By David Rose Numerous correct replies to last week’s mysteries. The vintage view showed a train crossing the bridge over Stoke Road. The photographer was most likely standing outside the Stoke Hotel.…
April 14, 2017 / 3 Comments / Read MoreBy David Rose Plenty of replies to last week’s mysteries, but as some readers correctly pointed out, the vintage picture of the shops along Aldershot Road near the junction with…
April 6, 2017 / 10 Comments / Read MoreDuring the First World War thousands of women served at home and overseas as nurses. An exhibition currently running at Guildford Museum reveals the essential role that they fulfilled –…
April 4, 2017 / No Comment / Read MoreGavin Morgan, creator of the Guildford Heritage Forum, and campaigner and supporter of the planned Guildford Museum improvements, is here again with his monthly column sharing his observations and expressing…
April 4, 2017 / No Comment / Read MoreFrank Phillipson tells the story of an aircraft from Vickers at Brooklands that crashed at Haines Bridge, Weybridge in 1945. It claimed the life of an experienced and decorated test pilot, Squadron Leader Maurice Victor Longbottom DFC. This article…
April 3, 2017 / 5 Comments / Read MoreBy David Rose Perhaps last week’s mystery pictures were just too difficult for readers to identify, with just three replies. However, our stats show that more than 200 readers clicked…
March 30, 2017 / 19 Comments / Read MoreThe next free local history and nostalgia get together focusing on the communities of Bellfields and Slyfield is taking place on Sunday afternoon, April 9. All are welcome to Bellfields Remembered,…
March 27, 2017 / No Comment / Read MoreDave Reading recalls hearing the music of Chuck Berry for the first time in a dark café that stood by the River Wey at Guildford. Chuck Berry died on March…
March 24, 2017 / 1 Comment / Read MoreBy David Rose The picture of people enjoying a VJ Day party in August 1945 was indeed taken in Stoke Recreation Ground and from the Recreation Road side, with the…
March 24, 2017 / 4 Comments / Read MoreBy David Rose Most of those who replied to last week’s mysteries correctly guessed the cropped vintage picture as being Guildford Civic Hall, now rebuilt as G Live. Dave Middleton, in his reply,…
March 17, 2017 / 8 Comments / Read More
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