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Concerned Burpham Residents Submit Development Plan To Guildford Borough Council

Burpham residents concerned over future development in their area have submitted their plans to Guildford Borough Council. The plan, drawn up by the Burpham Neighbourhood Forum, contains a suite of policies that seek…

Dragon’s David Rose To Give Talk On His Methods Of Local History Research

Hear Guildford’s leading local historian and Dragon NEWS writer David Rose give a fascinating insight into his methods of research – and the huge archive of material he has collected,…

Working On The Railway By Bob Hind And His Award-winning Staff Magazine

This is the second instalment of Bob Hind’s memories – this time his career on the railways based first at Woking and then London Waterloo, plus the staff magazine he…

Where Is This? No.133

By David Rose Polesden Lacey at Great Bookham was the house featured as last week’s mystery vintage photo. Many correctly identified it, including Chaz Folkes who wonders whether the print…

Hedgehogs Find Save Haven at Clandon Wood

Clandon Wood Natural Burial Ground has reintroduced two pairs of hedgehogs back in to the wild on its 31-acre site located just outside Guildford. The two pairs had been rescued…

Blackheath’s Lottery Funded Great War Project Hosts Free Exhibition With Lots Of Pictures And Memorabilia

Thanks to a £3,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, villagers from Blackheath have been busy preserving the memories and heritage of their forebears who lived there at the time…

Pledge To Get Housing Number To Lowest Sustainable Point

Guildford Borough Council leader Stephen Mansbridge has pledged to “use every mechanism to get [the borough’s housing] number to the lowest sustainable point possible to pass the inspectorate’s examination”. It comes…

Chance To Talk To Members Of The Peace Party

For more than a month now, Peace Party members in Guildford have been delivering leaflets through front doors around the Guildford parliamentary constituency. This Saturday (November 1) people in parts…

Motorised Rickshaw Team Tackle India For School’s Charity

A team of five young people are planning a trip of a lifetime – driving two motorised rickshaws the length of the Indian west coast raising money for a charity dear…

Feeling Creative? Check Out The new Drawing Workshops At St Catherine’s Village Hall

If you enjoy drawing but need a little motivation to put pencil to paper then one of the new art classes at St Catherine’s Village Hall may be just the…