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Guildford’s Wartime RAF Landing Ground

By Frank Phillipson During the Second World War the RAF established a landing ground in a field one and a half miles to the east of Guildford on Merrow Downs.…

Night The Beatles Made Their Audience Go Wild At Guildford Odeon

By David Rose Fifty years ago today (Friday, June 21) the Beatles made their one and only visit to play in Guildford. The venue was the Odeon cinema in Epsom…

Where Is This? No.62

By David Rose The building seen under construction is last week’s mystery old photo was indeed J. Sainsbury’s in Guildford High Street. Click here to see last week’s post and…

Bread, Cakes and Pasties: Memories of Ayers’ Bakers

By David Rose Following on from the mystery vintage photo of Ayers’ bakery in Woodbridge Road, Where is This? No.60, Brian Holt has supplied some more details about the business…

Where Is This? No.61

By David Rose It’s lovely when an old photo really sparks off a good deal of memories, as did last week’s that showed Ayers’ bakery and shop in Woodbridge Road.…

Men’s Group Will Launch With Afternoon Of Local Nostalgia Hosted by David Rose

Local historian and Guildford Dragon NEWS writer David Rose is helping to launch a social group for men in and around the Westborough and Park Barn area, with an afternoon…

Where Is This? No.60

By David Rose Last week’s vintage picture was always going to be a tough one – but several did correctly identify it as being Merrow Grange. And the piece of…

Parke’s People No 21. The Rev’d Kenneth Stevenson

In the latest of an occasional series about people who have a connection with Guildford in one way or another, Bernard Parke recalls the former rector of Holy Trinity Church, the Rev’d Kenneth…

Where Is This? No.59

By David Rose To begin with, the answers to last week’s posers. The vintage picture featuring John Perring’s store was at the foot of North Street, and the sculpture can…

King George V’s Success At Agricultural Show, Guildford, 1922

By David Rose This coming bank holiday Monday sees the Surrey County Show at Stoke Park, Guildford. It has been held there since 1954, but other agricultural shows visited Guildford…