WOKING'S HISTORY & HERITAGE
(Featuring the Articles and Archive of Iain Wakeford)
PREVIOUSLY FEATURED ON THE heritagewalks.org WEBSITE,
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LOCAL GUIDEBOOKS, DIRECTORIES, NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES & TIMETABLES
I have tried to divide the archive into logical sections to make finding things easier, but this is not a comprehensive list of items in my archive, just an indication of some of the pre-2000 items I hold, so if you cannot find what you are looking for please ask.
Generally this section contains Guidebooks such as the Homeland Series, and those published by or for Woking Council (Woking Urban District Council & Woking Borough Council) or the Woking Chamber of Trade. Some of the scans are divided into two so that the files are not too large to download.
It also features Directories, such as the Kelly's & Post Office Directories and Street Directories published by the Woking News & Mail. Again some of the scans are divided into two or more sections so that the files are not too large to download.
A third section lists Newspapers & Magazines, such as the Woking News & Mail,Woking Review, Woking Opinion, Woking Herald and Woking Informer, but also some newspapers and magazines produced by or for the Council, such as the Woking Area News', the 'Woking Magazine' and the 'What's On in Woking'.
Finally there are a few local bus and train timetables.
Not everything has been scanned, but those that have are highlighted in blue on the list, so if you find something listed in white that you are interested in please let me know and I will try to get it up on this site as soon as possible.
Guidebooks
1905 Homeland Handbook for Woking (Guide)
1905 Homeland Handbook for Woking (Adverts)
Undated (but obviously 1920’s or 30s) The Residential Attractions of Woking, with the complements of Messrs. S. Atherton & Co. Ltd.
1930 Woking Chamber of Trade Guide
1969 Woking Guide (1st Half) (2nd Half)
1972 Woking Guide (1st Half) (2nd Half)
1975 Woking Guide (1st Half) (2nd Half)
1985 Woking Guide
1988/9 Woking Guide
1991/2 Woking Guide
1994 Woking Guide
Directories
1888 Arthur Althorp’s Woking Almanac & Directory
1899 Kelly’s Directory listing for Woking
1922 Kelly’s Directory listings for Woking & Horsell
1924 Kelly’s Directory listings for Woking, Byfleet, Horsell & Pyrford
1937 Woking Street Directory (Local Memoranda) (Roads A - L) (Roads M - Z & Villages)
1948 Woking Street Directory (Local Memoranda) (Roads A-L) (Roads M-Z) (Villages)
Undated (but probably 1950’s or before) Telephone Book Cover and Business Index.
1957 Woking Street Directory (Local Memoranda) (Roads A-G) (Roads H-Q) (Roads R-Z) (Horsell, Sheerwater & Woodham) (Byfleet, West Byfleet & Pyrford)
1964 Woking Street Directory (Local Memoranda) (Roads A&B) (C&D) (EFG) (HIJ) (KLM) (NOPQ) (RSTU) (VWXY) (Trade A-E) (F-H) (I-R) (S-Z)
1966 Woking & District GPO Telephone Directory
1968 Woking & District GPO Telephone Directory
1968 Woking Street Directory (Local Memoranda & A - C) (D - N) (O - Z) (Trade Directory)
1970 Woking & District Post Office Telephone Directory
1980 Woking & District Post Office Telephone Directory
1985 Guildford & District Postcodes
