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<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

<p>How a UFO over Farnham might look.</p>

Peeps into the Past: Close encounters over Surrey's skies

<p>An AI-generated image of Edgar Mittelholzer in Farnham in the 1960s.</p>

Peeps into the Past: The tragic tale of a Farnham literary pioneer

<p>How it all began: Badshot Lea WMC owes its current existence to the creation of a bowling green.</p>

Badshot Lea Working Man's Club has always been a village hub

<p>The Heath End class of 1976 is meeting up at the Six Bells this Saturday.</p>

Golden years: Back to class for Heath End School cohort of 1976

<p>An AI-generated impression of Henry of Blois in medieval Farnham.</p>

Peeps into the Past: The medieval bishop who built Farnham

<p>Ditcham Park School in 1976. The independent school south of Petersfield is nearing its 50th anniversary.</p>

Ditcham Park memories sought in school's golden year

<p>An AI-rendered image depicting how Farnham may have looked during the Black Death in 1348.</p>

The deadliest year in Farnham's history

<p>Violet with the author in the 1970s.</p>

The haunting of 22 Chapel Street

<p>A portrait of Florence Nightingale by Henry Haring.</p>

Peeps into the Past: Farnham’s connections to Florence Nightingale

<p>Ewbank’s consultant specialist Denise Kelly with the rediscovered Morecambe & Wise script.</p>

Lost Morecambe and Wise script up for auction

<p>Sir David Attenborough is all smiles at a book signing with Errol Fuller at Petersfield's One Tree Books in 2013.</p>

Petersfield's rock star welcome for Sir David Attenborough

<p>The tallest man in recorded history, Robert Wadlow, with his father. (Wikimedia - public domain)</p>

Peeps into the Past: The giant who put the other Alton on the map