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Where Is This? No.236

Where Is This? No.236

By David Rose The mystery vintage picture featured last week was the Anchor pub in Normandy, now replaced by houses and called Anchor Close. All replies to that one were…

Letter: My Wish List For A Refurbished Guildford Museum

From David Ogilvie Architect and member of the Guildford Heritage Forum Guildford Borough Council have recently awarded ZMMA architects £250,000 for a feasibility study of Guildford Museum and I understand…

Who Recalls The Night Pink Floyd Played Guildford’s Cadena’s Nightclub?

By David Rose Back in 1967 The Pink Floyd were beginning to make a name for themselves, playing plenty of gigs and building up a following. But it would be a few…

Some Grizzly Surrey History Recalled For Flog It Presenter Paul Martin

When anyone has a question about local history in the Guildford area who better to ask than the official “Remembrancer”? So when Paul Martin, the host of popular TV programme…

Where is This? No.235

By David Rose Men of the Old Contemptible’s association were marching down Tunsgate, as seen in last week’s mystery vintage picture. All the replies were correct. And in answer to…

Where Is This? No.234

By David Rose I wasn’t surprised that a good number of readers correctly identified last week’s mystery vintage picture as being Farnham Road, with the Aldershot & District bus turning…

Learning More About His Father’s Time In Dad’s Army

By David Rose, with much additional details by Frank Phillipson Many of us must wish we had asked our late parents more about their wartime experiences, but never got around…

Where Is This? No.233

By David Rose Many correct replies to last week’s mystery pictures. The vintage one featured the High Street close to its junction with Quarry Street. A number of readers added…

Plenty Of Steam At Heritage Railway’s Autumn Gala

Bob McShee reports on the Watercress Line’s autumn gala Three guest engines were at the Mid Hants Railway, Watercress Line’s autumn gala, held over the weekend of October 21 to…

Where is This? No.232

By David Rose I was hoping there would be a sizeable electronic postbag of replies to last week’s mystery pictures and I was not disappointed! Plenty of replies to the vintage picture…