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<p>From left, local historian Dr Roy Waight, Farnham Society chair Richard Hunt, Farnham Maltings chief executive Peter Glanville, specialist brick conservator Emma Simpson, and conservation consultant Graham Abrey at the Willmer House event.</p>

Hundreds turn out for historic house event

<p>Workers with a Hammer Brick Works steam wagon in Haslemere during the brickworks' heyday.</p>

The lost brickworks that helped build Haslemere

<p>Moushill Lane in Milford.</p>

The remarkable history of a quiet Surrey lane

<p>Gracious Street in Selborne where FC Barcelona founder Walter Wild lived.</p>

The link between Selborne and FC Barcelona

<p>Farnham Flame on Woolmead buildings – FH 8th July 1966 </p>

The heat is on as Farnham Flame rises again

<p>A plane pictured on The Butts in Alton in the early days of aviation</p>

When you could buy a plane in Alton

<p>Agricultural land to the south-west of the Ham Barn roundabout was earmarked for a crematorium.</p>

Badgers and the death of a crematorium scheme

<p>The late HRH Queen Elizabeth goes for a walk in the woods while visiting QECP in August 1976.</p>

Going back to its roots: The beginning of QECP

<p>A selection of shells from Haslemere Museum’s extensive natural history collection.</p>

Museum has a shell of a story to tell

<p>The County of Middlesex sign on the Hertfordshire-London boundary.</p>

The rise, fall and rise of Middlesex?

<p>Edgar Harding August with his team of Shire horses in Alton,</p>

When giant horses were the pride of the town

<p>There's a century of history behind Luff's Farm Shop & Garden Centre in Headley.</p>

A Luff's story worth celebrating

<p>An historic postcard of an airship.</p>

When airships filled East Hampshire's skies

<p>Hampshire County Council chairman, Maurice Jones, opened Bordon Library in June 1986.</p>

The story continues as library marks 40 years

<p>A snapshot of some of the 2,000 Labour members and supporters who attended a garden party in Passfield in July 1926.</p>

Future MP blossomed at Labour garden party in Passfield

<p>"Amey" was found in a dilapidated state before being restored.</p>

Peeps into the Past: Legoland locomotive finds new home near Farnham

<p>The bird displays at Haslemere Educational Museum, which inspired Max Nicholson's lifelong passion for conservation.</p>

How a Surrey museum inspired a conservation pioneer

<p>Towers of smoke over Hindhead from the huge heathland blaze in Thursley.</p>

What a scorcher! A look back at the scorching summer of 1976

<p>The Town Hall in Farnham, Quebec.</p>

How the American War of Independence created another Farnham

<p>Cuckoo's Corner in Holybourne.</p>

Peeps into the Past: The history behind Cuckoo’s Corner

<p>Relatives of Henryk Zygalski unveil the plaque in his memory at the Liss RBL Club.</p>

Liss RBL pays tribute to Enigma code-breaker

<p>An AI-generated impression of Lady Monica Bullough during the extravagant Edwardian-era parties held at Kinloch Castle.</p>

The Frensham divorcee who scandalised high society

<p>Champneys Forest Mere.</p>

The remarkable women of Forest Mere

<p>This year's Canada Day service took place in Liphook Junior School because of the heat.</p>

Candle burns for Canada as Liphook remembers WWI heroes

<p>The Trimmer Almhouses on West Street.</p>

Peeps into the Past: A century of care in West Street

<p>Artist's impression of Colonel Edward Marcus Despard and his wife, Catherine, in the Bay of Honduras, now Belize, where the couple lived during Despard's time as a colonial administrator. </p>

Peeps into the Past: Farnham men's link to a grisly execution