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A Peek Inside The Long-gone Shalford Junction Signal Box

By David Rose With the news that 26 of the ‘rarest’ railway signal boxes in England have now been granted Grade II listed status by the Department for Culture, Media…

Where Is This? No.68

By David Rose Some right and some not so right answers to last week’s vintage photo! It did show South Street (now Sydenham Road) looking towards Trinity Churchyard away to…

The Potters and The Rapleys: Who Do You Think You Are?

By David Rose There’s a new series of the popular genealogy programme Who Do You Think You Are? now showing on BBC1. If you didn’t know, it features celebrities tracing…

Where Is This? No.67

By David Rose The view see here last week prompted some interesting replies – not all of them correct. It showed a view across Burpham of fields that was once…

Where Is This? No.66

By David Rose Readers with good memories of Guildford’s pubs and a couple of eagle-eyed bus enthusiasts were among those who replied to last week’s post. The pub was indeed…

Where Is This? No.65

By David Rose So the picture seen here last week of the earlier motor garage next door to the Sanford Arms in Epsom Road was not as tricky as I…

Where Is This? No.64

By David Rose The old picture postcard view of a village shown here last week’s was Wonersh. There were a number of correct replies. Click here to see last week’s…

Where Is This? No.63

By David Rose Plenty of readers correctly identified the now long gone loco shed and turntable at Guildford railway station and the building at the foot of Portsmouth Road that…

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…