By Hugh Coakley We tend to think cladding for aesthetics is a modern approach to building construction but not so. The mathematical tiling at the rear of the 17th-century Guildford…
May 28, 2022 / 1 Comment / Read MoreBy David Rose New murals have been unveiled in Guildford that add much colour and brightness to the town. On Monday this week (May 16) four panels were unveiled in…
May 20, 2022 / 2 Comments / Read MoreJoin local historians and writers Geoff Burch and David Rose when they give their new illustrated talk British Railway Bygones online via Zoom on Wednesday, May 25, at 7.30pm. Enjoy…
May 8, 2022 / No Comment / Read MoreMembers of the Rotary Club of Guildford are celebrating the club’s 100th anniversary and have been charting its history from its beginnings to the present day. Based on an anniversary…
May 7, 2022 / No Comment / Read MoreWatts Gallery-Artists’ Village in Compton is one of the area’s most popular visitor attractions. Its visitors go to see the exhibitions, take part in activities or see displays of the…
April 22, 2022 / 1 Comment / Read MoreBy Hugh Coakley The Friends of Guildford Museum have made a generous gift to it of a computerised system for keeping records of all the around 100,000 objects in the…
April 16, 2022 / 6 Comments / Read MoreThe National Trust River Wey Navigations has joined up with local historian and writer David Rose for a series of guided walks along stretches of the navigation. The first is…
April 13, 2022 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Alice Fowler This week marks the 80th anniversary of the Women’s Timber Corps, a branch of the Women’s Land Army that worked in Britain’s forests during the Second World…
April 13, 2022 / No Comment / Read MoreBy David Rose A group of young film-makers from Guildford are asking: “Do you remember the war years?” They would love to hear from people who have memories of the…
April 4, 2022 / 3 Comments / Read MoreJohn Glanfield recalls an incident during the Second World War when a VI flying bomb fell on a house at Burnt Common, Send in which several members of a family…
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