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Shalford War Memorial Restored Ready for Remembrance Sunday
By Martin Giles Shalford’s War Memorial has been reconstructed in time for Sunday’s Remembrance Service. Work, which started on October 18, was completed just eight days ago (October 31), although…
Letter: Shalford War Memorial Expected To Be Restored by This Autumn
From: Nuala Livesey clerk to Shalford Peasmarsh and Chilworth Community Council In response to: Does ‘Lest We Forget’ Mean Nothing? The community council is very aware of the fact the…
Driver Who Smashed Shalford War Memorial Pleads Guilty to Drugged Driving
By Martin Giles The teenage driver who smashed into the war memorial outside Shalford church has pleaded guilty to drugged driving. The collision occurred on New Year’s Eve. Benjamin Lee,…
Shalford War Memorial Destroyed in Collision, Man in Custody
By Cecilia Taylor A 100-year-old war memorial was destroyed on New Year’s Eve, (December 31) when a car left the road in Shalford. The memorial cross was adjacent to St…
Story of ‘Jessie’s Seat’ Topiary Railway Memorial to a Guard Killed at this Spot near Chilworth
Historian Frank Phillipson tells the story of the fatal goods train accident between Gomshall and Chilworth just before midnight on February 29, 1892, and the topiary later planted there in…
Historic Chilworth Chicken Memorial Topiary Accidentally Felled by Railway Upgrade Contractors
A historic topiary beside the railway line between Chilworth and Gomshall has been “accidentally felled” by contractors working for Network Rail during this week’s upgrades to the signalling and level…
How Guildford Marked VJ Day When The Second World War Came To An End
Today, August 15, 2025, marks the 8oth anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Below is a local history story we originally published five years ago on the…
Driver Arrested On Suspicion of Drug Driving After Collision with War Memorial
By Martin Giles A teenager believed to have been driving a car on New Year’s Eve that collided with, and destroyed, a village war memorial, has been released under investigation.…
Updated: Remembering Guildford Footballers Who Were Killed In The Great War
By David Rose Much is being made this year about the 1914 Christmas truce between armies on the Western Front during the First World War, and the impromptu football match…
Shalford In WWI – A Story Of Gardeners And Gunpowder
Some years ago Shalford historian Margaret Dierden began researching the backgrounds of all those commemorated on the village’s war memorials. Such is her dedicated and detailed methods of research, she has…
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