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Museum Reopens With Portraits by Guildford’s Own Royal Artist John Russell

Guildford museum reopens next week with an exhibition dedicated to the stunning work of local resident and Royal Academician John Russell (1745-1806). The “John Russell, A Georgian Portrait Painter at…

Notice: Burch And Rose’s Talk On Local Railway Accidents, May 27

Railway enthusiasts and local history fans will enjoy Geoff Burch and David Rose’s new illustrated talk, Railway Accidents and Incidents, which they are giving online via Zoom on Thursday, May…

Notice: Book Now David Rose’s Lost Shops Talk Via Zoom For Guildford Lions Club

On Wednesday May 26, at 7.30pm local historian and author David Rose will be giving his illustrated talk Guildford’s Lost Shops via Zoom as a charity fundraising event for Guildford…

Back To The 1950s With Some Lovely Vintage Photos

By David Rose Here are some wonderful photographs taken in and around Guildford in the 1950s. They were taken by Ted (William Edward) Jauncey, who once worked at the electrical…

Town Centre Has More Than Just Shopping

By Nick Bale, leader of the Guildford Town Guides One of the distinctive features of Guildford town centre is that it offers so much more than shopping. It is easy…

History Is In The Post As Letter Box Is Replaced

By Martin Giles and David Rose Our nearest letterbox, even in this computer age, is still a familiar object, something we still use for those times when email won’t do.…

Scrapbook History No.6

By David Rose Another look at long-ago newspaper and magazine stories people cut out and pasted into scrapbooks. Most of these are likely to have been published in the Guildford…

Notice: A Walk Over Perry Hill Zoom History Talk, April 8

Geoff Burch and David Rose are giving their illustrated talk, A Walk Over Perry Hill, on Thursday, April 8, at 7.30pm, via Zoom. It takes a journey along the A322…

Guildford Museum Appeals for Mementoes of Your Pandemic Year

Do you have any items which could help the museum to document life in Guildford during the Covid-19 pandemic? The council’s Museum and Heritage Services team want items including diaries,…

Is Alan Turing Now Guildford’s Best Known Briton?

By David Rose The Bank of England’s announcement of the design for its new £50 banknote featuring computer scientist and wartime codebreaker Alan Turing must add more credence to proclaiming…