A reunion of former staff who worked at Jeffery’s sports shop in Guildford High Street has prompted a look back at the once extremely well-known business. The reunion took place at the…
October 10, 2016 / 32 Comments / Read MoreBy David Rose Plenty of replies to last week’s mysteries – correctly identifying the locations and with various suggestions as to where I actually stood to take the quirky picture. To begin with,…
October 6, 2016 / 6 Comments / Read MoreBy David Rose Readers were correct in indentifying Clandon Park House during the First World War when in use as a military hospital as being last week’s mystery vintage picture. The…
September 28, 2016 / 10 Comments / Read MoreBy David Rose Plenty of correct replies to last week’s mysteries. The vintage picture featured the White Horse pub in Shere and the quirky picture featured the artist GF Watts at…
September 21, 2016 / 7 Comments / Read MoreReader John Lomas, who now lives in Lancashire, has emailed these pictures that feature pupils who attended schools in Stoughton in the 1950s. He has supplied some details and names. But some…
September 14, 2016 / 37 Comments / Read MoreBy David Rose Newlands Corner was the location of the outdoor service as seen in last week’s post. Nearly everyone who replied correctly identified the location – except the Staniforth…
September 14, 2016 / 8 Comments / Read MoreBy David Rose The regulars who kindly reply to these mysteries were spot on with last week’s images. The vintage and today views featured what was once the post office…
September 7, 2016 / 7 Comments / Read MoreDetails about father of computer science Alan Turing’s links to Guildford continue to grow. Following Guildford Town Guide Paul Backhouse’s publication Alan Turing – Guildford’s best kept secret earlier this year…
September 6, 2016 / 3 Comments / Read MoreThere will be free access to more than 100 venues and events including buildings, churches, walks, talks, tours and art exhibitions across Guildford later this week as part of Heritage…
September 5, 2016 / 2 Comments / Read MoreBy Chris Dick We have all read gravestone inscriptions at some time in our lives. If they are not those of our own predecessors we might consider the lives of…
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