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<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

<p>An historic photo of Alton High Street, showing where </p>

Peeps into the Past: The story of Alton’s first female healer

<p>A portrait of the famous Farnham journalist and politician William Cobbett</p>

Peeps into the Past: A link between Rowledge and William Cobbett

<p>Haslemere water carrier Hannah Oakford, the last known public water carrier in the town, delivering pails of water to local households. (Haslemere Museum)</p>

Haslemere’s thirsty past: Life before the tap

<p>Composer Joseph Haydn visited Farnham twice. (Public domain image via Wikimedia Commons)</p>

Peeps into the Past: When a musical genius passed through Farnham

<p>Civil War re-enactors recreate 17th century scenes, which was also depicted during Farnham’s 1910 historical pageant.</p>

Peeps into the Past: When 'pageant mania' swept the town

<p>Peter Beasley with a drawing of the brooch he discovered in a field near Buriton in 1989 and its reference to Halley's Comet.</p>

Tapestry announcement has detectorist seeing stars

<p>Farnham Castle played its part in the Second World War effort.</p>

Peeps into the Past: The war effort Farnham Castle kept under cover

<p>A plaque at the Treloar’s hospital site is one of the few reminders of the institution.</p>

Looking back on 1993's radio launch and hospital fight

<p>Woodworm damage in timber. Early research into treatments led to the founding of Rentokil in 1925.</p>

Peeps into the Past: Village roots of £5 billion pest control firm

<p>Sir Ray Tindle meets Queen Elizabeth II.</p>

End of an era for the Tindle family in Surrey and Hampshire local news

<p>The Old Parish Church of St John the Baptist in Greatham.</p>

Shedding new light on Margery's tomb in Greatham

<p>All Saints Church in Crondall. (Wikipedia)</p>

Peeps into the Past: The good curate of Crondall

<p>Sara and John Jervoise hosted the launch of Herriard, Records of the Life and Work in a Hampshire Village at Herriard House. Author Alex Craven is holding the book, watched by John Hare and Dr Jean Morrin of Victoria County History of Hampshire, and Mark Page of Victoria County History of Oxford.</p>

New book examines Herriard history in minute detail

<p>Nobel Prize winner Sir Owen Richardson lived at Chandos Lodge in Alton.</p>

Peeps into the Past: Town's forgotten Nobel Prize winner

<p>I've got a beef with you! Rival butchers came to blows in Critchmere outside a woman waiting for the milkman this year in 1936.</p>

Steaks were high when Haslemere butchers came to blows