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Where Is This? No.47

By David Rose Once again, all who replied to last week’s images had no trouble identifying them. Yes, the kiosk at Guildford lido was the mystery vintage photo and the…

Can You Help Solve Mystery of Guildford’s Wartime Air-raid Shelters?

By David Rose Did you know that a number of World War II air-raid shelters still exist in Guildford? I bet there are plenty of people who pass them all…

Where Is This? No.46

By David Rose The mystery picture seen last week shows Southway in Westborough, looking east. Think everyone who replied correctly recognised the view. Click here to see the post and…

Where Is This? No.45

By David Rose Most of you who replied to last week’s mystery pictures correctly recognised the old picture postcard as showing the spring at St Catherine’s, which is at the…

Has Henley Park Yielded Up Its Greatest Secret?

Henley Park at Normandy is a fascinating place, full of history. Following on from our review in January of John Squier’s excellent new book all about it, we now include…

Brooking’s Architectural Rescue – Thornchase School, Merrow

Architectural historian Charles Brooking writes about some of the interesting architectural fixtures and fitting he salvaged from a building being demolished in Grove Road, Merrow, that was formerly Thornchase School.…

Where Is This? No.44

By David Rose There was an electronic postbag full of replies to last week’s mystery images! The view of the River Wey, looking downstream, showed the former Town Wharf. Many…

Where Is This? No.43

By David Rose Sixteen replies to last week’s mystery pictures – that’s the highest amount so far. Think everyone recognised the shop as being on the corner of High Street…

Parke’s People No.13: The Rev’d John Samuel Bewly Monsell

In the latest of an occasional series about people who have a connection with Guildford in one way or another, Bernard Parke recalls the Rev’d John Samuel Bewly Monsell, composer of hymns and poetry…

Where Is This? No. 42

By David Rose The regular readers were not distracted by the snowy conditions in last week’s mystery photo and easily recognised it as the entrance to Guildford railway station. I…