Local historian and writer David Rose and ‘rambling railwayman’ Geoff Burch are giving their new and fascinating illustrated talk A Romany Lifestyle, at Fairlands Community Centre this coming Friday evening, September…
September 15, 2019 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Nick Bale Guildford Town Guides I am very much looking forward to the exhibition George Abbot’s Gift to Guildford, at Guildford House from September 28 to November. 2 The exhibition…
September 15, 2019 / No Comment / Read MoreBy David Rose Eighty years ago on September 3, 1939, Britain declared war on Germany. It was a Sunday morning and at 11.15am Britain’s prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, broadcast to…
September 3, 2019 / 2 Comments / Read MoreBy Nick Bale Guildford Town Guides September in Guildford has many highlights: Guildford Walkfest, starting Sunday, September 1, is a series of organised walks designed to encourage people of all…
August 30, 2019 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Nick Bale Guildford Town Guides The Haydon family was one of the wealthiest in Guildford in Georgian times. Originally a draper, William Haydon founded Haydon’s Bank in the 1760s,…
August 18, 2019 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Hugh Coakley Following the fall of a piece of stonework from Tunsgate Arch in February this year (2019), The Guildford Dragon NEWS has been given exclusive access to the…
August 15, 2019 / 3 Comments / Read MoreBy David Rose Reader Mike Parkin has responded to a story published in The Guildford Dragon NEWS in 2016 about the book by Stuart Phillips of pen pictures and statistics of more…
August 12, 2019 / 3 Comments / Read MoreBy Nick Bale Guildford Town Guides My wife and I had a great time at the musical Waitress at the Adelphi Theatre on the Strand last week. I was surprised…
August 3, 2019 / 2 Comments / Read MoreBy Nick Bale Guildford Town Guides A pleasurable pub lunch a few days ago caused me to reflect on the pleasures of drinking a glass of beer on a sunny…
July 21, 2019 / 2 Comments / Read MoreBy Nick Bale Guildford Town Guides John Russell, the famous 18th-century artist born and brought up in Guildford, is far less well known than his contemporary and rival Sir Joshua…
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