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Rotten Old Railway Goods Van – Who Can Supply Some Details?
By Martin Giles Calling all railway enthusiasts and local agricultural historians! While out walking on the North Downs Way (or Pilgrims’ Way, whichever you prefer) I once again pondered the…
Where Is This? No.242
By David Rose Thirteen replies, mostly all correct, to last week’s mysteries… The vintage view was taken from Friary Street looking towards High Street with the construction of the Plummers Roddis building…
Where is This? No.241
By David Rose Back now after the seasonal break and I can reveal that the previous Where Is this? No.240’s vintage picture was indeed taken at Guildford Cathedral. In Dave…
Focus on Heritage: Guildford Receives a Historic ‘Royal’ Visit
Gavin 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…
Updated: Rising Population That Finally Forced Guildford To Open A Public Library
By David Rose Guildford’s public library has been a feature of North Street since 1962, but some readers may recall others sites in the town where books could be borrowed for…
Where Is This? No.240
By David Rose Perhaps a glimpse of the Royal Grammar School that I included in the cropped vintage picture last week was a give away to the location – the shop being…
Anglo-Saxon Burial Find Is Re-interred At Wanborough Churchyard
Human bones thought to be part of an Anglo-Saxon burial have been re-interred in the churchyard of St Bartholomew’s in Wanborough, thanks to co-operation between the local community and Guildford…
Chilworth’s West Lodge Reveals Its Wartime Secrets – Hopes It Will Now Be Preserved
By Gavin Morgan New research backed up by English Heritage has unearthed the wartime role of West Lodge, part of the Chilworth Gunpowder works. It appears to have been built…
Christmas At Sandfield School in 1948 And Other Childhood Memories
Who has fond memories of their schooldays, particularly at Christmas time? Dragon reader Ivan Dally was a pupil at Guildford’s Sandfield School in the late 1940s and has sent in this photo…
What Guildford’s GPO Home Guard Unit Did During The Second World War
Based on a photo of men from Guildford Post Office who formed a Home Guard unit during the Second World War, historian Frank Phillipson writes about it and the duties the…
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