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Alton relic of the Boer War became a ground-breaking hospital

<p>The former Princess Louise Hospital at Chawton Park, Alton, was reopened in 1908 by Sir William Purdie Treloar as a hospital for children with non-pulmonary tuberculosis (TB)</p>

Treloar's: How a relic of the Boer War became a pioneering hospital

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Twice lucky: record breaking mountaineer conquers Everest second time

<p>Rose Knowles, a resilient German war bride, found love and a new home in Britain after the Second World War</p>

Rose Knowles: A remarkable German war bride who embraced a new home

<p>Dickson Orde & Co's sweet cigarettes were made in Farnham</p>

Do you remember when it was okay to sell sweet 'cigarettes' to kids?

<p>Farnham’s 1953 Coronation Queen, Miss Dorothy Cox, addressing the assembled ‘subjects’ in Gostrey Meadow after her crowning by the chairman of Farnham Urban District Council, Major HC Patrick JP</p>

Coronation controversy: Was the correct Queen crowned?

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Herald archive: Incredible photos of the 1953 coronation celebrations

<p>Farnham’s 1953 Coronation Queen, Miss Dorothy Cox, addressing the assembled ‘subjects’ in Gostrey Meadow after her crowning by the chairman of Farnham Urban District Council, Major HC Patrick JP</p>

The pages of history: How we reported the last Coronation Day in 1953

<p>Farnham's Coronation united service parade to St Andrew's parish church on June 5, 1953</p>

Looking back at the last Coronation celebrations in Farnham in 1953

<p>Workmen from the Thames Water Board clear branches from the River Wey as it passes through Gostrey Meadow, Farnham, in the spring of 1953</p>

Peeps: Water board clears the River Wey through Gostrey Meadow in 1953