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Where Is This? No.185
By David Rose No problems with those responding to last week’s mystery vintage picture as it showing the early stages of the construction of the first multi-storey car park in Sydenham…
Guildford’s 20th Century House-Building Boom And Clarke Gammon Was There At The Start
By David Rose Soon after the First World War house building picked up in the Guildford area. The borough desperately needed new homes: for young men who had returned from the…
Coin Find is Another Small Clue to Roman Activity Around Guildford
When Karen Stevens was asked by detectorists if they could search in her garden near Blackwell Farm, on the northern slopes of the Hog’s Back, she was happy to agree…
Were You There? No.1
By David Rose Here’s the first of a new occasional series that features old photos of events and things going on in Guildford, and which your memories of and details would be…
Where Is This? No.184
By David Rose The doorway for women was at the Labour Exchange in Chertsey Street, as pictured last week for the vintage photo. The stone with ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ inscribed on…
Cavalcade Of Steam Locos At Mid-Hants Gala
Words and pictures by Bob McShee The Mid-Hants Railway held its autumn steam gala over the weekend of October 21 to 23 at which three great locomotives were guest engines, running on the line…
Where Is This? No.183
By David Rose The demolition of the former Dennis Bros factory at Woodbridge was indeed last week’s vintage mystery photo. And the holes in the wall in the quirky picture can…
New Book Takes You On A Tour Of Guildford’s History
Hot off the press from Amberley Books and available now in bookshops, online and from the authors direct is Guildford History Tour, at £6.99. It has been compiled by David…
Where Is This? No.182
By David Rose The demolition of Guildford’s Friary Meux brewery in 1974 to make way for the Friary Centre was last week’s mystery vintage picture. A fascinating photo indeed, as…
Do You Have Memories Of The Turing Family In Guildford?
Alan Turing is widely regarded as the father of modern computing. He also made a highly significant contribution to the breaking of German codes during the Second World War. Less…
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