Today I noticed a rather long thread on one of my favourite local facebook groups about whether or not it is appropriate for community discussion groups/ forums to air their political gripes. Well at The Village we feel it is important that everyone can have a space to share their views and discuss

The Love of our town leads us is the translation of the motto; "Ducit Armor Opidi" which is at the bottom of The coat of arms for The Muncipal Borough of Malden and Coombe between 1894 and 1936. I really like it and hope that we can use it one day to create an anthem for the town.

The Skep (an old beehive made from straw) is the symbol of the New Malden local Board, adopted by them in 1866 to symbolise the hard working nature of the local people. There is a carved version of the image high up on the wall of Waitrose (The old Town Hall)