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It’s Super, Smashing, Great For Mystery Picture Prize Hunters

The Guildford Dragon NEWS has bowed to the persistence of two regular readers of our weekly Where Is This? column and awarded them a prize, not perhaps quite what they…

Snow, Followed By Floods: That Was Christmas 1927

By David Rose Snow at Christmas is a rare thing here in Guildford. I have a distant memory of snow laying on Christmas morning in 1968, but I’m too young…

Where Is This? No.88

By David Rose All those who replied to last week’s vintage picture, including some who were not sure, correctly identified it as being Manor Road in Stoughton. And the brick…

Book Review: Battlefield Rations – A Story of Food, Hope And Charity

By David Rose Military history now includes much more than just the stories and facts about great battles won and lost down the ages. Those interested in the subject are…

Where Is This? No.87

By David Rose North Street was the location of last week’s mystery vintage photo, with the quirky photo being the Baptist chapel in Chertsey Street. Some good answers by those…

Guildford Of The Future – How It Was Suggested Back In 1946

By David Rose This week has seen the completion of the Issues and Options consultation for Guildford borough’s new Local Plan. The Guildford Dragon NEWS has reported on it a good deal…

Where Is This? No.86

By David Rose My thanks once again to everyone who replied to last week’s little mysteries. And in particular to Brian Holt for adding plenty of detail about the steam…

The Way We Were… Cycling in the 1920s – Part 3

Our third look at 1920s cycling is on the subject of kit. What to wear and what to carry. You might be a little surprised. In this third article on…

Where Is This? No.85

By David Rose Once again readers came up trumps, correctly naming the village in the mystery vintage photo as being Gomshall. And the unusual feature of the building seen in…

Where Is This? No.84

By David Rose The view of the Seahorse pub at Shalford was correctly identified by everyone who responded to last week’s pair of images, but the steps, that can be…