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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…
Can You Identify These Locations? (13)
by David Rose A dead heat between the Baileys and Bernard Parke who both correctly identified the pictures last time around – the first being the site beside the River…
Remember, Remember The Guildford Guy Riots
by David Rose This summer’s riots across the UK shocked us all. However, this kind of behaviour is, unfortunately, nothing new. In the mid-19th century Guildford witnessed a number of…
A Zeppelin Memorial For St Catherine’s?
By David Rose While spending a few days in Edinburgh earlier this week, I snapped this photo of a memorial to an air raid by a German Zeppelin airship during the…
Calling Former 9th Guildford Scouts
By David Rose Open invite to a special parade service at Guildford United Reformed Church on Sunday, November 27. 9th Guildford Scouts pictured in the 1920s. Former members of the…
Has Rubbish Put Paid to Stoke Lock’s Place In History?
by David Rose Guildford’s Stoke Lock, on the Wey Navigation, should perhaps be better known within the UK’s history of inland waterways.The fact that the area around it has long…
Can You Identify These Locations? (12)
by David Rose Well done to Carol, Mike and Bernard for correctly identifying the locations last time around. See their posts at the foot of Can You Identify These Locations?…
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