Cafe Aromas launches drive-thru service

I wouldn’t have liked to be in Cafe Aromas on Hollyhedge Road on Monday morning when this happened. Not sure of full details but this picture taken from inside the cafe show what could have happened if people had been sitting in the wrong place! Luckily I think no-one was seriously hurt.

Maybe the driver was so eager for his coffee he just couldn’t wait. Or perhaps he had been served an ‘off’ croissant and wanted revenge. Either way, that’s a fail in the driving test in my book.

Christmas shopping – the criminal way

Apparently the robber hit the window eight times before it broke.

The owner watched the smash and grab but didn’t approach him because of the sledgehammer. Who can blame him?

At the other end of the High Street still no news about the robbery at Coral.

(thanks for the pics – Alex Hill)

Quit your wining

The manager and assistant at Wine Rack are gutted their store is closing down due to debts owed by the bosses.

Apparently, the Cobham store has been doing very well but decisions to open stores in places like East Horsley and Claygate had left staff bemused.

These stores doing badly, along with super-high rent demands from the Cobham landlord (the same landlord who has  MatchPoint, Little B baby shop and Countrywide Estate Agents) has meant Wine Rack had no choice but to leave.

Whilst we’re on the subject of empty shops, word on the street is that a restaurant is going to fill the Matchpoint-shaped hole in the High Street and a diamond seller/jewellers is moving in to one of the others on that side of the road.

Oh and finally, if you pop into Wine Rack, you’ll be met with 20% of all spirits and 30% off wines.

Grab a bargain while they last, the shop is looking very empty.

Residents’ rage at roadworks on ‘ridged road’!

The roundabout on Seven Hills Road

Painful alliteration I know, but there is a sinister point to this article – Seven Hills Road in Cobham/Hersham is going to be closed, yes, CLOSED for a minimum of 12 weeks from 28th December.  It was going to be a seven-month project to fit a gas pipe but the residents were in uproar and the gas company changed the schedule hoping to apease residents and businesses affected alike.  Check out this article for more info.

Either way, there’s going to be chaos and mayhem for all commuters, residents and school-run-mums (Feltonfleet) for a good three months next year.  I am so glad I don’t use that route to get to work every morning!

Cobham at Christmas

Better late than never, but I thought it might be helpful to post the schedule of events for this afternoon’s festivities. Not sure how the disgusting weather will affect the celebrations, but I will still go and you should too!!

12.00-4.00 = Shops open.
2.00-4.00 = Music Presentations including Elmbridge Choir, Jazz at Christmas, Steel Band and Gospel Signers.
4.00 = Best window design presentation
4:30 = Switching on of the lights!
4:45 = Lantern Procession
5:30 = Christmas Carol Service, St Andrews Church

I’ve noticed we’ve gone for flags instead of Christmas trees above the shops this year. Not quite the same if you ask me, but they’re red and green and Christmassy enough…