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Can You Identify These Locations? (17)

By David Rose Woking Road was featured in the previous post, with John Pettett correctly recognising it and naming the houses as being built by motor manufacturer Dennis Bros, for…

Scout Parade Success – But A Mystery To Be Solved

by David Rose A celebration and reunion for St Nicolas 9th Guildford Scout Group filled Guildford United Reformed Church in Portsmouth Road on Sunday morning. The 1930s stained glass window with the…

Belief For Centuries That Surrey’s Water Can Cure Ailments

By David Rose Does the water from the Surrey Hills contain healing properties? It would certainly seem that over the years people have believed so. The spring at St Catherine’s, beside Ferry…

Can You Identify These Locations? (16)

By David Rose Caroline Reeves was correct in naming the Barfax Works, that was at one time the name of the premises seen last time around. It was the home…

Can You Identify These Locations? (15)

By David Rose A number of suggestions to the locations of the pictures in the previous post were right, some were wrong. Caroline Reeves was the only one to get…

Scout Group Still Going Strong After 102 Years

By David Rose This Sunday, November 27, will see a parade service at 10.30am, at the United Reformed Church, Portsmouth Road, Guildford, by members of the St Nicolas 9th Guildford Group.…

Focus On Weybourne House and Masonic Lodges

By David Rose The South West Surrey Masonic Centre near Guildford town centre is tucked away off Hitherbury Close, between the Portsmouth Road and the River Wey. The following facts about…

Can You Identify These Locations? (14)

by David Rose Well done to everyone who successfully recognised the mystery pictures last time, writes David Rose. They were the Newlands Corner Hotel (now the Manor House Hotel, Newlands Corner,…

What’s In A Road Name?

By David Rose Have you ever wondered about the origin of a particular road name in the Guildford area? Could it be named after a once well-known person, a corruption…

Bottles Bricked Up For Nearly 200 Years

Nick Booth, assistant collections officer with Guildford Borough Council’s Heritage Service, writes about four old bottles that were found in a bricked-up chimney at a house in St Catherine’s Village. Earlier…