholes and park- is a real honour and I am raring to go! But I think Esher Civic Centre could use ing, and I created The Molesey News to But I want to start by asking the most some dynamic younger councillors, and our keep you informed every step of the way. important person, you the voter, for your politics here in Molesey need a shake up! It has been a while since Molesey views. Please take a moment to visit my My opponents the Molesey Residents had a Conservative councillor. I intend website at www.moleseyconservatives. Association holds all nine of our borough to be a strong voice for us within the com to view my plans, and feel free to council seats and both at county. That is a majority group to ensure we get the best email or Tweet me. I promise to reply to lot of political power in the hands of one outcomes. But I am a Molesey person every correspondence. group, perhaps too much for the good of first and foremost and my allegiance I have put together a positive manifesto our local democracy. will always be to you ahead of any other for Molesey with pledges on free parking They could be achieving so much but considerations. for our town centre, action to tackle com- even their own newsletter has barely Please get in touch with your questions muter cars in our residential streets, and a mention of them or any significant or if you would like to help with the cam- support for our library and open spaces. achievements. Why the silence? paign. Thank you for reading.

No garden for Boatman site? Commuter parking chaos! THE developer which owns the derelict ‘Jolly Boatman’ Misery for East Molesey residents as station users dodge car park charges site opposite Hampton Court, AILWAY commuters has yet to take up the Palace’s are saving hundreds offer to landscape the area. of pounds at Molesey’s Gladedale, which plans R expense by parking outside to build a hotel on the land residents’ homes instead of the sometime before next year, was station car park. given a chance to have the site Scores of cars are regularly be- turned into a garden so that it ing abandoned in Wolsey Road, could look its best during this Palace Road and other streets close summer’s Olympics - when to Hampton Court Station, from three cycle races will pass by. before 8am until around 7.30pm. But The Molesey News This is causing householders con- understands the developer siderable difficulty getting out of is considering other options, their driveways and stops council including to invite global TV vehicles from cleaning the gutters. crews to position themselves at Dangerous the Boatman. A concerned resident of Wolsey Conservative candidate Steve Road, told The Molesey News: “It Bax is to write to Gladedale to is also impossible to see past these urge it to take up the Palace’s badly parked cars and therefore offer before it’s too late. very dangerous when we pull out He said: “This developer from our driveways. If you cannot stands to make a lot of money drive out at an angle you ground when it eventually builds its parts of your car on the steep hotel, homes and retail com- camber.” plex around the station. She added: “Commuters fill part “The least Gladedale can do of our road between 1 Wolsey Road in the circumstances is to allow and 48 Wolsey Road before 7.30am this site to be beautified in the every morning Monday to Friday. short term, to give something They return at about 7.30 in the back to the people of Molesey.” evenings. This is half the road taken Steve will pledge himself at up by people who do not contribute the election to work with the to our village.” developer and local residents, including the Hampton Court Season ticket Rescue Campaign, to mitigate It is not hard to see why railway Council to restrict parking in Wol- g Crossing the line: Badly parked vehicles block driveways (above) the effects of the scheme on users prefer to park for free in sey and Palace roads for an hour in Wolsey Road, while Hampton Court Station car park is half full. Molesey. He will support any Molesey’s residential streets. The and a half on weekday mornings. cost of an annual season ticket for Molesey Residents Association “I think residents were on the credible proposal to buy the This would have allowed anyone councillors, who wanted to keep the right lines with their proposals, land, so that it can become a the station car park is £680, in ad- wishing to visit the shops to come dition to £1,640 for a standard class status quo. and I will be making it a campaign permanent garden and compli- and go during the day. The small Ultimately the idea failed to get pledge at the upcoming election to ment . yearly season ticket to travel from number of householders without Hampton Court Station into Central off the ground because the SCC support and assist them in getting He is also concerned about driveways ended up proposing a 3pm to 4pm this long standing problem re- what will happen when the 240 London. could have And travelling “Apart from causing a restriction which would have pe- solved.” space station car park is built been issued nalised parents collecting children With building due to take place on on as part of Gladedale and from Esher Sta- with a parking tion costs £200 daily inconvenience it from St Lawrence School at the land around Hampton Court Station Network Rail’s hotel, homes also impacts on people’s permit under Church Road end, and residents before June next year, the spaces at and retail scheme. more, at £1,852, the proposals. providing added couldn’t support it. the car park could be unavailable Steve said: “I fear even