Burpham’s Tribute To Its Fallen Heroes Of The First World War

Floral tributes are filling St Luke’s Church in Burpham today (Saturday, August 2) and tomorrow to honour the 18 men who are commemorated on its war memorial. Those men lived in…

August 2, 2014 / 3 Comments / Read More

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.67

By Malcolm Fincham As we progressed into the second half of July so did the temperatures, with mercury levels close to 30c for several days around Guildford. In spite of…

August 1, 2014 / 2 Comments / Read More

Choir Looks For Extra Singers To Take Part in 2015 European Games

Surrey Hills Chamber Choir is delighted to have qualified for the champions category of the European Choir Games 2015, to be held in Madgeburg, Germany next July. Now it is looking…

July 31, 2014 / No Comment / Read More

Cup First Presented by Guildford Worthy Comes Home

Members of Guildford’s Castle Green Bowling Club are over the moon now that the Frank Lasham Trophy has ‘come home’. The trophy was presented to the club in 1919 when it was…

July 31, 2014 / No Comment / Read More

Majella Takes The Stage At Godalming’s Staycation Live

Guildford-based performer Majella Yorston will be playing a set on The Boileroom Accoustic Stage at Staycation 2014 in Godalming this Sunday. Now in its fourth year, Staycation Live is a free…

July 31, 2014 / No Comment / Read More

Where Is This? No.120

By David Rose Great replies once again to last week’s images. The vintage photo showed a ‘slow’ train to Portsmouth between the two tunnels at St Catherine’s. The bridge from…

July 29, 2014 / 7 Comments / Read More

‘The Lamps Are Going Out…’ – WWI Commemorative Events and Services

‘The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime’. These words, attributed to Britain’s Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey on the…

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Circle Eight Premieres Guildford In The Great War

By David Rose Circle Eight premiered its latest film, Guildford in the Great War, to a full house at the Electric Theatre on Saturday (July 19) and celebrated its own…

July 24, 2014 / 1 Comment / Read More

Letter: Do You Remember 1968 Sit In at Guildford School of Art?

From Callum Burke of Evans Woolfe Media The Guildford School of Art Sit In 1968. Were you there, can you provide any information? Evans Woolfe Media is an educational film production…

July 24, 2014 / 8 Comments / Read More

Bowls Results From Castle Green

By Colin Summerhayes On Wednesday, July 16, Castle Green Bowling Club CGBC played a friendly triples match at home against Bramley: CGBC won by 72-60. For the most part it…

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