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Slough (pronounced "slew") is a swamp, marsh, or shallow lake system in eastern and southeastern United States. In western U.S., a slough is a secondary channel of a river delta. In Southern California, a slough is a narrow, shallow salt-water marsh that may or may not be flushed by the tides.
Why start with the temporary bureaucratic notion of the "unitary authority"? The town predates and will outlast it, and is what everyone but local councillors think of when they hear 'Slough'. -- Hotlorp 10:36, 8 Oct 2003 (UTC)
I find the article somewhat POV in presenting the town as unpleasant. It's really no worse that many other towns. -- Daran 13:50, 22 Oct 2003 (UTC)
I reverted the claim that the Slough Mars factory was the original (opened by Forest Mars in the 1930s) - there was an earlier one opened by Frank Mars (Forest's father) in N. Oak Park Avenue, Chicago in 1929. Ian Cairns 13:46, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Robert_Watson-Watt lived in the town, as the inventor of Radar may deserver a mention here.
The French car manufacturer Citroën had an important factory in Slough for many years, building Tractions Avant and the ID (DS) models. I don't have any more details, but Citroën lovers remember Slough for the UK spec cars that were produced there, so it would be worth a mention if anyone has more info.
The following addition of the first para has been removed: "...generally regarded as the most depressing town known to humanity. Slough is also considered the ugliest place in the world. In 2006 a government enquiry was launched to investigate the possibilty of razing the town to the ground along with all its inhabitants. A government spokesman said "Slough is a blight on England's green and pleasant land, and the sooner we get rid of it the better." It was just vandalism. Dieter Simon 00:54, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Slough&diff=42332961&oldid=42185967
It might be an idea to make a more neutral revision of that edit ...
Fyver528 12:21, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
I've removed the first 2 paragraphs relating to possible reasons for the negative attitude to Slough. Hope this improves the neutrality of my post.
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Checking the History, you'll see that I've made numerous additions and have also reworked parts of the article.
Famous people associated with Slough has been changed to a chronological list from an alphabetical one. The History section has been greatly expanded and split into Pre-Trading Estate and Post-Trading Estate for ease of read, and also because I felt that it's creation was such an important event for the town.
Added the In Praise of Slough section to highlight positive points within the town, to counterbalance the Criticism section.
Vastly updated the Transport section.
Updated the introductary text and reordered it.
Updated and organised the External Links section.
Added the Twinned Towns section.
Added the Heart of Slough Project section, and I will be writing the article for that soon.
Added the Geography section and organised the suburbs into a list.
Kwikblade 22:09, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
In a letter to The Times published on Aug 31, 2006, a Matthew Dick writes 'Lest we forget, Betjeman retracted his less than favourable critique of [Slough] fairly shortly after making it.'
Can anyone properly source this and work it into the article?
Should the pronunciation be slow, not slau? I thought it was pronounced like "slaw"? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Flydaddyfred ( talk • contribs) 03:46, 12 December 2006 (UTC).
There was a young lady from Slough Who developed a very bad cough She wasn’t to know It would last until now Let’s hope the poor girl will pull through
Somebody has just commented that Slough is "a suburb of London", and that this began during industrialisation. I have never considered nor been aware of Slough being so. Would the author like to comment, and other people please have their say regarding this statement? Maramotus 11:35, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
- maybe I need to review my wording. I was trying to put across that for a while after the coming of the railway, Slough was seen as a pleasant but accessible retreat from London. I thought that 'suburb' was the right term in this context but I do take your point - one can hardly claim that mid 19th century London stretched seamlessly to Slough!
Please feel free to amend, or leave it with me for a few hours. Grblundell 13:13, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
What is the connection between Charles Dickens and Slough? I cannot find any reference to Slough in the article on Dickens.
For anyone interested in taking this further, a google for ' "charles dickens" slough ' turned up this web page: http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/pva/7.html
This is a report titled "Major Biographies of Dickens -- a Critical Overview", written by Philip V. Allingham, Contributing Editor, Victorian Web; Faculty of Education, Lakehead University.
The report mentions a biography of Dickens, written in 1991 by Peter Ackroyd, which the author regards as a scholarly tome. To quote directly from the report: "Very much a literary detective, Ackroyd also tracks Ellen's residences carefully, noting for example that in Slough Dickens lived near the Ternans under the alias Charles or John Tringham."
