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Can You Identify These Locations? (21)

by David Rose Thanks for the replies last time around regarding the pictures of the transport cafe on the London Road. We’ll keep this one open and see if there…

George Abbot’s Forgotten Brother – Sir Maurice

by Valerie White Guildford’s most famous person in our nation’s history is, without doubt, George Abbot, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1611 until his death in 1633. However, little…

Can You Identify These Locations? (20)

by David Rose It’s been a couple of weeks since the last mystery pictures featuring snow scenes were posted. I have now added the two comments received. Ian Plowman correctly…

Can You Identify These Locations? (19)

By David Rose The mystery photos shown on the previous post appear to have stumped all of you. No suggestions at all to the location of the house that I…

Season’s Greetings Edwardian Style

By David Rose Would you send a Christmas greeting on a postcard? Well, the Edwardians were happy to do so. As the picture postcard craze swept through the UK in…

Can You Identify These Locations? (18) Updated

by David Rose Well done to Ian Plowman, David and Ann Bailey and Bernard Parke for once again identifying the locations on the previous post. The first picture was Onslow…

Almshouse Trustee Appeals For Missing Historic Archives

 by David Rose A call goes out to anyone who may know the whereabouts of a box, believed to contain some historic archive material, and a book from Guildford’s Stoke…

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…