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Month: November 2019

The Guildford Dragon

Posted on November 27, 2019January 17, 2021

The Guildford Dragon is the town’s online newspaper and we are lucky to have it. It has been reporting on local issues since 2012. Founded by David Rose, former editor of the Surrey Advertiser and Martin Giles a former reporter it is a wonderful chronicle of modern history, a valuable source of local history and,…

Guildford Dragon History Articles

Posted on November 24, 2019January 17, 2021

Since 2012 the Guildford Dragon online newspaper has published several hundred articles on local history in addition to its daily news. Here I list about 130 articles covering topics such as Places (22), People (9), Industry (6), Entertainment (mostly RocknRoll Years) (22), Events e.g. floods, great storm, guy riots (5), traditions (5), Wey Navigation (4),…

Guildford Town Guides

Posted on November 2, 2019January 17, 2021

Visit the Guildford Town Guides website The Guildford Town Guides were originally established over 30 years ago. In 1984 Matthew Alexander, Curator of Guildford Museum, started a series of courses on Guildford History. The courses were supplemented by a set of notes on various Guildford topics. At the end of the course, Matthew suggested forming…

The Guildford Society

Posted on November 2, 2019January 17, 2021

Visit The Guildford Society website At the vanguard of preserving the town has been the Guildford Society. Nothing illustrates this better than the presence of Lloyds Bank in Guildford High Street. The historic frontage supports the banks image and adds to the High Street and the story behind its survival is a good one. The…

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