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31 January 2004

Harvey Gallery 28 January 2004

The latest exhibition at the Harvey Gallery is a students' exhibition called "Concepts of Self". This exhibition is well worth a visit and will close on 7 February. To see more photos click here.

HTAG Coffee Morning 28 January 2004

Despite the icy conditions and the treacherous pavements, there was a good turn out for the coffee morning, with the usual warm welcome at Rogues Wine Bar. To see more photos click here.

Guildford Cathedral

Early morning photos of Guildford cathedral. To see a few more click here.

29 January 2004

Jumble Sale

Saturday 31 January, 11.00 am at Burpham Primary School. Help raise funds for the school. They would also appreciate any jumble you may have for them to sell. It can be left at the school on the morning of the sale.

27 January 2004

Babysitting Service

Reliable babysitter available. Ring Lizzie on 07909 790192.

HTAG Road Reps Meeting - December 2003

The Minutes of the last Road Reps meeting can now be viewed on site by clicking here.

HTAG and Local Events

Events at major venues can be found by accessing the relevant web page through our Links section. To submit an event for inclusion on the HTAG Events page go to Contact Us. Car Boot Sales, School/Church/Club Fundraising, Garage Sales, Social events - no event too small!

26 January 2004

The Friary Development

There will be an exhibition of Westfield's new proposals on Level 2 of The Friary Shopping Centre from Tuesday 27 January for 4 weeks. HTAG has been invited to meet representatives of Westfield to make comments on the latest scheme on behalf of its members. Please visit the exhibition and let us know what you think by Tuesday 10 February.

Holy Trinity Junior School

There will be an opportunity to see and discuss the latest plans to build flats and a new hall at Holy Trinity Junior School on the following dates: 29 January from 4.00 pm to 8.00 pm; 30 January from 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm; 31 January from 10.00 am to noon. The plans have been significantly modified since they were last submitted and this is your chance to decide what you think before they are sent to GBC. HTAG will comment so please let us have your views.

Guildford Society

Gay Umney, Social Secretary of the Guildford Society, invites you to their next meeting on Thursday 12 February in room 3, The Old Council Offices, Millmead. The doors will open at 7.15 pm. The guest speaker is John Davey, Head of Environmental Planning.

HTAG Winter Walk

Two hours easy walking round Pirbright on Saturday 7 February, followed by a pub lunch. If you don't want to walk, come for the lunch. Please contact Christopher de Chazal for further details on ccdechazal@yahoo.co.uk or 566851.

Harvey Gallery

There will be a students' Exhibition entitled "Concepts of Self" from 26 January to 7 February at the gallery in Harvey Road. If you can't make the exhibition, look out for photos on the website in the near future.

Farmers' Market

The next Farmers' Market will be on Tuesday 3 February from 11.30 am to 3.30 pm in the High Street.

Guildford Rambling Club

The next walk will be a constitutional from Cranleigh starting at 10.00 am from the car park at the rear of Somerfields in Cranleigh. The distance will be approximately 10 miles, with lunch at the Kings Head, Holmbury St Mary.

National Touring Exhibitions

For details of storytelling for families and free lunchtime talks email guildfordhouse@guildford.gov.uk. A link to their website will shortly appear on this site.

The Mayor's Lectures

The title of the next lecture is "Dilemmas in Development: Poverty, Aid and Debt". This will be held in Holy Trinity Church on Tuesday 17 February at 7.30 pm.

07 January 2004

Guildford Hydro Project

David Harnett at the Environmental Planning Department at Guildford Borough Council has submitted information on the Guildford Hydro Project. To find out more and to pass your views on to Mr Harnett at GBC, click here.

04 January 2004

Happy New Year

A Happy New Year to all our members and visitors!

Shalford Tennis Club

There is a new section on the website for Clubs where you can find out more about the Shalford Tennis Club, and read last year's Newsletter. If you would like information about your club included on the website, please go to the Clubs and Societies Submission Page.

Societies

There are many societies in and around Guildford, including Pewley Down Conservation Volunteers, the Ward Street Institute, and the Wey Valley Decorative and Fine Arts Society. Information on these can be found by going to the new Societies section on the website. If you would like information on your society included on the site, please go to the Clubs and Societies Submission Page.

Local Business

Michelle Baxter runs her own beauty salon from her home in Godalming. For further details click here. If you run a small, local business and would like to place an advertisement or submit information for inclusion on the site, visit the Contact Us page.

Carol Singing

Two carol singing parties set out on Wednesday 17 December, to raise money for the local charity, Crossroads. A large group of children, organised by Gina Redpath, started at 6.oo pm and sang their way along Addison Road and part of Harvey Road before retiring for a well-earned mince pie and a drink. The adult party met at 7.30 pm and took in 5 roads and 2 pubs. Afterwards we enjoyed baked potatoes and mulled wine provided by Ruth Coleman. Altogether we raised about 150 for Crossroads, 3 times more than we collected last year. May I thank all those who turned out on a cold night and sang so well, and also those who organised the refreshments which warmed those parts the cold weather had reached an hour earlier

The Mayor's Lectures

The next lecture, to be held at 7.30 pm on Tuesday 20 January at the Management School Lecture Theatre, University of Surrey, is called "Sleep: A Rhythmic Necessity", by Dr Derk-Jan Dijk who is the Director of the Surrey Sleep Research Centre.

Thomas Branson

Mr Tom Branson passed away recently on the Isle of Wight where he spent many happy Retirement years. He married Queenie (Jane) Wheeler at St. Saviours, Guildford, 65 years ago after joining the choir after moving from his native Abingdon to work for Pimms. He later worked for John Perrings for many years, living in Charlotteville, where he was an active member of both Holy Trinity and St. Luke's (now Addison House) communities. He laid the 'Tree of Life' carpet in St. Luke's Chapel, and ran the Youth Club in the Hall next door. Tom was cremated on the Isle of Wight, and his ashes were interred with his mother and twin sister in Abingdon on All Saints Day

St Mary's Church

The tower is the oldest part of St Mary's and it is best to start a tour of the church there, at its base. The Saxon settlers in this area would have become Christians in the 600's, and there was probably a timber church on this spot. In about 1050 the church was rebuilt in stone. Only the tower survives of the Saxon work. For more information on St Mary's click here. For more photos of the interior click here.

Holy Trinity Church

Holy Trinity, Guildford's civic church, is the only large Georgian church in Surrey. The medieval church on this site was destroyed when the tower and steeple collapsed in 1740; in 1763 a new church was built in the Palladian style, and this now comprises the nave of the present church. Holy Trinity is therefore rather unusual in that it dates from just after London's 'Classical' churches but predates the large number of 'Gothic' churches built in Queen Victoria's reign. For more information about Holy Trinity click here. For more photos of the interior click here.

HTAG Music Evening

On Friday night members gathered together at 17 Austen Road to enjoy a music evening with a French theme. HTAG members are obviously a very talented bunch and a good time was had by all. At the interval there was an opportunity to socialise and enjoy excellent food and wine. For more photos click here.

Pewley Down Conservation Volunteers

Last Wednesday morning the volunteers met at 10.00 am at the top of Pewley Hill and followed the Ranger's truck to the area to be cleared. After a talk on the morning's work by the Ranger, Brian Parnell, the volunteers helped themselves from the selection of tools made available and set to work under his direction. For more photos click here.

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