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Meeting To Plan Stoughton At The End Of The Great War Community Event
Following on from the hugely popular community and historic event held in September 2014, Stoughton in the Great War, there are plans to stage another in September 2018. A meeting…
Where Is This? No.266
By David Rose The house and buildings featured as last week’s mystery vintage picture can be found at the Nightingale Road entrance to Stoke Park. Several readers correctly identified the…
Local History Will Feature At Stoke Community Fun Day On July 8
History and nostalgia of the Bellfields area will be a feature of the Stoke Community Fun Day on Bellfields Green, Saturday, July 8, from 2pm to 5pm. There will be…
Preserving The Largest Crater Ever Made By Man In Anger: Remembering Its War Dead
It is another busy year for Richard Dunning, who owns a significant feature of the First World War Somme battlefield – the Lochnagar Crater. Richard, who lives near Guildford, received…
Where is This? No.265
By David Rose Nearly everyone who replied last week correctly identified the Compasses Inn at Gomshall as the mystery vintage picture. In the book The Breweries and Public Houses of…
Call For Guildford To Proclaim Itself As The Cradle Of English Democracy
A little-known event that occurred in Guildford in 1647 could give the borough reason to claim the town as the cradle of English democracy. In 1647 radical delegates from Parliament’s…
Where Is This? No.264
By David Rose All replies to last week’s mysteries were correct. The vintage postcard view featured the crossroads at Brookwood on the A322, and the quirky picture was a close-up…
Notice: Talk On Guildford’s Lost Shops by David Rose, The Keep Pub, Monday, June 12
Local historian David Rose is giving his popular Lost Shops of Guildford illustrated talk at the Keep pub, Castle Street, Guildford this evening (Monday, June 12), at 7.30pm. See lots…
Where Is This? No.263
By David Rose Once again, thanks to all who replied to last week’s mysteries…. Busby & Baxter’s jeweller’s shop was in Guildford High Street on the corner with Swan Lane.…
Plaque To Mark 50 Years Since Guildford’s Engine Shed Closed
It will be 50 years ago this July that steam trains were withdrawn from regular service in the Guildford area. Now, a plaque has been made to commemorate the 50th…
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