By David Rose Can anyone remember the event in 1952 when two military aircraft collided in mid air over Guildford? One crashed near Blackwell Farm, Wood Street, and the other…
This week citizens speak on a really local issue, road safety in St Catherine’s, following the recent spate of accidents. Do residents think that there is a problem? What can…
by David Rose Well done to all those who recognised the locations featured last week. The ‘ghost sign’ is on a wall opposite St Mary’s Church in Quarry Street, and…
edited by David Rose, with story by Mike Bennett This website’s popular weekly section titled Can You Identify These Locations? offered up a picture of mystery house a while ago.…
by David Rose Well done to all those who correctly identified last week’s mystery picture locations. The first photo was an early 1900s view of the Upper High Street. See…
by David Rose People in Guildford would have been stopped in their tracks when the huge German airship, Graf Zeppelin, appeared over the town in July 1932. The Graf Zeppelin over…
by David Rose A number of readers kindly left a reply to last week’s mystery photo locations – see their comments if you click back to Locations 25. Can you…
by David Rose A reader from Australia has emailed with some memories of Guildford which are linked to two stories that have appeared on this website. The first story he…
by David Rose The Queen on her visit to Guildford in 1957, five years after she had ascended to the throne. Her visit marked the 700th anniversary of the granting…
by David Rose North Street, in front of what today are the public loos and opposite the library, was the spot where the soldiers were gathered in the picture seen…
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