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Stoke Park Was Bought 100 Years Ago with Plans for a Public Open Space and Houses!
By David Rose Guildford’s Stoke Park was bought by the town’s corporation in 1925 for £44,873. It comprised 186 acres of parkland, woodland and buildings, bordered by Nightingale Road, Stoke…
Birdwatcher’s Diary No.328
By Malcolm Fincham The unusually lengthy spell of high pressure systems that had dominated the southern regions of the UK since the early weeks of March finally began to break…
Major Disruption on the Railway During Hot Day in 1900
By Mark Coxhead with David Rose On July 16, 1900, a derailed engine caused a significant disruption on the London & South Western Railway’s mainline at Woking. The engine, pulling…
Story of Wartime Canadian Army Entertainment Unit Based at Down Place, Guildford
During the Second World War Surrey was home to 230,000 Canadian troops, living in tented camps, huts or billeted in country houses. Their roles included defending Britain from a potential…
Guided Walk and a Talk Celebrating Guildford’s Railway Heritage
Following Geoff Burch and David Rose’s successful recent exhibition of vintage railway photos and memorabilia at Guildford station, they have a free guided walk and a talk coming up. Join…
Notice: The Brigitte Trust’s Before I Say Goodbye Workshops
The Brigitte Trust offers a free service of emotional support and practical help for people and their families living in the Surrey area and facing the challenges of terminal conditions.…
Birdwatcher’s Diary No.327
By Malcolm Fincham Having experienced temperatures close to 30 Celsius in our local Surrey countryside on May 1, the warm weather rapidly receded in the days that followed as a…
New Outreach Service to Support Women Affected by Gambling
Mental health charity Oakleaf Enterprise is expanding its service to offer support to women impacted by gambling-related harm across Surrey. It is part of its Bridge the Gap trauma-informed outreach…
How VE Day Was Celebrated 80 Years Ago in Guildford
Eighty years ago, May 8, 1945, the Second World War in Europe ended. VE Day was celebrated throughout Britain with street parties in villages, towns and cities alike. See: The…
Birdwatcher’s Diary No.326
By Malcolm Fincham Low pressure remained in charge as we moved into the third week of the April. For the best part, in southeastern parts of the UK, precipitation didn’t…
I'm living well for nothing at all! (See: No Trifling Matter: Magpie Trapped in Godalming Sainsbury’s)
Next stop, Debt Chasm! (See: We Should All Be Outraged About the Failure to Deal with Legacy Debt)
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