more enjoyment of their homes The idea was Steve Bax of the Molesey Con- and this will inevitably push com- commuter cars will flood incentive for supported by commuters who and streets” servative Residents, said: “East muter cars on to Molesey streets, Molesey. We must protect the Conserva- Molesey has been bedevilled by making the situation worse if it is our residential streets from might otherwise tives at a Local use Esher to make the trip to Cen- this problem for years. Apart from not urgently addressed. this onslaught. Network Rail Committee meeting in 2010 (a causing a daily inconvenience it What do you think? Email Steve must provide parking and not tral London. decision making body made up In 2009 some 150 households also impacts on people’s enjoy- at [email protected] or expect our residential streets to of county and Elmbridge borough ment of their homes and streets. It go to www.moleseyconservatives. accommodate its customers.” and Molesey businesses signed a councillors) but opposed by the petition calling on County becomes a quality of life issue. com to post your views. ‘Take action now to save our heritage’ COMMUNITY MOLESEY'S antique 20th the London Borough of Ealing from Mr Young is quoting £950 per post NEWS Century streetlights are due to three years ago. On that occasion to upgrade them, which is substan- THE Friends of Molesey be ripped up and junked - unless residents were successful in having tially cheaper than the £3,000 to Library hope to tax your little urgent action is taken. their heritage posts integrated with £4,000 which Surrey County Coun- grey cells with a quiz night at Many of our town's distinctive modern technology, with the help cil claimed would be required to . posts have been lost already, and of the Cast Iron Company (CIC) of transport each column to the North This will be the group’s first replaced with modern designs by Guildford. of for upgrading fundraising event since it of- Surrey County Council's contrac- Gary Young, of CIC, told The Our Molesey Residents Associa- ficially came into being at its tor Skanska, as part of a 25-year Molesey News that modern columns tion elected councillors have been Annual General Meeting on upgrade and maintenance contract. have a door in the base to allow the content to go along with the SCC January 31. The new designs offer improved electrics to be worked on safely. plan and allow the posts to be lost. The Quiz Night starts at white lights and mobile phone He added: "We came up with the Their newsletter even enthused 7.15pm on April 28 at the technology which allows them to idea of modifying about being "able to see boat club off Graburn Way, be dimmed from a control centre in the columns in “I say to our MRA the stars again”. East Molesey, tickets are £16 Guildford to save the county 60,000 Ealing by mak- councillors if you’re Steve Bax said: "I say individually or £128 for a table tonnes of carbon and £12million. ing a new cast to our MRA councillors of eight. Admission includes a But when conservation-minded iron base with a serious about con- if you are serious about fish and chips supper. residents and Molesey Conserva- suitable door and servation then it’s conservation in Molesey Email friendsofmoleseyli- tives called for the new lamp heads backboard, and time to prove it” then it's time to prove [email protected] or call Rus- to be integrated with our existing after modifying it. CIC is prepared to sell Seekins on 020 8979 1314. posts, we were met with stiff resist- the old column this new base was meet with councillors and officers to ance from county officers. then joined to the old one. discuss and offer its expertise. THOSE creative people at Mole- They said it was not technically "Yes its more expensive but it “Let’s work together to get this up- sey Art Society will be showing feasible to keep the antique posts as works technically and these old grade option on the table before our off their latest creations at a they no longer comply with health modified cast iron columns will last grand old posts are gone for good." Spring Exhibition in April. and safety laws. a lot longer than their steel equiva- What do you think? Email Steve It will be at St Alban’s Primary Steve Bax teamed up with a lents-probably 100 years plus! at [email protected] or School in Beauchamp Road, concerned resident and did some “The problem with all these things post a comment at www.molesey- East Molesey, from April 5 to research on the internet. They dis- is galvanising the political will to conservatives.com 10, from 2pm to 6pm on week- covered a near identical situation in make it happen." days and 11am to 6pm on the weekend. The Society was formed in Council tax frozen again! Wake up call for Bell 1959 by a group of local artists THE Elmbridge portion of frozen again - for the fourth time to encourage beginners as well your council tax bill has been in six years. as established artists. Its first frozen for another year, reflect- Over the life of the adminis- president was the famous painter ing borough Conservatives' tration the Council has saved Terence Cuneo, who was a local resolve to keep your bills as low £6 million from its budget by resident and became the official as possible in difficult times. renegotiating contracts, clamping artist for the Coronation of It means that since the Conserv- down on waste and other meas- Queen Elizabeth II. atives formed the administration ures. Elmbridge was recently at Esher in 2006, there has been praised by the District Auditor as AN outbreak of Beatle-mania no increase in the council tax