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Guildford’s Heritage Weekend Pulls Out the Stops to Keep Show on the Road

By Gavin Morgan Guildford Heritage Forum Any fears that this year’s Heritage weekend would be a damp squib were put to rest as people across the town pulled out all…

It’s Time For Heritage Open Days This Weekend!

By David Rose Guildford’s culture and architecture takes centre stage once again this weekend during Heritage Open Days. The number of buildings waiting to be discovered and events taking place…

The Brooklands Air Raid, September 4, 1940, 80th Anniversary

By Frank Phillipson September 4, this year (2020) marks the 80th anniversary of the daring German 1940 daylight raid on the Vickers Armstrong aircraft factory at Brooklands, Weybridge.  It was…

Inheritance Turned Into A Hobby And A Collection

By Hugh Coakley “It was an inheritance that started me repairing pocket watches.” said Mike Stokes. “My wife, Rosemary, had a load of clocks and watches from her aunt and…

How Guildford Marked VJ Day When The Second World War Came To An End

By David Rose This Saturday (August 15, 2020) marks the 75th anniversary of VJ Day (Victory over Japan) when in 1945 the Second World War finally ended. It was on…

Scrapbook History No.2

By David Rose Here is the second in our series of Guildford newspaper and magazine cuttings people long ago pasted into scrapbooks. In the 1920s and 30s there appears to have…

Brooklands Museum Welcomes Back Visitors

Brooklands Museum at Weybridge, home to stunning collections of motor-racing and aviation history, is open again. BOB McSHEE has visited and reports on what’s on offer. On entering the museum…

Guildford Museum Reopens With End Of Second World War Exhibition

Guildford Museum has reopened after being closed for a year for essential repairs to the building on Quarry Street. These, the museum list as: structural repairs, damp proofing, roof repairs,…

The Story Of Pewley Down Gifted To Guildford 100 Years Ago

By David Rose This coming Wednesday, July 29, 2020, marks exactly 100 years since Pewley Down was gifted to the borough and “preserved for time immemorial as a playground for…

Thrill Of Meeting British Blues Guitarist Peter Green Who Died Today

Co-founder of Fleetwood Mac, guitarist Peter Green has died aged 73, it was announced today (July 25). We are re-publishing Dragon reporter’s David Reading’s recollection of a brief encounter with…