Effingham Residents Association
Effingham Residents Association (EFFRA)
The Gypsy and Traveller Group quit their encampment on Effingham Common early this morning possibly before first light. There was a signs of a sudden departure with unopened sweet packets, children’s toys and a half used loaf of bread left Continue Reading
I am a gypsy, settled in a house and have been most of my life. My childhood, at a good school was ok – but yes there was still racial name calling, although it wasn’t remotely recognised in those days. Continue Reading
There has been an interesting range of comment on The Dragon following the articles about the Traveller incursion on the King George V Playing Fields in Effingham. The letter from Revd Mandy MacVean, pointing out there is good and bad Continue Reading
Guildford Borough Council provided the following update to residents for the incursion of Travellers on Effingham Common on Thursday 24 August. The encampment remains as per the status below. A court summons will be served this evening for attendance at Continue Reading
Friday 25 August 2017, the Trustees of the charity, Effingham Village Recreation Trust, have provide an update on the incursion of Travellers onto the King George V Playing Fields, via their website Early this morning arrangements were agreed with Guildford Continue Reading
An Effingham parish councillor was breathalysed and arrested this morning (August 25, 2017) after he had blocked the entrance to playing fields where Gypsies and Travellers are encamped. Several members of the encampment spent an hour attempting to persuade Cllr Continue Reading
Effingham Cricket Club have opened an online book of condolences where friends, family members and teammates have paid heartfelt tributes to Mark Collin, who died after suffering a cardiac arrest during a match on Saturday (August 19). Read more about Continue Reading
TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh has hit out at a road-widening scheme that threatens a swathe of Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) woodland. The RHS said there were two options to widen the A3 in Surrey as part of M25 improvements and Continue Reading
The garden could lose 10,000 square metres and 500 trees, some of which are more than 100 years old, if one of the options considered by Highways England goes ahead The Grade II listed garden has said it would be Continue Reading
The disgusting state of the playing fields left by the last “travellers” in Cobham was appalling. Abandoned cars, human excrement, garden waste… all left to the council and us the local residents to foot the bill. Read more about John Continue Reading