for among the country’s top perform- will be happening just down five years out of six. ing authorities. the road in . Elmbridge is one of only nine Council leader John O’Reilly, Beatles 4 Ever promises to councils in England and Wales told The Molesey News: "The be a night of music from a to have achieved this, and it is Council Tax freeze is particularly “wonderful tribute band” with against a backdrop of 4% infla- welcome for young families and proceeds going to Princess tion and the council having to those who rely on their pensions, Alice Hospice. find £1.2 million in savings. where every penny matters. The concert is at the Vera And what’s more, there has "We are relentless in demanding Fletcher Hall on Saturday been no reduction in the coun- value for money, but protecting March 31, 7.30pm, and tickets cil’s services, and the charges for our superb community and other are £20 available from PJ Dale services EBC provides have been services." Butchers in Bridge Road, East Molesey. Or call Paul or Mark on 020 8979 3800. SPIRIT Group, the owners of ing and Spirit Group's belated EA to look at uneven path The Bell pub in East Molesey, interest in it's structural welfare MOLESEY Conservatives have path will presumably be crowded is advising have had their plans to extend is welcome. This Pub should be residents to take precautions to called on the Environment Agency and there will probably be a nasty the historic building put in at the heart of the local com- to make the riverside path safer at accident unless some restorative safeguard against thefts from check by local residents. munity and working with close garden sheds. . treatment is carried out now." It had applied to Elmbridge neighbours for a more harmoni- We have taken up the issue in Spectators are expected to line the Incidents typically start to Council for permission to build a ous relationship - certainly not rise at this time of year as the response to residents living off route of Olympic cycling events on single storey, flat-roof extension exacerbating nuisance effects in Graburn Way, who wrote to express July 28, 29 and August 1, when it weather improves, and the at the rear of the pub, to include pursuit of profits." advice is ‘don’t lose a shed load, concern that the dirt track path is crosses Hampton Court Bridge and a service hatch, store room, Another said: "Whilst I do not "pitted, uneven, and most of all passes along the Hurst Road in East lock it and alarm it”. porch and disabled toilet. object to the proposed altera- A spokesman said: “You might extremely dangerous". Molesey. However residents in the vicin- tions, I feel that measures need One described seeing a wheelchair The Molesey Conservative Resi- not think your shed is worth ity of the Grade II listed pub in to be introduced to protect the much, but when you consider user struggling to navigate the sec- dents contacted the Environment Bell Road submitted 11 letters of interests of those with homes in tion, and added: "I had to help get Agency, which is responsible for the the lawnmower; the tennis objection, raising concerns about close proximity." rackets; the bike; the tools; the the occupant out of the chair while path, and the EA agreed to carry out increased traffic, a worsening of On Wednesday night (March their carer negotiated a particularly a site assessment in late March. We golf clubs; the ladder; and the existing parking issues and long 21) Spirit Group invited resi- barbeque, they all add up.” bad hollow in the surface. will let you know the results in the standing complaints about noise. dents along to the pub to view its "During the Olympics the tow- next Molesey News. Householders should consider As a result the application was plans and to receive assurances marking their property, and halted at Elmbridge Council from investment manager Victo- locking and alarming the shed. earlier this month, to give Spirit ria Rogers, who made the trip to See www.surrey.police.uk/ Group three weeks to meet with Molesey from York. sheds for more details. residents and discuss concerns. She agreed to address local One Bell Road resident told concerns and promised to im- SOME other dates for your di- The Molesey News: "The Bell prove the decor of the 600-year- ary: On July 18 Sir Tom Jones is a much loved historic build- old building. will be performing in Esher. He will entertain crowds at Thames Water sorry for burst with hits from his 46-year ca- THE Molesey Conservative place a section of pipes to try to reer and tickets are £20 to £40. Residents have sought assur- prevent repeat incidents. Contact Sandown for these. ances from Thames Water over A spokeswoman for the com- Meanwhile the ‘man in the the burst mains in Esher Road. pany said: "We're sorry for the white suit’, former MP Martin An incident on December 1 inconvenience. Bell will be speaking at the last year homes without a water “We have to pump water next Conservative Women’s supply for 12 hours and caused through our pipes at high pres- Organisation meeting on Fri- a lot of disruption to road users. sure to make sure it reaches our day April 27, in . Thames Water completed a customers either in high-build- Tickets to the event are £25 temporary repair in the day- ings or at the end of a line, and and available from Mamta by time to halt the flooding and sometimes this unfortunately calling 07841 099275. came back in the night to re- causes the pipes to burst." The Molesey News, March 2012, promoted by J.N. Caton on behalf of S. Bax & printed by EWCA, all at 3 Bridle Close, Kingston-Upon-Thames, KT1 2JW