St Andrew’s church in 1905 (courtesy of Mrs Vera Wilkinson) For 75 years, almost every picture postcard of Cranleigh Common included a view of the large ...

Bruford’s Brewery in the early 20th century The Vanished Bruford’s Brewery It is amazing that such a large and substantial building as Bruford’s Steam ...

Forges and Smithies This picture of the forge on the Common probably shows Shadrach Trussler and his son Michael The number of people with the surname ...

Cranleigh Arts Centre is pleased to partner and host the Secret WW2 Learning Network, a registered educational charity promoting knowledge and understanding of ...

The Vanished Workhouse It may come as a surprise to hear that Cranleigh had its own workhouse. There are no known drawings of it, and it was before ...

New Barn School, in Broadbridge Heath, is a special needs school for around 25 students, all of them on the autistic spectrum. To help students be aware of the ...

Now that the centenary of the Great War has passed, the ‘Joy of Cranleigh’ feature will aim to present several Vanished Buildings of Cranleigh... The Vanished ...

Cranleigh’s Village Hall until 1933 (Frith photo of 1904). Election meetings took place here in 1918. On Saturday, December 14th, Christmas shopping was not ...

Continued from our September issue 'Graffiti Hooligans' Unfortunately the first resistance to German occupation was not well organised: there were groups of ...

How did the people of Cranleigh learn the momentous news of November 11th, without television or even radio? The answer is, in a very low-key manner. The ...

Loxwood Primary School is looking for enthusiastic individuals who are committed and willing to give up a little of their time to help with the ongoing running ...

Cranleigh School’s sanatorium, which could not cope with the number of Spanish Flu victims Ruth and Chris Cheesman of Victoria Road received further news ...