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BETWEEN 1948-58, Jean Buss (nee Heather) worked at ladies fashion house, Elaine, in Guildford’s upper High Street.
OUR local history book Guildford Remember When, by archives editor David Rose and honorary alderman Bernard Parke, has been flying off the shelves. 
A MAN from Devon who is researching his family history has written hoping someone may be able to help with a branch of it who lived in Guildford.
SINCE the story appeared here on February 1 about the Hurricane fighter crashing on a house in Robin Hood Road, Knaphill, on November 1, 1940, Angela Morley-Clarke of Mytchett has been in contact
The press officer for Holy Trinity and St Mary’s Churches, Mary Howard, tells the story of the restored chandelier that was presented to a member of the Maxwells in 1914, a distinguished military family, who have lived in Guildford for many years
IT may have originated in the USA, but an important development of blues music can be traced to the south of England in the mid 1960s.
WHILE the Sixties may have been swinging for many, Britain’s railway system was lunging towards a situation that others felt very sad about.
THE long-awaited new local history book from the Surrey Advertiser is now in the shops.
BACK in the 1970s, scores of young people took part in a popular Guildford-based table tennis coaching scheme.
IT’s sometimes referred to as a bit of a grey decade – that’s the one squeezed between the dramatic war years and the one where the Beatles got things swinging and Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the Moon.
AS Guildford was expanding 100 years ago, with firms such as Dennis Bros building its large factory at Woodbridge, a group of working men banded together to form a club where, in their spare time, they could socialise and enjoy a few beers.
THE headline refers to the cost of picture postcards offered by a pioneering photographer and
THERE were many calls with answers to the mystery picture of a room at the Manor House in Godalming, as seen in the Surrey Advertiser on January 12.
THE archives page story of when the Olympic flame was carried by runners through Guildford for the 1948 games in London has resulted in further details and pictures flying in.
HOW many people can spot themselves in this picture (right) of a VJ-Day party that took place on the Tilehouse estate off the Worplesdon Road, Guildford?
RESIDENTS from the scattered community around Pitch Place and Whitmoor Common, Worplesdon, came together for a party to celebrate VE-Day in 1945.
KEVIN Smith from Woking is interested in local and military history. Here he tells the story of two brothers from Woking who fought in the First World War
THE guy on the right of this picture is instantly recognisable, but who’s that with him?
CAN anyone name these ARP wardens whose command post was situated behind the Duke of Wellington pub in Farncombe during the Second World War?
ANYONE who enjoyed the local live music scene in the early 1960s will recall the chain of Ricky-Tick clubs across southern England.
“THERE were not many streets in Guildford during the [First World] War in which the wings of the Angel of Death were not heard or felt; and always in the homes that were passed by there was the haunting fear that the dread visitant would call another day.”
BY some diligent detective work, the fascinating story of a soldier and his Spanish wife who, in their later lives, came to Guildford to run the Two Brewers pub, has been uncovered.
SPENDING too long in the loo at Dennis Brothers factory in Guildford, when you should have been working, would certainly have come to the notice of the full-time attendant who was constantly on the look-out for skivers!
THE photo of members of 261 (Guildford) Squadron Air Training Corps featured in the Surrey Advertiser on November 25, caught the eye of Ernie Moseling of Guildford, as he is featured in the line up. Not only can he named all of the 50 cadets and offices, he has also written the following account of his time in the corps.
FROM details found in the archives at the Guildford Institute in Ward Street, local historian Stan Newman tells the story of the town’s 1922 carnival celebrations
THE village of Holmbury St Mary has had some interesting residents over the years. Not least at the house called Holmdale. Philip Gorton, a professional researcher who specialises in the history of buildings, has traced two of its former occupants.