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Where Is This? No. 104

By David Rose I am delighted to say that there were many more replies that I thought we’d receive to last week’s mystery vintage image. Definitely a difficult one! Some…

Do You Recall Seeing Status Quo Play At The Wooden Bridge?

By David Rose Do you have any memories of seeing rock band Status Quo play at the Wooden Bridge pub in Guildford at the end of the 1960s? Or did…

Where Is This? No.103

By David Rose Plenty of entries for last week’s mystery images – all correct. The vintage photo showing the Horse and Groom pub and St John’s Church at Merrow. The…

Take A Trip Back In Time With A New Book About Safeguard Coaches

By David Rose Once in a while a really good local history book comes along charting an important aspect of Guildford’s past. The latest book is just that – the…

Where Is This? No.102

By David Rose Last week’s mystery photo location showing a Safeguard bus was identified by many as the former Onslow Street bus station. It’s now the open space near the…

Where Is This? No.101

By David Rose Into ‘Room 101’ this week, so to speak, with the mystery images. But first, back to last week’s and click here to see all the replies at…

New Exhibition From Workhouse To Hospital Opens At The Spike

From Workhouse to Hospital is a fascinating new exhibition at The Spike Heritage Centre in Guildford. It traces the story of the Guildford Workhouse Infirmary as it developed into St…

The Changing Role Of Women Since 1914

International Women’s Day has been marked at the Guildford Institute with member Margaret Westwood and Carol Brown from Guildford Museum each giving fascinating talks. Here, Margaret reports on the talks…

Where Is This? No.100

By David Rose So we’ve reached number 100 in our series of mystery pictures! Thanks as always to all who replied last week, correctly identifying the junction of Worplesdon Road…

Do You Recognise Your Dad When He Was At Stoke School?

Reader Chris Fair spotted the story that was published last year about a reunion of Stoke School pupils from the 1950s. He wonders whether any readers whose parents also went…