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Council Says No To Bonfire Sculpture
Guildford will not have a controversial Guy Riots bonfire sculpture on the roundabout by the police station, at the town end of Woodbridge Road. The planning application to erect the…
Queues at Guildford Fuel Stations After Government’s Call to ‘Top Up’ Tanks
[thethe-image-slider name=”Petrol”] Queues were forming at petrol stations, which still had fuel, in Guildford on Thursday afternoon (March 29) in the wake of the Government’s advice to ‘top up’…
Sainsbury’s in Stoughton High Street – Whatever Next?
by David Rose Alice Gowing, Frank Sparrow and Teddy Lyons would never have believed it – a Sainsbury’s opening in Stoughton High Street! You may ask, who were they? Well,…
Rioting Guys Were In Other Surrey Towns
Retired Surrey firefighter Ron Shettle has researched and written extensively on the history of fire fighting. Here he adds some interesting facts about the rowdy and often violent behaviour that…
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…
Can You Identify These Locations? (24)
by David Rose Our regular location spotters, the Baileys and Bernard Parke, had little trouble correctly naming the Drummond Arms in Woodbridge Road, Guildford, and the White Hart in Wood…
Can You Identify These Locations? (18) Updated
by David Rose Well done to Ian Plowman, David and Ann Bailey and Bernard Parke for once again identifying the locations on the previous post. The first picture was Onslow…
Belief For Centuries That Surrey’s Water Can Cure Ailments
By David Rose Does the water from the Surrey Hills contain healing properties? It would certainly seem that over the years people have believed so. The spring at St Catherine’s, beside Ferry…
What’s In A Road Name?
By David Rose Have you ever wondered about the origin of a particular road name in the Guildford area? Could it be named after a once well-known person, a corruption…
Remember, Remember The Guildford Guy Riots
by David Rose This summer’s riots across the UK shocked us all. However, this kind of behaviour is, unfortunately, nothing new. In the mid-19th century Guildford witnessed a number of…
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