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Former Dennis Bros Employees Reminisce About The Old Days

More than 50 men and women who once worked for Guildford-based specialist vehicle makers Dennis Bros (later Hestair Dennis) met up once again on Tuesday for lunch and plenty of…

One-stop Shop Gives Advice On Training, Getting Work And Volunteering

Groups and organisations who took part in a one-stop information shop hosted by Guildford Grove School, say it was a great success. Lots of people dropped into the lunchtime event…

Tough New Inspection Taking Place At Royal Surrey County Hospital

Guildford’s Royal Surrey County Hospital is among the first six acute units in England to be inspected as part of a tough new hospitals inspection regime. This is a system…

Where Is This? No.79

By David Rose Many correctly identified Booker’s Tower as featured in the mystery vintage photo last week. That image must date back to the 1870s, I think. Thanks for all…

Parke’s People No.22. Ellen Stirling

In the latest of an occasional series about people who have a connection with Guildford in one way or another, Bernard Parke recalls the wife of the first governor of Western Australia, Ellen…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.47

By Malcolm Fincham Although I was still holding on to some late summer warmth and sunshine in our Surrey countryside during the first few days of October, I decided on…

Guildford Parkrun, Saturday, October 12

The first female to cross the finish line, Claudia Lance Jones, achieved a new age category record for JW14. Men’s placings: Jack HOUGHTON (SM35-39) (unattached) was first over the line in…

Who’s Adding ‘No No More Students’ Stickers To Estate Agents’ Boards?

The Guildford Dragon NEWS has been alerted to a number of hand-written stickers that have been stuck on to estate agents’ to let boards in the Westborough area. They are…

Letter: Weekly Lottery Prize For Winning Parking Ticket?

By Ben Darnton Ben’s Collector’s Records, Tunsagte, Guildford With the sad news for Guildford’s traders and visitors that on-street parking charges are rising again to keep in line with the…

More Than 4,000 Go Down To Surrey Hills Wood Fair

By Dani Maimone More than 4,000 visitors attended this year’s Surrey Hills Wood Fair at Birtley House in Bramley over the weekend. The event was organised by the Surrey Hills…