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What It Was Like Here As Troops Left For The D-Day Landings
By David Rose Seventy years ago today (June 6) saw a significant turning point in the Second World War. It was D-Day and the Allies landed a huge armed force on the Normandy coast…
Uphill All The Way – The Idea
by Martin Giles It’s Edward Enfield’s fault. If he had not written that book I might not ever have wanted to do this. It started over ten years ago just…
Council Publishes Latest Local Plan Document
Guildford Borough Council has released its latest volume of a key Local Plan evidence base document. The Green Belt and Countryside Study (Volume V) pinpoints possible locations for housing and other development. The…
Birdwatcher’s Diary No.59
By Malcolm Fincham In contrast to last year, the first weeks of April began with a rapid transformation around our Surrey countryside with hedgerows and trees coming into leaf and…
Green Belt Petitions Cause Heated Debate – But No Change To Council Position
Calls by the Save Hogs Back and the Keep West Horsley in the Green Belt campaigns, to remove potential development areas from Local Plan consultations now, were rejected by Guildford…
Memories of Wartime: Stoughton 1944
Retired schoolteacher Roger Edwards spent his formative years in Stoughton. He has been writing about his own schooldays and here are some of his memories, this article recalling the year…
Annual Parade In Ash To Remember War Dead
The annual Remembrance Sunday parade in Ash was attended by Education Secretary and Surrey Heath MP, Michael Gove. He was joined by local councillors and members of uniformed organisations for the…
Dragon Interview: Karen Stevens – Save the Hog’s Back Campaign
Karen Stevens, a former journalist, was shocked to find that the green belt fields surrounding her home might become the site for a major housing development, over time, comprising nearly…
Parke’s People No.22. Ellen Stirling
In the latest of an occasional series about people who have a connection with Guildford in one way or another, Bernard Parke recalls the wife of the first governor of Western Australia, Ellen…
Ash Planning Decision – How the Councillors Voted – Includes Absentees
Below is a list showing how councillors voted on the motion to refuse the planning application for 400 new homes in Ash (source – Guildford Borough Council): For refusal of…
See Dragon story: GBC’s Explanation of Major Land Sale Notice Error ‘Borders on Arrogant’ Says Councillor
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