British troops blinded by gas on April 10th 1918 at an Advanced Dressing Station near Béthune (Imperial War Museum) British civilians faced more and more ...
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William Heath Robinson’s ‘Spring-cleaning the Ark’ (1925) In March 1918, a new family moved into ‘The Copse’ at the corner of Horsham Road and Grove Road. ...
The wartime wedding of Albert Kevern and Olive Streeter, with the bride’s parents on either side of them, and several soldier friends. The bridegroom’s parents ...
A conspicuous lack of animals at Guildford cattle market in Woodbridge Road in January 1918 (David Rose, Guildford: Remembering 1914-18 (2014) By the end of ...
Elmbridge Road, early 20th century (courtesy of Michael Miller) In 1917 the Balls family lived at no. 7 Elmbridge Road. It was then known as ‘Jessamine ...
Cranleigh’s first garage opened in the Ewhurst Road, next to the White Hart, but as car sales mounted it moved to larger premises next to the Three Horseshoes ...
The Christmas season means so many different things to each one of us. It always brings back special memories of our own childhoods, giving and receiving ...
St Nicolas church, postcard post-marked 1910 (Francis Frith, courtesy of Mrs Vera Wilkinson) Food production, fund-raising, war deaths and injuries were all ...
The Surrey Hills Singing School is a family of choirs centred in Cranleigh and Guildford, attracting singers from as far afield as Dorking, Horsham, Woking, ...
Patients and staff at the Red Cross Auxiliary Hospital at Oaklands The group picture shows the patients and staff at the Red Cross Auxiliary Hospital at ...
After a challenging exam period, the Glebelands Year 11 students were able to let their hair down in celebration of finishing their GCSEs by attending their ...
(Pictured Above: The Cricket Ground, post-marked 1916) Last month, we saw Rennie Crick on leave at home in Cranleigh for ten days. When he came back to ...