1986/7 Woking Chamber of Trade & Commerce Yearbook
1987/8 Tele-Pages Business Directory - Woking
1987/8 Thomson Local - Guildford Woking area
1989 Tele-Pages Business Directory - Woking
1990 Woking Chamber of Trade & Commerce Directory
1990 Tele-Pages Business Directory - Woking
1991 Tele-Pages Business Directory - Woking
1993/4 The Red Card Woking Information
1993/4 Companies in Woking
1995/6 Tele-Pages Business Directory - Woking
1996 Woking Chamber of Trade & Commerce Directory
1996/7 Thomson Local - Guildford Woking area
1998 The Red Card Woking & Guildford Information
1998/9 The Short List Woking Information Card
Newspapers/Magazines & Special Supplements
1914 Woking News & Mail 20th Anniversary Supplement
1919 Woking News & Mail Peace Celebrations Special
1920 Woking Co-operative Pictorial Souvenir
National Newspaper Coverage of the Pageant of St George (1926)
1927 Miniature Woking News & Mail Special Edition
1933 (June) Woking Review (first issue)
1935 Woking News & Mail Royal Silver Jubilee Supplement
1953 Woking Opinion Coronation Supplement
1954 Woking News & Mail Diamond Jubilee Souvenir
1971 (Mar) Woking Area News (1)
1971 (Oct) Woking Area News (2)
1972 Woking News & Mail Advertising Supplement
1973 (Nov) Woking Area News (6)
1988 (May) Woking Informer, Woking 150 Supplement
1988 (May) Woking News & Mail, Woking 150 Supplement
1988 (May) Commercial Review
1992 Surrey Herald & News Centenary
1994 Woking News & Mail Souvenir Centenary Supplement
1994 Business Report
1995 Business Report
Woking Citizens Guide (1976) (1983) (1984) (1985) (1986/7) (1987/8) (1989) (1990/1) (1991/2) (1993/4)
Woking Magazine
(Issue 1 undated) (Issue 2 Undated) (Oct 1990) (Spring 1991) (Apr 1992)
(Jul 1992) (Spring/Summer 1993) (Summer 1993) (Spring/Summer 1994) (Summer/Autumn 1994) (Winter 1994) (Spring/Summer 1995) (Winter 1995) (Spring/Summer 1996) (Autumn 1996) (Spring 1997) (Summer/Autumn 1997) (Winter 1997) (Spring 1998) (Autumn 1998) (Spring 1999) (Autumn 1999) (Winter 1999)
Whats On in Woking
1970 (May) Woking & Byfleet What’s On
1990 (Oct)
1991 (Jan) (Feb) (Mar) (May) (Jun) (Jul) (Aug) (Sep) (Oct)
1992 (Jan) (Feb) (Mar) (Jul) (Aug) (Sep) (Oct) (Nov) (Dec)
1993 (Jan) (Feb) (Mar) (Apr) (Jun) (Jul/Aug) (Oct) (Nov) (Dec/Jan)
1994 (Feb) (May) (Jun) (Jul/Aug) (Sep) (Oct) (Nov) (Dec/Jan)
1995 (Feb) (Mar) (May) (Jun) (Jul/Aug) (Sep) (Oct) (Nov) (Dec/Jan)
1996 (Feb) (Mar) (Apr) (Jun) (Jul/Aug) (Sep) (Oct) (Dec/Jan)
1997 (Feb) (May) (Jul/Aug) (Sep) (Oct) (Nov) (Dec/Jan)
1998 (Apr) (May) (Aug/Sep) (Oct) (Nov) (Dec/Jan)
1999 (Feb) (May) (Aug/Sep) (Oct) (Nov) (Dec)
Timetables
Bus Timetable Revision Notices; 1948 (6th Apr) Aldershot& District Route 69/70; 1948 (10th Oct) Aldershot & District Route 5a
Bus Timetables; Wey Farer Bus Timetable 1980; Alder Valley Bus Timetable Oct 1986; Woking & Surrey Heath effective from 26 Oct 1986; Amendment Book effective from 1 Feb 1987; Woking Travel Guide Feb 1992; Woking Travel Guide Oct 1992; Woking Travel Guide from 17 May 1993; Woking Travel Guide from 3 Sep 1994; Woking TravelWise Bus & Train Guide from Apr 1997; Surrey Sunday Bus Guide from 31 Mar 1996
Rail Timetable; 1924 (Sep 22nd) Southern Railway Time Table; 1950 Woking & District Railway Time Tables; 1955 Guildford & District Rail & Bus Guide