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GBC Council Leader Resigns Suddenly In the Wake of GVG Challenge
The Leader of Guildford Borough Council, Tony Rooth, has resigned suddenly following increased tension within the Tory group caused by an embarrassing legal challenge from the Guildford Vision Group. The…
Where Is This? No.23
By David Rose Lots of replies to last week’s puzzles with many recognising the plaque as being in the Castle Grounds. To see all the replies click here and go…
Days of the Guildford Co-operative Society and the ‘Divi’
Local historians David Rose and Stan Newman, along with trade token collector and historian John Theobald, tell the story of the once well known Guildford & District Co-operative Society. From…
Time Ladies and Gentlemen Please! – Does the Demise of Guildford Pubs Matter?
By Martin Giles My great-grandmother was a bit of a character. She was a brown-ale-drinking, Players-Weights-smoking (at 85 she could still blow a mean smoke-ring), Victorian lady that liked to…
Guildford Students Gather to Receive Excellent GCSE Results
After weeks of waiting, students across Guildford this morning dropped into their respective schools to pick up their GCSE results. Guildford MP Anne Milton said: “I just want to say…
Guildford Houses Unaffordable For Many Local People – Local Councillors Comment
A new study of average salaries compared with property prices showed that Guildford, Cambridge and Oxford were the least affordable. The result is that many local people find themselves priced…
GBC Chief Exec To Speak at Shopping Centre Conference
David Hill, Guildford Borough Council’s Chief Executive, is to speak at a British Council of Shopping Centres (BCSC) conference in Liverpool on 10 September, an event at which retail expert…
Steam Power Draws Railwayman’s Nostalgic Ramblings
By David Rose There’s a kind of power and draw that steam locomotives have that are like no other inventions made by man. This is especially true when it comes…
Steep Rise in Redundancies at Guildford Borough Council
Redundancies at our ‘morale-hit’ GBC have shot up from five in the accounting year 2010-11 to 37 (31 compulsory) in the year 2011-12, costing taxpayers nearly £800,000. The number of…
Ben’s Collector’s Records is a Shop Like No Other
There probably isn’t a record sleeve on the planet that Ben Darnton hasn’t seen at one time or another. From rock to jazz, blues to folk, classical to opera, and…
See Dragon story: GBC’s Explanation of Major Land Sale Notice Error ‘Borders on Arrogant’ Says Councillor
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