Mary Reid

Over at the Museum I opened the Brill exhibition, which is well worth a visit. It is a fascinating set of paintings and drawings of buildings in the borough, past and present. Each year the collection grows as new work is commissioned or a competition is held.

Here are the three students from the University whose interpretations of 133 London Road are all joining the collection.

Then off yesterday morning to Tolworth  to greet personally 130 people with physical or learning disabilities who were all competing in ten-pin bowling. This is the second year that Kingston has hosted this highly enjoyable tournament. RBK's sports officers and the staff at Charrington Bowl are to be congratulated at organising the logistics, which were far from simple.

Ian and I had already accepted an invitation to the 2nd Hook Band Inspection last night, so I think some people were a bit surprised to see us turn up in RBK1.  These are our local Scout and Guides, attached to our church. It is a young band with an average age of 12. For nine of them it was their first inspection and they were probably nervous, but I was really impressed.  I couldn't manage to march up and down playing an instrument after only a few months tuition.

As I said, it is so good to see young people involved in music, not just listening and dancing to it, but creating music and performing it for others to enjoy. I'm hoping to add a movie of this very soon.

Apparently Kingston is the only Scout District to have three bands, and this drew the national co-ordinator to the event.