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A Day In the Life of a Volunteer Steward at Watts Gallery
Watts 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…
Guildford Museum’s Friends Give New Collections Management System for 100,000 Objects
By 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…
Notice: Join David Rose On A River Wey Navigations Walk
The 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…
Book Review: ‘Lumberjills Britain’s Forgotten Army’ Brings Gender Stereotypes Crashing Down
By 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…
Young Film-makers Want To Record People’s Memories Of The Second World War
By 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…
Recalling A VI Flying Bomb That Fell On A House In Send With Fatal Consequences
John 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…
Photo Feature: The Guildhall Clock, A Close Look at Some Hidden and Rarely Seen Aspects
By Hugh Coakley with contributions from Guildford’s Honorary Remembrancer Matthew Alexander and local historian David Rose Erected during the reign of Charles II, the famous Guildhall clock has dominated Guildford’s…
Book Review: Hawker’s Early Jets – Dawn Of The Hunter
By Paul Robinson Having been involved professionally in aircraft engineering for 46 years and having a particular interest in British post-war aviation, Christopher Budgen’s book Hawker’s Early Jets – Dawn…
New Display At Guildford Museum Features The Queen’s Regiment
A new exhibition is on display at Guildford Museum – Soldiers of Surrey: Stories from The Queen’s Royal Regiment, in conjunction with the Surrey Infantry Collection. It is located in…
Scrapbook History No.7
By David Rose It’s been a while since the previous look at some at Guildford’s history from old local newspaper and magazine cuttings. I have recently been given a nice…
I'm living well for nothing at all! (See: No Trifling Matter: Magpie Trapped in Godalming Sainsbury’s)
Next stop, Debt Chasm! (See: We Should All Be Outraged About the Failure to Deal with Legacy Debt)
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