“My greatest memory of Chessington was before I became a Councillor, and that was when the Olympic Torch was carried through Chessington and Hook in July 2012.
“Walking to Hook from Chessington Industrial Estate early in the morning with my daughter and her friends and with the crowds of other residents, up through Gosbury Hill and Elm Road. Once we got to the Hook Centre and seeing how many people were there took my breath away, it was incredible. We walked up towards the junction of Hawkhurst Gardens, where we watched James Cracknell hand over the torch to Joe Smale. James then walked straight over to us and let us take a photo of the children.
“It was a real occasion for all Chessington and Hook residents who came together to watch something we will probably never see again, certainly not in my lifetime, I loved all the smiles, the cheers and the feeling of being an entire community.”
Councillor Lorraine Dunstone, Liberal Democrat councillor for Hook & Chessington North