Woking History and Nostalgia

Time Machine: From the archives

THE Tories gained a further two seats in the 1999 Woking elections at the expense of the Liberal Democrats.Read

How we reported it...domestic violence hits new high

From the Surrey Herald on MAY 13 1993Read

Street that defied the bulldozer of time

ALL the buildings shown here in Guildford Street, Chertsey, in 1912, still stand today.Read

Time Machine: From the archives

CHERTSEY lock keeper Paul King and his wife Bridget became the latest victims in a series of bold caravan thefts.Read

Time Machine: From the archives

10 years agoRead

How we reported it...airline plans 400-acre complex

From the Surrey Herald archives: APRIL 13 1973Read

Celebrating a Victorian society wedding

As St Valentine's Day rapidly approaches, many people's thoughts are turning to romance, and even marriage.Read

From the archives: Campaign to keep medieval tiles

A £2,000 appeal was launched to keep 11 medieval tiles in Chertsey.Read

From the Archives: Battle for a school crossing

Angry parents threatened to form a human barricade across Brighton Road, Addlestone, in an attempt to get a pedestrian crossing for children who attend Sayes Court Middle School.Read

From the archives

Cobham's Painshill Park was acknowledged as one of Europe's top heritage sites on February 4 1999.Read

How we reported it ... Edith's lucky escape

Walton pensioner Edith Olive had a miraculous escape when a 300-year-old cedar tree crashed through the roof of her third floor flat at the height of last Thursday's storm.Read

From the archives

January 28 1999: Walton's new hostel for the homeless was expected to open within nine months after receiving approval from Elmbridge Borough Council. Read

How we reported it ... the bell tolls for town's historic pub

A Chertsey businessman made a last-ditch call to the community to help save the historic The Bell pub from demolition in 1993.Read

Memories of deluge come flooding back

Heavy rainfall over the last week has left several roads in and around Chertsey flooded.Read

Vanguard had a stormy start

It's 50 years ago this week since the first Vickers Vanguard airliner flew from Brooklands, where it was designed and built. Read

Remembering the Princess Mary Village Home in Addlestone

Some 137 years ago the Princess Mary Village Home was opened in Addlestone to provide a place to live and a new start in life to children of broken homes. As one of its last remaining staff members dies, Emma Heseltine looks back at its history.Read

Fighting fire with local businessmen

Before the fire service was nationalised, volunteer fire stations were set up across Surrey, including one in Walton.Read

From the archives

10 years ago: January 14, 1999 ST PETER'S Hospital faced a crisis as a record 46 patients were left waiting for beds.Read

How we reported it...Guards on patrol at ruined building

Guards and dogs are on patrol around The Holloway Sanatorium to keep out thieves and vandals - as developers prepare to move in to the ruined building in Stroude Road, Virginia Water.Read

From the archives

10 years ago: January 8 1999 MANAGING directors of smaller companies in Surrey were warned that they must start taking responsibility for dealing with the Millennium computer bug, by Business Link Surrey.Read