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Christmas Events at Silverbirch House Care Home

Silverbirch House Care Home in Worplesdon has a busy schedule in the run-up to Christmas. On Sunday afternoon December 7, it is celebrating its second birthday and people can drop…

Story of ‘Jessie’s Seat’ Topiary Railway Memorial to a Guard Killed at this Spot near Chilworth

Historian Frank Phillipson tells the story of the fatal goods train accident between Gomshall and Chilworth just before midnight on February 29, 1892, and the topiary later planted there in…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No. 339

By Malcolm Fincham A more southerly flow to the weather during the first week of November continued to push up unsettled conditions with daytime temperatures remaining in the mid teens…

Charlotteville’s Act of Remembrance at Addison Road War Memorial

Residents and others from further afield, gathered at the Charlotteville War Memorial in Addison Road on Saturday, November 8, for its annual Act of Remembrance and laying of poppy wreaths.…

Another Successful Combined Charities Christmas Fair

Organisers of the annual Combined Charities Christmas Fair, held last Sunday, November 2, in Guildford’s Guildhall, report it was another great success. They report the Deputy Mayor of Guildford, Jane…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.338

By Malcolm Fincham Atlantic westerlies returned with a vengeance as we moved into the latter weeks of October. A succession of low pressure systems with occluded fronts passed over the…

History of Woking’s Fire Service and Some Dramatic Blazes in its Early Years

By Mark Coxhead with David Rose Plans to establish a fire brigade in Woking was somewhat later in time compared to other towns. Guildford Corporation, for example, purchased a horse-drawn…

Debt Charity’s New Report on State of Poverty in the South East and Help Available for People

More than a fifth of adults in the South East have daily financial anxieties, according to a new report by the UK debt and budgeting charity Christians Against Poverty (CAP).…

2025 Services of Remembrance to Honour our War Dead

Services of remembrance to honour our war dead taking place, November 2025. Saturday, November 8 Charlotteville Remembrance Service at the war memorial in Addison Road at 3pm. Followed by tea…

New Action Plan to Get Medically Fit People Home from Hospital

A new plan of action is being launched across the boroughs of Guildford and Waverley to help hospital patients who are well enough to go home, or into appropriate care,…