• Celtic Fiddle Folk Festival at G Live

  By mattcollison at 12:07 on 22/05/13

  

  FOLK music fans have a treat in store at Guildford's G Live with a performance by the Celtic Fiddle Festival. Fiddlers Kevin Burke from Ireland, Christian Lemaître, of Brittany, France, and André Brunet of Quebec, Canada will celebrating the violin in all its folk forms at the London Road venue at 7.30pm on Monday June 10. They are joined by French guitarist Nicholas Quemener for an evening of musical traditions and...

• Water slides to be installed at Guildford Lido

  By mattcollison at 10:45 on 21/05/13

  

  WATER slides will be making a splash at Guildford Lido this summer. Three flumes and a toddler slide are part of the Stoke Park outdoor pool's £504,000 upgrade, set to be agreed by councillors on May 23. Swimmers will be required to pay an extra fee to use the flumes, due to open in July.  Cllr Jen Powell, Guildford Borough Council member for tourism, said: "Guildford Lido is a fantastic place to spend time this summer,...

• Surrey Sports Park gets £116,000 National Lottery funding

  By mattcollison at 10:05 on 20/05/13

  

  GUILDFORD'S Surrey Sports Park is set to help more local people get into sport thanks to £115,833 of National Lottery funding from Sport England's Community Sport Activation Fund. The Sports Park's newly announced 'Game on Guildford' project is among 32 projects to receive a share of £5.1 million of funding to support grassroots sport activity across the country and build a lasting legacy from last year's successful...

• Live classical music in Guildford to get funding reprise

  By mattcollison at 10:51 on 17/05/13

  

  A NEW group of musicians is tuning up for a reprisal of live classical music performances in Guildford after the demise of Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra (GPO). Guildford Borough Council pulled the plug on funding on GPO in March, bringing a 68 year partnership with the now disbanded orchestra to an end. Two council staff lost their jobs as a result of the closure in a move which saved the council about £100,000. But the...

• Woman's appeal to find long-lost cousin

  By mattcollison at 11:36 on 15/05/13

  

  A WOMAN has appealed for help in finding her long-lost cousin who moved to Guildford in the 1950s.  Glenda Gardiner is seeking her cousin James S Youngs who married Patricia F Gill at Hull, Yorkshire in the 1950's.  James and Patricia left Hull and went to live in Guildford where they had three children, two girls and one boy.  Glenda said: "If you can help me any way it would be very much appreciated. I can be...

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