Historic Building Lends Itself to Contemporary Furniture

By David Rose The former Constitutional Hall building at 170 High Street, Guildford, has a new occupant – a contemporary furniture company that has made excellent use of the building’s…

March 19, 2012 / 2 Comments / Read More

Scaffolding Covers Guildhall Ahead of Re-roofing

The scaffolding keeps going up and up ahead of the re-roofing of Guildford’s Guildhall in the High Street. Currently, about eight floors of scaffolding have been erected, with another two…

March 13, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

Exclusive: New Age of Winding the Guildhall Clock

by David Rose It’s the symbol of Guildford – the Guildhall clock projecting over the High Street. But few know exactly how this ancient time piece works, or that modern…

March 10, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

Can You Identify These Locations? (30)

by David Rose All those who responded to last week’s two mystery photos had no trouble correctly identifying them. Click here to see their comments. Do you recognise this lodge house? Yes,…

March 10, 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More

Old Bill And Friary Brewery Connection Solved

by David Rose The link between Guildford’s former Friary Brewery and the First World War cartoon character Old Bill has now been solved. At the end of January I…

March 5, 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More

Can You Identify These Locations? (29)

by David Rose It’s fair to say that the most regular respondents to these mystery photos correctly identified last week’s images – namely Jon Plowman, Bernard Parke and the Baileys.…

March 2, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

Rioting Guys Were In Other Surrey Towns

Retired Surrey firefighter Ron Shettle has researched and written extensively on the history of fire fighting. Here he adds some interesting facts about the rowdy and often violent behaviour that…

February 28, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

Witnesses Sought To Aircraft Collision Over Guildford

By David Rose Can anyone remember the event in 1952 when two military aircraft collided in mid air over Guildford? One crashed near Blackwell Farm, Wood Street, and the other…

February 28, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

Can You Identify These Locations? (28)

by David Rose Well done to all those who recognised the locations featured last week. The ‘ghost sign’ is on a wall opposite St Mary’s Church in Quarry Street, and…

February 28, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

Mystery House Location Solved

edited by David Rose, with story by Mike Bennett This website’s popular weekly section titled Can You Identify These Locations? offered up a picture of mystery house a while ago.…

February 28, 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More