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<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>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>Inside the 120-metre 19th-century tunnel beneath Horsley Towers in East Horsley, recently reopened after 50 years as part of the De Vere Horsley Estate refurbishment. Courtesy of De Vere Horsley Estate</p>

Ada Lovelace’s hidden world: The Horsley Towers tunnel reopens

<p>Original engraving by John Tenniel in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.</p>

Peeps into the Past: Down the rabbit hole and onto Haslemere

<p>Nicholas de Meric of Tilford was stranded on a desert island.</p>

Peeps into the Past: Castaway Christmas for a local adventurer

<p>The Egyptian mummy at Haslemere Museum has been a popular exhibit down the decades</p>

Peeps into the Past: The echoes of Ancient Egypt in Haslemere

<p>Haslemere Town Hall in about 1888</p>

Peeps into the Past: Step back in time into Haslemere’s town hall

<p>A new podcast will explore the life of Hampshire RAF legend Sir John Curtiss.</p>

Remembering the Hampshire RAF legend who shaped history

<p>What Hammer Vale finery may have looked like over 400 years ago</p>

How Hammer Vale got its name: The iron industry beneath our feet

<p>A rubber dinghy adds a bit of colour to the scene at the bottom of Vicarage Hill, Alton</p>

When Alton was up to its ankles – and more: A deluge to remember

In August 1975, a torrential thunderstorm hit Alton, East Hampshire, causing widespread flooding and damage. The community rallied together to address the chaos, highlighting the region's resilience.

<p>A lofty view of the old Farnham Hospital in Hale Road with the workhouse site just behind, as photographed around 1969 to 1971 and kindly shared with Peeps by Weybourne man Winston Burrows.</p>

England’s first purpose-built care home was built in Farnham

<p>An earlier visualisation of Brightwells showing the M&S unit to the left and Coppa Club to the right - both of whom have quit the development blaming Crest’s delays.</p>

Brightwells Yard: What went wrong with Farnham's East Street

<p>John Newland, horn-blower to the ‘Selborne mob’, is said to have hid from the law among the beeches of Selborne Hanger according to local legend.</p>

The tall tale of the Trumpeter of Selborne and the 1830 Swing Riots

<p>Patriotic wellwishers line Haslemere's Lower Street in 1903 to cheer the King. Note many of the buildings have since been pulled down.</p>

When King Edward left a lasting mark on Haslemere

<p>Captain Gordon Campbell, VC and bar, DSO (two bars) with his pet dog.</p>

Naval hero outsmarted the Nazis and won Britain’s highest honour

<p>The 1911 demonstration at Alice Holt Forest saw local people stand up for uninhibited public access to the local woodland. </p>

Saluting the locals who paved the way for our forest freedoms

<p>The motor boat in which Alton man Augustus ‘Gus’ Agar accomplished his Victoria Cross-winning heroics, and his medals, are stored in the Imperial War Museum collection at Duxford.</p>

Alton’s Victoria Cross hero took on the Bolsheviks and the Rising Sun

<p>The perspective of St Andrew’s Parish Church viewed from Lower Church Lane has barely changed in decades.</p>

The Farnham street view that hasn't changed for 160 years

<p>Sir Lewis Halliday earned his place in the Royal Marines history books for his role defending the British Legation in Peking during the Boxer Rebellion.</p>

How Medstead's Captain Lewis Halliday earned the Victoria Cross

<p>President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump disembark Marine One at Southampton Airport.</p>

Remembering the day President Donald Trump visited Hampshire

<p>A driver witnessed a ghostly box on the A31 Hogs Back one rainy night in January 2007</p>

Hallowe'en special: Lifting the casket on local ghostly encounters

<p>This is believed to be the earliest photograph of Farnham Station. In the distance can be seen the Bridgefield bridge - sadly Farnham's town ‘fathers’ decided to not go for a similar bridge to replace the level crossing when the railway offered it. That decision still haunts us with traffic congestion when the gates are closed to this very day.</p>

Peeps Into The Past: How the railway came to Farnham 175 years ago

<p>This John Cripps photo shows the narrowest part of The Borough in Farnham during the 1960s including two-way traffic in what is today‘s one-way system.</p>

Farnham doesn't need wider pavements - just smaller cars!