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Plan to ‘Decolonise’ Guildford Museum Stirs a Storm of Comment and Criticism
By Martin Giles A GBC press release titled “Uncovering the True History of Guildford” has sparked comment and criticism from those with close knowledge of Guildford’s history and its museum,…
A Look Back At Infection Control And Isolation Facilities At Guildford Hospitals
With the opening on July 20, 2020, of the newly built isolation ward at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Professor Rodney Cartwright, Consultant Medical Microbiologist to Guildford Hospitals 1973 – 1994,…
Scrapbook History No.1
By David Rose People have been pasting photographs, drawings, pieces of ephemera, newspaper and magazine cuttings into scrapbooks for years. Back in the 1920s and 30s there appears to have…
Explore St Catherine’s Hill Mystery Cave Carvings in 3D
By David Calow hon secretary Surrey Archaeological Society Here’s your chance to explore the mystery medieval cave on St Catherine’s Hill. Follow this link and, thanks to expert 3D imagery…
Limestone Transportation Gives a Glimpse of Times Past on the Wey
The 300-year-old River Wey and Godalming Navigations are being used for their original purpose in recent days. Eighty tons of limestone to be used as infill in the restoration of…
Steam Trains Running Again On The Watercress Line
Steam trains have run again for the first time since lockdown at the nearest standard gauge heritage railway to Guildford – the Mid Hants Watercress Line between Alton and Alresford…
Clues To Surrey’s First School For Gypsies Deep In The Hurtwood
By David Rose Deep in the Surrey Hills within the Hurtwood, between Farley Green, Shere and Ewhurst, was once a school for Gypsy children, it being the first of its…
Uncovering The Story Of Motor-Racing Driver W A Cuthbert And His Guildford Connections
By David Rose William Alexander Cuthbert was a racing driver in the 1920s and 30s and for a few years ran a motor-car repair and tuning business in Guildford High…
Recording And Collecting The Present For Future Generations
Historians aren’t only interested in collecting artefacts, stories, details and so on about past events, but know the importance of recording what’s happening now, especially for future generations. The coronavirus…
Can You Name The Schools These Pupils Attended?
by David Rose Can anyone put a name to the school(s) these pupils attended when their photographs were taken? Reader Gill Cole emailed The Guildford Dragon NEWS these two photos,…
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