The biography in question is: Ackroyd, Peter. Dickens: A Biography. London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1990.
Since it would appear that Ackroyd has done the research we are looking for here, it would be worth someone following up this lead.
EdJogg 09:21, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Incidentally, the article on Ellen Ternan does refer to Slough, mentioning that Dickens rented accommodation for her under false names (etc). The Charles Dickens article only mentions this particular period in passing -- probably because most documentary evidence of the affair appears to have been destroyed by the parties involved.
It would be appropriate for the Slough article to refer to Ternan and Dickens, but we need a good reference for it!
EdJogg 09:38, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
How about the fact that we can be sure that The 'Bentley's' publishing firm based in Slough was Charles Dickens' publisher? [1] [2] [3]
Kwikblade 10:21, 17 June 2007
Does anyone think a 'Government' section should be added after the history section? This would explain the type of local government that operates in the Slough Borough.
Kwikblade 20:20, 17 June 2007
I have reverted the revision 159666585 by 217.43.178.248 which put the ceremonial county as Bucks.
There is undoubtedly a lot of feeling in Slough that the town should never have been put out of Bucks. But as a matter of simple accuracy, although there is no longer a Berkshire County Council, for Lord Lieutenancy purposes (which I understand is the test used for ceremonial counties) Slough remains in Berkshire. So whether we like it or not, this is what the article needs to say.
If we're looking for a parallel, it's perhaps worth noting that the Linslade article quotes that as being in Bedfordshire rather than Bucks where it historically lay. So it seems that in general Wikpedia reflects things as they are rather than how we would like them to be.
If there is document to demonstrate the distaste at Slough being listed with Berkshire, maybe that should be referenced in the article? Grblundell 09:10, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
The 1974 local government reorganization was just that - a reorganization of the boundaries of local government, not a change of the actual county boundaries by government edict. The government of the day even confirmed that as being the case.
The fact that the official local government body concerned decided to erect "Welcome to Berkshire" signs in inappropriate places (when what it really meant was "You are now entering the area which is administered by the government entity known as Berkshire County Council") did not change that, although it's understandable that it led many people over the years to believe that the government had issued a decree that the actual county boundaries were to change, and that belief has no doubt been compounded by OS and other map-makers adopting these administrative boundaries, for reasons best known to themselves. 87.115.88.67 ( talk) 21:23, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
'The new county boundaries are solely for the purpose of defining areas of ... local government. They are administrative areas, and will not alter the traditional boundaries of Counties, nor is it intended that the loyalties of people living in them will change.'"
84.93.165.235 ( talk) 14:17, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Once again there seems to be an outbreak of the "Slough is still in Buckinghamshire" campaign. I cannot add much more than I did above other than to say that none of the so called Government statements" have legislative or official Governmental status, they are just a selection of comments one by a Conservative Minister in the House of Commons, or unattributed statements from anonymous civil servant reported in newspapers. These quotes are oft trawled out as part of a long running campaign by such organisations as the Association of British Counties . As far as Wikipedia is concerned it is clear from discussions on the Geography Project Page etc that consensus was reached some time ago not to indulge such notions. The article make reference to Slough's historic association with Bucks in line with the guidance on writing about settlements. Tmol42 ( talk) 18:24, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
I have reverted the re-introduction of Riga as a twin town of Slough as I asked if anyone could WP:VERIFY this as being true on 8 October. There was no response so I removed the statement on 22 October - a fortnight later.
It's important that everything in wikipedia can be proved - either to be true, or that we have good reason to believe it. So if Slough is twinned with Riga, then a reference needs to be included showing where we got the information from to let other people check it.
I hope this makes sense!
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I only joined Wikipedia for this page. As a kid I asked my dad why was Buckinghamshire council office on Windsor Road? and was explained but is only a little ref in the history. I been on Wikipedia two holidays now and wonder why Slough isn't a Good article like other towns nearby?
I grew up in Manor Park with practically no history of the town I lived in, but I am trying to find good things for the article. Other articles have 50 references to the article - are we just so happy to be in Slough that this is enough?
Make 2008 a time to make Slough a good article - we could start by going to Wikipedia Peer Review and telling us why we are B rate. Bpeps ( talk) 19:00, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
I have reverted 78.145.138.176 's contribution as - it reads like weasel words - it isn't sourced
But the reverted statement isn't perfect either. I would add a citation request, but my phone declines to edit documents as big as 31k, and the text is in the intro...
