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Guildford (<phonos file="En-uk-Guildford.ogg">pronunciation</phonos>; IPA /ˈgɪlfəd/) is the county town of Surrey, England as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford. It is situated some 50 km (31 miles) southwest of London on the A3 trunk road mid-way between the capital and Portsmouth.
The town has Saxon roots, and likely owes its location to the existence of a gap in the North Downs where the River Wey is forded by the Harrow Way. The town grew enough in importance by 978 to be the Royal Mint. With the building of the Wey Navigation and Basingstoke Canal Guildford was in the centre of a network of waterways that aided its prosperity.
The Guildford pub bombing in 1974 killed five people including four off-duty soldiers from the local barracks. The subsequently arrested suspects became known as the Guildford Four.
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Credit: Jack Saunders
Nemesis Inferno at Thorpe Park
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Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950, Shamley Green, Surrey), sometimes abbreviated as SRB for "Sir Richard Branson", is an English entrepreneur, best known for his Virgin brand, a banner that encompasses a variety of business organisations. It is estimated that Branson is worth over £3 billion (equivalent to nearly US$6 billion) according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2006. On 12 October 2006, he emphasised his stated plan is to invest $3 billion of Virgin's profits over 10 years to fight global warming.
Branson started a record shop in Oxford Street in London and, shortly after, launched the record label Virgin Records with Nik Powell. Branson had gained enough profits from his record store to purchase a country estate, in which he installed a recording studio. He leased out studio time to fledgling artists, including multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield.
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