Our research team in the education room at The Spike Heritage Centre. Taken by S Ghanoun November 2012.
We are the SLHHP’s team of volunteers undertaking a major research project, funded through the Heritage Lottery Fund. We meet monthly at The Spike Heritage Centre, in the education room where we discuss our research over tea and biscuits!
Our aim is to follow the path of the Guildford Union Workhouse through its many transitions from Warren Road Hospital through to the St Luke’s Hospital, one of two general hospitals serving Guildford. This fascinating story will be told through the testimonies of the inspectors, guardians and inmates of the workhouse, and the recollections of the people who worked, trained or were treated at the hospital.
Members of the research team at the December 2012 Christmas meeting. Photo by C Ghanoun 2012.
This two year project will result in an extensive archive of documents, photographs which will be accessible via an on-line searchable database. We will show case our research with a permanent exhibition at The Spike Heritage Centre.
LATEST REVIEW ON TRIPADVISOR………
We had intended to visit the National Trust’s Clandon Park just outside Guildford – only to discover it had recently burnt down. This was a last minute change of plan but we were so glad we went. It gave a fascinating and at times shocking perspective on life at the other end of the social spectrum. Our guide was superb – knowledgeable and interesting. The short mini-drama on DVD was a little masterpiece – well scripted and acted. We wished it lasted longer and wanted to find out what happened to the characters portrayed. This is a must see if you’re in the area. A big ‘thank you’ to our superb tour guides Gordon and Dennis for making this visit a really special one! This was the result of a visit in June 2015, but if our guests had visited in June 1940, what would they have seen?
