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Opinion: Critical Year for Guildford Town Centre Planning

By Gordon Bridger Hon Alderman and Former Town Mayor Next year will be crunch time for for planning Guildford’s future. The citizens of Guildford, through their Council and the Planning…

Opinion: Mum About Town – The National Trust

The latest of our Mum About Town article written by “Towny Mummy”. This time she writes about a visit to a National Trust property. . . Recently we drove for…

What does 2013 hold for Guildford?

At the beginning of last week we reviewed 2012 but what does 2013 hold for Guildford? Town centre planning Unless the Guildford Vision Group make further legal objections preparation for…

Opinion: Mum About Town – cafés and small people

The second of our Mum About Town article written by “Towny Mummy”. This time she writes about cafés and small people. . . Okay so on the whole, cafés and…

Opinion: Mum About Town – Waitrose Saga And That Underpass

Introducing a new opinion column for The Guildford Dragon News, Mum About Town. Written by “Towny Mummy” it will especially interest people in Guildford with young children. Taking a look at…

Citizens Speak: The Waitrose Scheme

Waitrose have now been given planning permission to construct a supermarket and some housing units on a site between North Street and York Road. The application was bitterly opposed by…

Millmead Views: Outsourcing, Should We?

By Caroline Reeves Liberal Democrat Guildford Borough councillor for Friary & St Nicolas ward The definition of outsourcing is “the contracting out of a business, which an organisation may have previously…

Citizens Speak: On The North Street Development Proposals

The development of North Street as part of the overall redevelopment of some parts of the town is proving controversial. The die seems to be cast regarding Waitrose but what…

The Eagle Eye: An American Bird in West Horsley

By Mary Ellen Foley A view of Guildford life through an American (Eagle) eye. You might be surprised, you might be amused, you might be horrified.  See Mary Ellen’s Anglo-American…

Opinion: How Can We Make Guildford A Centre Of World Excellence?

Former Guildford Mayor and Hon. Alderman Gordon Bridger puts forward his view that the way ahead for Guildford lies not in expansion as a retail centre but as a centre…