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Update: Who Recalls Pleasure Trips Along The Wey Navigation In The 1960s On The Narrowboat Arcturus II?

By David Rose Back in the 1960s there was a narrowboat that gave pleasure trips along the River Wey Navigations and further afield too. (The story was published on June…

Were You There? Westborough Cub Pack And A Local Band At The Drummond Arms

The picture seen here, taken in about 1960, features the St Francis’ cubs pack from Westborough. The photo was emailed by David Reading who says his late brother Alan, who…

Were You At Guildford or Godalming To See This Special Train in 1959?

Back in 1959 Guildford railway station and Godalming Goods Yard witnessed a special train to celebrate the centenary of the Portsmouth Direct Route. Were you at either of the locations,…

Were You There? – Surrey Union Hunt Meeting

Fox hunting is a controversial subject. But here are two photos of the Surrey Union Hunt moving down the Upper High Street past the Royal Grammar School in, we suspect,…

Were You There? Barrel Racing in Guildford High Street

Dragon reader Graham Richings kindly submitted some images from slides taken by his father in the 1960s and 70s. Among them were these two images apparently of some sort of…

Flashback To Trafalgar Day Parade in 1958 and Guildford’s Sea Cadets

Today, Friday, October 21, marks Trafalgar Day, and these pictures show Guildford’s TS Queen Charlotte Sea Cadets providing the guard of honour at the parade in London on that day in 1958. Sent…

A Look At Pupils From Stoughton Schools – Extra Names Required

Reader John Lomas, who now lives in Lancashire, has emailed these pictures that feature pupils who attended schools in Stoughton in the 1950s. He has supplied some details and names. But some…

Westborough School In the 1940s – Were You There?

By David Rose Here are some photos of Westborough School and nursery school from my collection, mostly dating back to the 1940s and one perhaps into the 1950s. I feature them following two…

Were You There? No.2

By David Rose Here’s the second of an occasional series that features old photos of events and things going on in Guildford, and which your memories of and extra details would be most welcome.…

Were You There? No.1

By David Rose Here’s the first of a new occasional series that features old photos of events and things going on in Guildford, and which your memories of and details would be…