Participants report on an enjoyable trip to Guildford’s twin city (Guildford, of course, is still a town) by members Guildford-Freiburg Association… Twenty one members and friends of the Guildford-Freiburg Association…
August 4, 2012 / No Comment / Read MoreGuildford’s Victorian gentlemen, and ladies, who frequented one local barber could certainly come away with more than a haircut or a shave. John Norton also sold his own hair pomade,…
July 31, 2012 / No Comment / Read MoreFrom Brother Adrian Risdon, St Cross, Winchester Please forgive this eccentric enquiry. For decades my best friend and I have had a running argument over whether or not one pronounces…
June 18, 2012 / 2 Comments / Read MoreLast-minute arrangements and finishing touches are being made ahead of this weekend’s diamond jubilee celebrations. There are a number of events taking place in the borough over the next few…
May 31, 2012 / No Comment / Read MoreDavid Rose delves into his collection of Guildford photographs and artefacts with a royal theme Guildfordians appear to have gone to town and celebrated wholeheartedly every time there has been…
May 29, 2012 / 2 Comments / Read MoreIn the fourth of an occasional series about people who are now sometimes forgotten, but who have a connection with Guildford in one way or another, Bernard Parke recalls Sammy Davis, one…
May 21, 2012 / No Comment / Read MoreUnion Flags have been hung across the High Street this week as Guildford gears up to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. A number of events are taking place locally over…
May 18, 2012 / No Comment / Read Moreby David Rose One hundred or so years ago you didn’t squeeze your toothpaste or face cream from a plastic tube – it came in a small glazed ceramic pot…
April 27, 2012 / 3 Comments / Read MoreThe town of Godalming responded quickly to the news of the sinking of the Titanic and the story of the bravery of the ship’s chief wireless officer, Jack Phillips. The…
April 25, 2012 / No Comment / Read MoreYou don’t have to go far in Guildford to see that Archbishop George Abbot has left his mark on the town. You can’t miss his famous almshouse, Abbot’s Hospital, at…
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