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Wings and Wheels Halted On The Sunday Due To ‘Liquid Sun’

By Bob McShee This year saw the 14th Wings and Wheels event at Dunsfold. I have been many times before, but this was the first time the event was abandoned…

Guildford Walkfest 2018 Is Nearly Here!

Guildford Walkfest 2018 launches this Saturday (September 1) with a walk around the Chilworth Gunpowder Mills via St Martha’s Church. All welcome to take part, meet at the Percy Arms…

Milestones In Rock ‘n’ Roll History: Rumble By Link Wray

In our series of feature articles on Milestones in Rock ‘n’ Roll History, Dave Reading features a little-known instrumental number that proved to be a blueprint for heavy metal  Sometimes…

Guildford Snippets – Do You Know? No.17

by Nick Bale, Guildford Town Guides The picturesque public toilets building on the corner of North Street and Ward Street was originally built in 1872 to house the town fire…

New Boardwalk Will Give Even Better Access To Chitty’s Common

Volunteers who help look after Chitty’s Common at Rydes Hill are looking forward to laying a new boardwalk now funding for it has been granted. Surrey Wildlife Trust, that overseas…

Merrow And Burpham Bowls Clubs’ News

Merrow Village Bowls Club report by David Raison On Saturday, August 18, Merrow entertained Woking Park. Due to a misunderstanding, we ended up playing three rinks of triples instead of…

Single Mum of Children with Disabilities Seeks Help to Raise Funds for a Special Bath

A single mum from Guildford is hoping people can help her raise funds to buy her daughter who has Rett’s Syndrone, and who needs 24-hour care, and son with autism,…

Skydiving To Raise Money For Headway Or Try Nuts Challenge

Eleven enthusiastic skydivers jumped out of an aircraft over Salisbury Plain in the recent blistering heatwave to raise much needed funds for Headway Surrey.  The first-time skydivers were from Merrist…

Guildford Snippets – Do You Know? No.16

by Nick Bale, Guildford Town Guides I saw a photograph of Dennis Brother’s factory during the Second World War when browsing one of the displays at Guildford Museum recently. The…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.168

By Malcolm Fincham The “Surrey” sun continued to shine as we advanced into August. Temperatures still hovered around 30c in the midday heat. My enthusiasm was limited mostly to local…