Guildford Guildhall
What's on at the Guildhall
Gertrude Jekyll and Munstead Wood: the home of the 'artist-gardener'
This event is now fully booked
Date: Thursday 6 February
National Trust Curator Dr Caroline Ikin will explore Jekyll's contribution to art, craft, and gardening through the home she created at Munstead Wood. Dr Ikin will share research undertaken as the house and garden are restored and Jekyll's legacy reappraised.
This event is now fully booked.
Image: ©National Trust/Hugh Mothersole
Sixty Years On
Date: Thursday 6 March
The 1960s were a decade of change in Britain and Guildford, and our Royal Grammar School epitomised the battle between old and new. This true, and often amusing, story is told by ex-pupil Keith Browning, an eyewitness to the turmoil.
Image: © Keith Browning
Exploring My Local Railways
Date: Thursday 10 April
To mark 200 years of the modern railway local historian Alan Norris will be tracing the development of railways in west Surrey where there is a multiplicity of lines. The talk will include objects from the early railways which can still be seen in situ.
William Harvey, Ladies Wear Specialist
Date: Thursday 1 May
Nick Bale, Chairman of the Friends of Guildford Museum, will talk about William Harvey a key public figure locally in the first half of the 20th century. He founded Harvey's of Guildford department store and was an active mayor of Guildford leaving an enduring legacy in the form of Guildford Lido.
The Red Rover Stagecoach
Date: Thursday 5 June
In the heyday of horse-drawn coaches in the 1800s, the Red Rover Stagecoach travelled daily from London to Southampton, changing horses at a network of coaching inns. When residents in Normandy told John Squier they remembered seeing the coach in the 1950s, he had to find out more.