Could someone please - source the current statement - define what we mean by 'ethnically diverse'? It seems to me that it is not a synonym for 'has a large non white population' - if a town was (say) 50% white british and 50% Tamil, it surely would be less ethnically diverse (two ethnic groups only) than a town that was 90% white british, 5% Tamil and 5% Maori (3 ethnic groups).
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I think the photo shown is out dated due to most the building have been demolished. I think I will take a nicer photo.
The Photo shown on the page of "Upton Park" is not of Upton Court Park at all, it is a photo of the Long Walk in Windsor. It would be nice if someone could replace it with a good photo taken in Upton Court Park. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.64.182.158 ( talk) 09:40, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
Thank you Grblundell, for your help. Mention of Windsor Castle could have been made at the very beginning - and still can: "Windsor Castle in the distance", or something to that effect. Not everybody who does not live in the area is aware of that. It is an important landmark, after all. This is an encyclopaedia, and we shouldn't expect readers of Wiki to go to various lengths to ascertain what they think they are seeing. We should do it for them. That is why it drew my attention to it. Dieter Simon ( talk) 22:47, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
Well I have tried to make the article look more user friendly interms of coding and reading. I have separated the orginial infobox into a more organised way at looking at data. I have redone some sections and added more details to some bits. Any spelling/language errors need to me checked. also we need more photos and details of Education institutions etc. Thanks.. -- Sloughian ( talk) 01:38, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
I have just reverted an edit which indcated Slough was 'historically in Buckinghamshire'. I am also posting here to encourage discussion on the Talk Page rather than in edit summaries. This edit was incorrect as the current town and/or borough comprises settlements originally in Middlesex that were subsumed into Slough as it expanded past them. This is all explained elsewhere in the article and in the History of Slough article. Positioned in the lead this unqualified statement is therefore inappropriate. Tmol42 ( talk) 17:45, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
The Town Hall is only obliquely mentioned here, which I am surprised at. I just discovered an article about the architect Charles Holloway James, who apparently "designed the municipal buildings at Slough" (presumably implying the town hall.) I've linked here from his article, but it would seem appropriate to link the other way too.
EdJogg ( talk) 12:34, 13 April 2011 (UTC) -- just passing through... :o)
Because of Betjeman's pre-war poem, Slough, I thought it meet to add in the History section mention of Slough's actual experience of air raids, directly and through the Emergency Hospital for London casualties. I have provided information based on CWGC civilian casualty reports for the Slough Municipal Borough. (The civilian casualties obviously would not include any service personnel killed in the raids.) I hesitate to judge them minor or major raids as I lack information about effects on townscape and industries (I am not local), and am aware some deaths could have been caused by bombs being jettisoned rather than targeted attacks. Users better acquainted with Slough's local history of the period can elaborate on my paragraph. Cloptonson ( talk) 19:32, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
There appears to be the beginnings of an edit war developing with regard to the inclusion or not of information concerning the distance of Slough from London. Can I encourage the editors concerned and other interested parties to come and discuss it here rather than endlessly reverting each other and or adding oblique edit summaries etc. Perhaps I can suggest a prior look at Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements might be useful. Tmol42 ( talk) 17:28, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
There is no mention of the shopping amenities in Slough. This seems like an omission. FreeFlow99 ( talk) 22:22, 13 June 2014 (UTC)
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Western Rail Access to Heathrow, < /info/en/?search=Western_Rail_Approach_to_Heathrow>, is a £500m rail project announced by the DfT. The proposed rail link would directly serve Slough with four trains every hour - reducing travel times from 45 to six minutes.
