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Can You Identify These Locations? (27)
by David Rose Well done to all those who correctly identified last week’s mystery picture locations. The first photo was an early 1900s view of the Upper High Street. See…
Baths Were For Making Waves Or Having A Good Wash
by David Rose At one time Guildfordians went to a public venue in the town for one of only two things – to have a swim or a good wash!…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Down By The Riverside
by David Rose Guildford’s river frontage, between the Town Bridge and the Onslow Street bridge, has certainly changed over the years, as these photos show. It’s an area that was…
Temperance Tavern In The Town
by David Rose Collectors like me who are also keen on local history often come together over objects that have something in common. Trade token collector and historian John Theobald…
Can You Identify These Locations? (9)
by David Rose The mystery house featured in the previous ‘locations’ post is indeed in Waterden Road – as correctly identified by Caroline Reeves. It is called Ravenscroft, and is…
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