by Penny Lynch Christmas is a season filled with joy and celebration, but it can also bring excess waste and consumption. With a little thought and ...

Civic Societies developed across England reflecting the Civic values of their populations.  Campaigns to ‘get something done’ have helped to create arguments ...

by Trevor Dale Main Photo: Some of the instruments and medicines used in Victorian times. This month we would like to express our gratitude to ...

Last year, the Social Heritage Project successfully arranged the Cranleigh Christmas lunch in just 11 days, however, it is exhausting carrying out the main ...

Peter Bavestock, retired businessman and amateur climber I guess I started climbing later in life than perhaps most people do nowadays.  Today, there are ...

Cranleigh’s annual Bonfire & Fireworks celebrations started in the late 1940’s when a group of local teenagers (The Bonfire Boys) who lived in Ewhurst ...

by Simone Conti Chickpeas & Pumpkin Soup - Serves 4 This heart warming soup includes some of the best vegetables in season for November, it is a ...

by Joy Horn // Main Image - Baptist chapel in 1932: the 'schoolroom' was a detached building at the back At the foot of this advert for Dan Clare’s ...

Recipe: take two small pebbles and hold one in each hand. Now tap one against the other. What you can hopefully hear is very much like the call of the ...

by Miki Marks As the deciduous trees shed their leaves in the autumn, some Surrey woods reveal historical secrets.  Have you ever wondered why there are ...