Sanderstead’s right on time – with a centenary sundial which was formally installed by The Gruffy on Friday.
Dialling in: the SRA’s centenary sundial has now been set in place
The sundial, and a time capsule buried beneath it, are the latest, and last, formal pieces of commemoration of the centenary of the Sanderstead Residents’ Association, which was founded in 1926.
Earlier in the year, SRA did much work to clean up the Gruffy pond, as well as installing a new duck house.
The sundial ceremony was conducted on Friday. Since when, there has been little sunshine to put the careful alignment of the sundial by SRA committee members to the test.
Pupils at Ridgway Primary School provided letters, artwork, Sanderstead postcards and a selection of other items relating to 2026 to place in thee canister, in which they explained for the children of 2126 what they like like about living in Sanderstead.
“We were pleased that a good number of residents and our Sanderstead councillors, Yvette Hopley, Lynne Hale and Helen Redfern, came to watch the proceedings,” the SRA said.
The SRA’s next activity will be a litter-pick at The Gruffy this Saturday (it is held on the second Saturday of each month, largely because the ward’s councillors can’t get the council’s rubbish contractors, Veolia, to do the job they are paid to do).
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