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Guildford – From The World Down Under

By Innes Smith I was an 18-year-old Australian on a gap year in England and I needed a job. For four weeks, while mooching around London, I had lucked out…

Healthwatch Survey Needs Your Views

An independent body for healthcare in Surrey wants patients to share their experiences of making GP appointments before 18th December 2013. Healthwatch Surrey, the consumer champion for health and social…

The Way We Were… Cycling in the 1920s – Part 2

Today the health benefits of cycling are frequently publicised and anyone who, like me, has puffed up a few of our local gradients certainly hopes it is doing them some…

Guildford Western Australia Celebrates A Special Military Centenary

Our correspondent from Guildford, Western Australia, Barbara Dundas has emailed details and pictures of its recent celebration marking the 100th anniversary of its artillery HQ. On November 3, 2013, the historic…

Stepping Up On World Diabetes Day – 16,000 in Surrey Are Undiagnosed

Are you at risk of diabetes? We all might be, it is the number one threat to health in the UK. Around 3.75 million people have it and seven million…

An Invitation To Exercise

By Martin Giles I was minding my own business, getting on with my life, as best I could, when I noticed the A4 envelope that my wife had stuffed into…

Can The Sound Of A Guildford Accent Be Heard Loud And Clear?

By David Rose Is there such a thing as a Guildford accent? Or was there one in the past, even a Surrey dialect, that has now been lost? The thought…

New Approach At New Clinic – A New Osteopathy Choice in Town

By Maria Rayner A unique approach to osteopathy has arrived in Guildford with the opening of the Kinesis Clinic in Milkhouse Gate, just off the High Street. The team specialise…

Junior Summer Fitness Challenge Returns

Children in Guildford can stay active this summer as Freedom Leisure’s Junior Summer Fitness Challenge returns for a second year.  Each child participating in the challenge receives a free fitness…

Spectrum’s New Fitness Workout Really Rocks

A new fitness class incorporating aerobic climbing reps with cardio vascular floor work and low level exercises has been launched at Guildford Spectrum. Rock Box Fitness promises to be an…