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Guildford Chantries Rotary Club’s Donation To Salvation Army’s Food Bank

Guildford Chantries Rotary club has make a donation of £1,000 to Guildford Salvation Army towards providing food parcels to the most vulnerable in the local community during the Covid-19 pandemic.…

Brooklands Museum Welcomes Back Visitors

Brooklands Museum at Weybridge, home to stunning collections of motor-racing and aviation history, is open again. BOB McSHEE has visited and reports on what’s on offer. On entering the museum…

Book Now For Guildford Institute’s Autumn 2020 Courses

The Guildford Institute’s autumn term programme of courses focuses on the very relevant topic of ‘Life from Home’. It reports that it has made “astonishing strides over the past few…

Guildford Museum Reopens With End Of Second World War Exhibition

Guildford Museum has reopened after being closed for a year for essential repairs to the building on Quarry Street. These, the museum list as: structural repairs, damp proofing, roof repairs,…

Guildford’s Street Angels Are Back In Town

After an enforced break due to coronavirus, the Guildford Street Angels project has resumed its friendly night-time patrols, providing a calming presence and a listening ear to people socialising in…

Give Croquet A Try At Broadwater Sports Club

Croquet lends itself to social distancing very easily, and was one of the first sports allowed to be played in mid May after lockdown was lifted. You can give it…

Family To Cycle Length Of Scotland For Cystic Fibrosis Trust

A family of Sunday afternoon cyclists have challenged themselves to ride the length of Scotland to help a charity which has greatly supported a close relative. The McKenzie family are…

Surrey Wildlife Trust and BBC TV’s Countryfile Celebrate County’s Heathland

BBC TV’s Countryfile presenters Matt Baker and Margherita Taylor are this week joining Surrey Wildlife Trust (SWT) in celebrating the county’s rare and precious heathlands. Virtual guided walks, talks and…

The Story Of Pewley Down Gifted To Guildford 100 Years Ago

By David Rose This coming Wednesday, July 29, 2020, marks exactly 100 years since Pewley Down was gifted to the borough and “preserved for time immemorial as a playground for…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No. 212

By Malcolm Fincham Some pleasurable summer sun and mostly dry conditions continued during the first weeks of July, in southern regions of the UK. My obsession with the great outdoors…