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Retired Firefighter’s Tip Off Leads To Exciting Archaeological Finds
Archaeologists can thank a retired firefighter from Guildford whose tip off has resulted in them finding 2,400 rare flints dating back 14,000 years – right where the town’s new fire…
Where Is This? No.91
By David Rose Many recognised last week’s mystery vintage view as showing the premises of Pimm & Son. As many of you noted it did a number of things such…
The Way We Were… Cycling in the 1920s – Part 5
Another look at 1920s cycling. We are not the first generation to worry about child-safety but we know that there was a different, perhaps more fatalistic, attitude in the early…
Where Is This? No.90
By David Rose A lifeboat at Guildford railway station and an angel at the hotel of the same name in the High Street, add up to the answers to last…
The Way We Were… Cycling in the 1920s – Part 4
Another look at 1920s cycling. A hundred miles cycling in one day would be a challenge for most of us today, even with lighter more reliable bikes and better kit.…
Where Is This? No.89
By David Rose Slight delay in bringing you the latest two mystery photos – the flooding events took over somewhat. Thanks for all the replies to No88, which have now…
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…
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