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.…
June 22, 2013 / 3 Comments / Read MoreBy 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…
June 21, 2013 / 2 Comments / Read MoreBy 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…
June 18, 2013 / 14 Comments / Read MoreBy 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…
June 18, 2013 / 24 Comments / Read MoreBy 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.…
June 11, 2013 / 9 Comments / Read MoreLocal 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…
June 11, 2013 / 1 Comment / Read MoreBy 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…
June 4, 2013 / 10 Comments / Read MoreIn 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…
June 3, 2013 / No Comment / Read MoreBy 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…
May 28, 2013 / 7 Comments / Read MoreBy 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…
May 24, 2013 / 2 Comments / Read More
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