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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…
Cab You Identify These Locations? (8)
by David Rose The previous post featured Westbury House in Buryfields and was correctly identified by Carol Norris and Ian Plowman. Carol’s reply is interesting, as she thinks the original…
From Woodbridge Park To Western Australia
by David Rose Building work is nearing completion on the new store for trade and DIY retailer Wickes at Woodbridge Road in Guildford. It is on the site of a…
Can You Identify These Locations? (6)
by David Rose A number of readers identified last week’s two mystery pictures. Yes, the first picture was indeed at Kingpost in Burpham at the junction of London Road and…
Early 20th-century Guildford Artists Have Left Their Mark
by David Rose Guildford appears to have been a popular place for artists during the first couple of decades of the 20th century with their work published on picture postcards and…
Can You Identify These Locations? (3)
by David Rose Well done to Carol Norris and David and Ann Bailey who correctly identified the previous mystery pictures. St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church was indeed in Chertsey Street.…
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