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Where Is This? No.295

Where Is This? No.295

By David Rose What you have all been waiting for…. the answers to the previous post! The vintage picture, looking up North Street, was taken from what had been the…

Brooklands Museum’s Great War Day

By Bob McShee It was Brooklands Museum’s Great War Day on Sunday (September 30) to commemorate Brooklands role in the First World War when pilots trained there as well as…

Milestones in Rock ‘n Roll History: Eric Clapton And The ‘Beano’ LP

It became known as ‘the Beano album.’ Dave Reading continues our series on Milestones in Rock ‘n’ Roll History by taking a look at the 1966 recording session that defined…

Answer to Guildford Snippets Do You Know? No.20

By Nick Bale, Guildford Town Guides The Town Guides programme of guided walks for the summer ends this week. Hence, I will now be taking a break from writing Guildford…

Guildford Snippets Do You Know? No.20

By Nick Bale Guildford Town Guides Next weekend, Guildford will be celebrating the River Wey, which for centuries was a key commercial feature of the town. The Wey River Festival…

Obituary: Marjorie Williams (1930-2018) – Founder Member of the Guildford Town Guides

By Matthew Alexander Marjorie Williams died in Guildford on August 30, at the age of 88. She had been born Marjorie Taylor on March 8 1930 in Hull. She studied…

It’s the 50th Anniversary of The 1968 Guildford Floods!

By David Rose Fifty years ago this weekend saw the worse floods Guildfordians had witnessed within living memory. It was said to have been on the scale of an event…

Guildford Snippets Do You Know? No.19

Guildford Snippets Do You Know? No.19

by Nick Bale Guildford Town Guides Guildford will be celebrating Heritage Open Weekend this week from Thursday to Sunday, September 13 to 16. This is a great time to see…

Grim Days Of The Guildford Union Workhouse

The Guildford Union Workhouse opened its doors 180 years ago in 1838 to those who were too poor, old or ill to support themselves. John Redpath, the general manger of the…

All Welcome To Come On Stoughton History Walk This Saturday, Sept 8

Join local historian and writer David Rose and Guildford Dragon NEWS editor Martin Giles on a free guided walk around Stoughton, Guildford, this Saturday, September 8. Starts at 2pm, finishes…