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Calling Former Guildford Girls’ Brigade Members
Past members of the Girls’ Brigade in Guildford are invited to afternoon tea at St John’s Church, Stoke Road, to celebrate its 125th anniversary. It takes place on Saturday, June…
Guildford Snippets – Do You Know? No.6
by Nick Bale, Guildford Town Guides Do the books someone reads reveal something about them? I think it does. For example, a study of the books owned by George Abbot…
Talks This Saturday Reveal Wartime School For Special Agents At Wanborough Manor
It’s no secret – there are fascinating illustrated talks this Saturday (June 9) all about the training of wartime special agents at Wanborough Manor. The talks will be by Carol…
Where Is This? No.290
By David Rose Well done to those who correctly identified the vintage picture featured in the previous post, it being one of the two Stoke Bridges on the A320 Woking…
Guildford Snippets – Do You Know? No.5
By Nick Bale, Guildford Town Guides Many will have noticed that the Edward and Eleanor sundial has been reinstalled on the wall of Tunsgate Quarter facing Guildford Castle. Edward I…
Guildford Snippets – Do You Know? No.4
By Nick Bale, Guildford Town Guides English gin became popular in England following the accession of William of Orange in 1688. This was helped when the London Guild of Distillers…
When The Rules About Health and Safety Were Rather Less Demanding
By Dave Reading This was my dad, Ron Reading (right), and his friend Colin Hopper sometime in the early 1960s pictured on the roof of St Francis Church, Westborough. The…
Milestones In Rock ‘n’ Roll History: You Really Got Me
In the third of our series of feature articles on Milestones in Rock ‘n’ Roll History, former Guildford journalist Dave Reading recalls the story of the Kinks’ ground-breaking song You…
Buses Galore At Brooklands Museum
By Bob McShee I can remember when living in London in the 1950s, waiting for a bus and having to wait for a long time, then when one came along…
Guildford Snippets – Do You Know? No3
By Nick Bale, Guildford Town Guides Guildford’s town centre was crowded with pubs and inns in centuries past. This week’s quirky question is about one of them. These questions are…
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