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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…
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…
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,…
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