Flashback: Storms and High Winds, Spirited Fundraising for BHF

Published on: 11 Feb, 2024
Updated on: 16 Feb, 2024

Flashback looking back at Dragon news stories of 10 years ago

Trees Down After A Night Of Storms And High Winds (published on The Guildford Dragon NEWS on February 15, 2014)

The storms and high winds that lashed the country during the early hours of Saturday (February 15) have brought down trees and branches in the Guildford area.

The fallen horse chestnut tree in the car park of the Beijing restaurant, Barrack Road, Stoughton.

The pictures here show a horse chestnut tree that has fallen in the car park of the Beijing restaurant off Barrack Road, Stoughton.

Another tree fell and partially blocked the A323 between Fairlands and Clasford Bridge in Worplesdon. A team was sawing up the larger boughs and clearing up branches from the road on Saturday morning at about 10am.

Clearing away the branches of a tree that fell in the A323 between Fairlands and Clasford Bridge, Worplesdon.

Gusts have been estimated to have reached 64mph in places, with some areas of Surrey suffering power cuts.

The latest weather forecast from the Met Office for the south says there will be sunshine and showers on Saturday afternoon, cloudy by sunset, but a clear night and sunshine on Sunday morning. Temperatures are expected to be about 10c, with the strong winds abating.

Fantastic Spirit Raising £3,477 for British Heart Foundation (published on The Guildford Dragon NEWS on February 17, 2014)

The Guildford and Godalming branch of the British Heart Foundation (BHF) has said a huge thank you to Guildford’s Holiday Inn and its Spirit health club for all its fantastic fundraising.

Pictured from left: BHF’s Shirley West; the manager of Guildford’s Holiday Inn, Louisa Green; the Mayor of Guildford, Diana Lockyer-Nibbs; Spirit health club manager Patrick Fitzsimmons; and its assistant manager, Hayley Bollons.

BHF branch chairman Shirley West said: “People at the Holiday Inn and the health club have raised £3,477.50 for us. Patrick Fitzsimmons swam for 24 hours in August, and Hayley Bollons organised a large auction at its Christmas dinner dance.

“Their support is amazing and we as a branch cannot thank them enough. We had a lovely presentation that was attended by the Mayor of Guildford, Diane Lockyer-Nibbs.”