Clubs/societies

A Feltham brownie pack is shutting down because its leader is being forced to retire.

The 7th Feltham Brownies, who meet every Tuesday at the scout hut in Ludlow Road, are disbanding because Barbara Milsom has reached the girl guides retiring age, 65.

Barbara, who lives in Feltham, has led the pack for 23 years and has seen more than 200 girls pass through her care.

Feltham scouts raised £110 for Children in Need by playing bingo and baking buns.

The 7th Feltham Sea Scout Group Cub Scouts played games of bingo, held a raffle and sold buns and refreshments to raise money on Monday November 16.

S/F: Each week a group of amateur artists with mental health problems fight for elbow room in a tiny former public toilet in Feltham. ED SAUNT went to meet the Doorways Arts and Crafts group to find out about this unusual form of therapy.

An international evening at St Lawrence's School brought together people from all corners of the globe on Saturday.

About 65 people attended the event, which was organised by St Lawrence's Church at the school in Victoria Road, Feltham, and countries represented included Ireland, England, Nigeria, Portugal and St Lucia.

Guests donned colourful costumes and traditional national dress and cooked up cuisine from their own background for fellow revellers to enjoy.

There was no Simon Cowell but judges were wowed by entries to an X-Factor-style competition for disabled people.

Thirty-five adults with disabilities or special needs entered the show at Harle House in Feltham last week - which was organised by the Hounslow West Mencap charity.

The competition has become an annual fixture at the centre in Cardinal Road as regulars and visitors alike come alive for the singing contest.

Teenagers from Feltham learned to box clever at a summer training camp organised by the police.

The non-contact boxing sessions were set up in a bid to tackle anti-social behaviour by giving youngsters something to do during the school holidays.

The 28 participants were taught fitness and self-defence techniques, given dietary advice and educated about bullying and anti-social behaviour at the classes at Feltham Community College.

Former uniformed group members are being asked to revisit their youth at Christ Church in Feltham on Saturday.

Anyone who attended Cubs, Scouts, Brownies, Guides, Boys Brigade, Sunday School or the Unit 3 Youth Club at the Hanworth Road church is invited to roll back the years between 7pm and 10.30pm.

Joyriders went on the rampage in Feltham and Hanworth on Tuesday(25) - ending their spree of destruction by burning down a rugby club pavilion.

A gang uprooted trees, overturned portable toilets and knocked down rugby posts before reversing into Feltham RFC's changing rooms and setting their stolen VW Polo alight.

The building was gutted and the club's training equipment was destroyed in the arson attack - which took place at about 6.30am.

Former members of the Feltham Boys Brigade, Scouts or Unit 3 Youth Club are invited to a reunion evening at Christ Church in Hanworth Road on Saturday September 5.

The event, which has been organised as part of the church's centenary celebrations, will take place between 7pm-10.30pm and a memorial window to the Boys Brigade will be unveiled.

A celebration of local history will be held at Feltham Library on Saturday August 8.

Members of the Feltham History Group will be giving talks to mark the third anniversary of the opening of the library in The Centre.

All are welcome between 10am and 4pm and free refreshments will be served.