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Slough, Bucks and Denham Middlesex
I was born in Slough in 1938. It was in Buckinghamshire then. I eventually lived in Denham, Buckinghamshire (see my posting for Memories of Denham in the Middlesex listing). Since I left England in 1959, the changes seem to have been significant - my birth city and home village have changed counties, the currency has changed but life has moved on and the whole world has changed it seems. My last visit to Slough was in 1996 and even some of the streets and roadways have been re-routed and changed in my 30 years away. My school, Slough Technical, was once called Tonman Mosely and now that has gone and a new, doubtless better school has ...read more here
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Maingate
This photograph is of the entrance to the Slough Trading Estate at Cippenham, taken from in front of the Berlei factory.
Contributed by Dave Hill
Taking a tumble in 1960
Seeing this photo bought back painful memories! The year before this photo was taken I was in my usual rush to get from Slough Technical School to my home in Langley. This meant changing buses in Slough and if you were very lucky you could get off one bus and straight onto another. This day however, I saw a number 81 bus picking up riders at the Crown corner in the centre of town. I leapt off my bus and made a mad dash across the road, no doubt giving some drivers a bit of a scare in the process, and made a wild grab for the handle at the back of the bus as it pulled away. Unfortunately I just ...read more here
Contributed by Bill Burrows
Berkshire memories
Slough, Bucks and Denham Middlesex
I was born in Slough in 1938. It was in Buckinghamshire then. I eventually lived in Denham, Buckinghamshire (see my posting for Memories of Denham in the Middlesex listing). Since I left England in 1959, the changes seem to have been significant - my birth city and home village have changed counties, the currency has changed but life has moved on and the whole world has changed it seems. My last visit to Slough was in 1996 and even some of the streets and roadways have been re-routed and changed in my 30 years away. My school, Slough Technical, was once called Tonman Mosely and now that has gone and a new, doubtless better school has ...read more here
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Extracts From Slough & Berkshire books
Slough dates back to the 12th century, when it was a
hamlet on the London to Bath road. The settlement
later spread to the neighbouring parish of Stoke Poges.
An extract from from"Berkshire Pocket Album".
Slough began to expand
following Slough Estates’
acquisition of 700 acres
of derelict land in 1920.
The company used the
land to create a trading
estate, something that at
that time was considered
enterprising and
An extract from from"Berkshire Photographic Memories".
Slough began to expand
following Slough Estates’
acquisition of 700 acres
of derelict land in 1920.
The company used the
land to create a trading
estate, something that at
that time was considered
enterprising and innovative.
An extract from from"Berkshire Photographic Memories".
An extract from from"Berkshire Photographic Memories".
Long before this photograph was taken, Slough was an important staging post on the Bath Road. Daniel Defoe,
who once journeyed this way, failed to understand how all the local inns could make a living.
An extract from from"Berkshire Photographic Memories".