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Guildford’s Wartime RAF Landing Ground

By Frank Phillipson During the Second World War the RAF established a landing ground in a field one and a half miles to the east of Guildford on Merrow Downs.…

Opinion: Guildford Holds Another Great Event. Long Live The Lido!

By David Rose Friday evening’s Picnic At The Lido, to celebrate its 80th birthday, was yet another fantastic event here in Guildford. Following on from last year’s Olympic Torch Relay…

Evening Sun Shines On Picnic At The Lido Celebrations

Several hundred people enjoyed a glorious evening at Guildford Lido on Friday (June 21) to mark the 80th anniversary of the opening of this rather special open-air pool. Held on…

Night The Beatles Made Their Audience Go Wild At Guildford Odeon

By David Rose Fifty years ago today (Friday, June 21) the Beatles made their one and only visit to play in Guildford. The venue was the Odeon cinema in Epsom…

Run4Good At Hatchlands Park In Aid Of Children’s Charities

A group of women, who are all members of the Elmbridge-based fitness and running club, Fit4Mum, are putting on a brand new running event for mums and dads. Run4Good takes place…

Where Is This? No.62

By David Rose The building seen under construction is last week’s mystery old photo was indeed J. Sainsbury’s in Guildford High Street. Click here to see last week’s post and…

Match Reports From Castle Green Bowling Club

Reports by Colin Summerhayes On Saturday June 15, on an extremely windy day, Castle Green Bowling Club lost to Broadwater Bowling Club, in a friendly away match, by 42-57. There…

Bread, Cakes and Pasties: Memories of Ayers’ Bakers

By David Rose Following on from the mystery vintage photo of Ayers’ bakery in Woodbridge Road, Where is This? No.60, Brian Holt has supplied some more details about the business…

Bowling Club Celebrates 90th Birthday With Floral Bedding Display

Guildford’s Castle Green Bowling Club celebrates its 90th birthday this year, and the milestone is being commemorated in flowers. It takes the form of carpet bedding in the Castle Grounds,…

Guildford Parkrun Results: June 15, 2013

This week’s free, friendly, fun and healthy run in Stoke Park, Guildford, attracted a record of more than 200 participants of all ages.  Men’s placings: An unknown runner was first.…