Who should pay Council Tax?
Currently there are a range of Council Tax discounts for those least able to pay and on unoccupied or under-occupied properties. The government, in it's wisdom, has decided to let local authorities decide who receives discounts on council tax in future. Of course government has also decreed that local authorities will fund any discounts given. Woking Council is running a consultation on where discounts should be given or reduced or removed. It is open until 7 December. Have your say here.
Saga of Brookwood Cemetery Still smoulders
The saga of Brookwood Cemetery continues to smoulder. In the last week there was a fire at the office on the site. Previously a car was damaged while parked at the cemetery. A long running court drama came to an end in recent weeks when the current owner Erkin Guney was ordered to hand ownership to his father's widow. That saga went back to Mr Guney senior's sudden death whilst visiting Cyprus. The Surrey Advertiser covered the latest developments.
The cemetery is a valued local asset, lying at the heart of the modern history of Woking. It continues to provide burial services for a number of communities. Members of the Al Hilli family murdered in France were recently buried at Brookwood. We can only hope for a stable future for the cemetery but that is far from certain at the moment.
Tragedy for Mayford Village Hall
Tragedy struck Mayford Village Hall in the early hours of Sunday 17 November.
A serious fire, feared to have been started deliberately, caused substantial
damage to the well used community facility reported the Surrey Advertiser.
Lewis Wins in Austin
Good news for Woking based McLaren this week when Lewis Hamilton won his penultimate Grand Prix for the team. For Lewis it was a second F1 victory in the US. Formula 1 has not been to the States for 5 years but Lewis won the last race that was run on American soil.
I was intrigued by the unusually shaped track which I learnt is the first one to be custom built in the US for Formula 1.
Davies upstaged by talking dog
Comedian and actor Alan Davies appeared at the New Victoria Theatre in Woking last week. According to his tweet he enjoyed his time in Woking but apparently thought it was more notable that the winner of Britain's Got Talent is one of the 'stars' of this year's panto at the theatre.
Enjoyed tonight's gig at the Victoria Theatre Woking but the big news is Pudsey the dog is in Dick Whittington here starting next month...
A Town Called Malice
The Jam song title, penned by Paul Weller, continues to hang over Woking. Weller was interviewed about the song along with fellow band member Bruce Foxton in the Guardian last week. One classic line from the interview is Paul's assertion that he doesn't think "the swinging sixties ever hit Woking".I wasn't around at the time but I'd be interested to hear the views of older residents on Paul's view.
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