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My Direct Family Link With The Great War

By Martin Giles A hundred years seems like a long time. Few of us live that long and given that we can remember little of our first few years the…

Wonderful Exhibition Of Wartime Artefacts At Worplesdon

Worplesdon hosted a wonderful exhibition of First World War artefacts, old photos and memorabilia at its Memorial Hall on Monday (August 4). About 200 people visited the free display that…

Letter: Is This the Last Harvest We’ll See on Blackwell Farm?

From Lisa Wright Last week I saw the dust clouds from the combine harvester on the fields of Blackwell Farm and dashed out with my camera to witness a sight…

Letter: Extra Lanes and Extra Houses Will Not Solve Our Problems

From Adrian Atkinson Proposals for extra fourth and fifth lanes for our roads reminds me of an ancient Ben Elton sketch describing additional lanes on the M25. He compared it…

Church Service Turns Out The Lights To Mark Great War Centenary

The centenary of the start of the First World War was commemorated in a moving and thought provoking service in Holy Trinity church last night (Monday, August 4), attended by…

How The First World War Came To Guildford Exactly 100 Years Ago

By David Rose How the world has changed over the past 100 years. How different the scenes in Guildford town centre were 100 years ago when news came through that Great Britain…

Drum Head Service at West Clandon To Mark Start of WWI

The West Clandon Branch of the Royal British Legion held a drum head service on the village’s recreation ground to commemorate the centenary of the start of the First World…

G Live Deaths – Man Arrested On Suspicion of Manslaughter

A 55-year-old man from the Bridgnorth area of Shropshire has been arrested today (Monday, August 4) in connection with the investigation into the deaths of two men, following an incident at…

Letter: Another View of the University’s Development Plans

From Malcolm Williamson I wish to put forward my view on the subject of plans to develop the University of Surrey and how the plans can be tied to those…

Letter: Government Should Let the Steam Out of the South East Pressure Cooker

From John Robson You can tweak the timing of the traffic signals on both Egerton Road and the “gyratory” which might allow you “press the pedal to metal” for the…