God told me to do it

150 years ago this week, a Surbiton man claimed God visited him in a dream.

God told Thomas Philpott, a professional printer, to start a newspaper: The Surrey Comet. This weekend's festival will include a wreath laying ceremony by the local paper's current editor.

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