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Working On The Railway By Bob Hind And His Award-winning Staff Magazine
This is the second instalment of Bob Hind’s memories – this time his career on the railways based first at Woking and then London Waterloo, plus the staff magazine he…
Bob The Butcher at Bernard’s In the 1970s
A reader from Porstmouth, Bob Hind, noticed some correspondence on the Guildford Dragon about butcher’s shops that were once in North Street. He got in touch saying he worked for one of them…
Opinion: A Tale of Two Meetings
By Martin Giles “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the…
Lovelace By-Election – Candidate Interview – Ben Paton Conservative
The Conservative nomination for the Lovelace by-election has been announced. It is Ben Paton an Ockham resident, a member of the Guildford Greenbelt Group and a vociferous opponent of the…
Lovelace By-Election – Candidate Interview – Colin Cross Lib Dem
The Liberal Democrats were the first to announce a candidate nomination for the Guildford Borough Council by-election in Lovelace ward, in the north-east of Guildford borough covering Ripley, Wisley and…
My Direct Family Link With The Great War
By Martin Giles A hundred years seems like a long time. Few of us live that long and given that we can remember little of our first few years the…
Letter: Extra Lanes and Extra Houses Will Not Solve Our Problems
From Adrian Atkinson Proposals for extra fourth and fifth lanes for our roads reminds me of an ancient Ben Elton sketch describing additional lanes on the M25. He compared it…
Letter: Government Should Let the Steam Out of the South East Pressure Cooker
From John Robson You can tweak the timing of the traffic signals on both Egerton Road and the “gyratory” which might allow you “press the pedal to metal” for the…
Dragon Interview – Julian Lyon – Guildford Society Spokesman on the Local Plan
Julian Lyon is a member of The Guildford Society charged with leading its contribution to the Local Plan. Here, in his thoughtful responses, we find out a little more about his…
Letter: Two Wheeled Transport Is A Better Solution Than Congestion Charging
From John Robinson Whenever traffic congestion is mentioned, why is congestion charging always seen as the answer? Isn’t it just an opportunity for even more taxes? I commute by scooter,…
See Dragon story: GBC’s Explanation of Major Land Sale Notice Error ‘Borders on Arrogant’ Says Councillor
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