Canal Slough is connected by the ( Grand Union) Slough Arm to the Grand Union Canal. The Slough Arm travels from the terminus basin at Stoke Road to the junction at Cowley Peachey, and from there on to the Thames at Brentford or northwards towards Birmingham. Realguides ( talk) 14:04, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
perhaps one of the archive.org bots will sort it outOr perhaps a human will :). An aside, I think I might have met Richard Hill once donkey's years ago. I was surprised to see a source written by him used here. Adam9007 ( talk) 02:19, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
Update to NEGATIVE PERCEPTIONS OF SLOUGH
Despite historical perceptions, Slough has a crime rate comparable to similar areas. In the year ending September 2017, Slough had a crime rate of 88.12 police recorded crimes per 1000 population. This was less than Stevenage, Cardiff, Bristol and Southampton. In the year ending September 2017, the crime rate in Slough was higher than average for the Thames Valley force area. Slough had the third highest crime rate in the area after Oxford (100.71 police recorded crimes per 1000 population) and Reading (96.12 for the same metric). < https://www.police.uk/thames-valley/N457/performance/compare-your-area/>
For the avoidance of doubt, re recent edits, it seems utterly pointless to me to insert a word in order to state that white British people are indigenous to Britain. It's also wrong; the degree of intermingling with the Continent over the centuries means most "white British" people are not remotely indigenous peoples. I suppose there may be someone in the depths of Wales who knows all their ancestors have been Welsh since before the Roman Conquest... but I doubt it. Pinkbeast ( talk) 11:00, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
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I have suggested that Lynch Hill School Primary Academy should be merged here, as it is a non-notable primary svhool. Any comments and suggestions appreciated. Fob.schools ( talk) 22:37, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
Slough has a population of over 100,000, so that would make it a city. HardeeHar ( talk) 18:48, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
Slough councils website repeatedly refer to Slough as a city.
HardeeHar ( talk) 09:27, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
"Why Slough? has been named the eighth most friendly small city for business in the whole of Europe" HardeeHar ( talk) 23:34, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
I was quoting Slough council website, google it its not hard to find HardeeHar ( talk) 01:21, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
https://www.slough.gov.uk/search/default.aspx?q=Why+Slough+&s=slough.gov.uk HardeeHar ( talk) 02:04, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
This article has recently been split with a new Borough of Slough being created. Does anyone have any opinions on whether this was wrong or right? Are Langley and Slough seperate towns or is Langley a Slough suburb? Eopsid ( talk) 17:50, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
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The Census data on the Slough page for demographics (among other things) is horribly out of date. We now have Census data from 2021 as featured here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censusareachanges/E06000039/
Examples: Change White population of slough from 45.7% in 2011 to 36% in 2021 Muslim and Christian populations now 29.4% and 32% respectively No religion now 13.1%
And so on Whisperingwind28 ( talk) 07:42, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
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Slough (pronounced "slew") is a swamp, marsh, or shallow lake system in eastern and southeastern United States. In western U.S., a slough is a secondary channel of a river delta. In Southern California, a slough is a narrow, shallow salt-water marsh that may or may not be flushed by the tides.
Why start with the temporary bureaucratic notion of the "unitary authority"? The town predates and will outlast it, and is what everyone but local councillors think of when they hear 'Slough'. -- Hotlorp 10:36, 8 Oct 2003 (UTC)
I find the article somewhat POV in presenting the town as unpleasant. It's really no worse that many other towns. -- Daran 13:50, 22 Oct 2003 (UTC)
I reverted the claim that the Slough Mars factory was the original (opened by Forest Mars in the 1930s) - there was an earlier one opened by Frank Mars (Forest's father) in N. Oak Park Avenue, Chicago in 1929. Ian Cairns 13:46, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Robert_Watson-Watt lived in the town, as the inventor of Radar may deserver a mention here.
The French car manufacturer Citroën had an important factory in Slough for many years, building Tractions Avant and the ID (DS) models. I don't have any more details, but Citroën lovers remember Slough for the UK spec cars that were produced there, so it would be worth a mention if anyone has more info.
The following addition of the first para has been removed: "...generally regarded as the most depressing town known to humanity. Slough is also considered the ugliest place in the world. In 2006 a government enquiry was launched to investigate the possibilty of razing the town to the ground along with all its inhabitants. A government spokesman said "Slough is a blight on England's green and pleasant land, and the sooner we get rid of it the better." It was just vandalism. Dieter Simon 00:54, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Slough&diff=42332961&oldid=42185967
It might be an idea to make a more neutral revision of that edit ...
Fyver528 12:21, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
I've removed the first 2 paragraphs relating to possible reasons for the negative attitude to Slough. Hope this improves the neutrality of my post.
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Checking the History, you'll see that I've made numerous additions and have also reworked parts of the article.
Famous people associated with Slough has been changed to a chronological list from an alphabetical one. The History section has been greatly expanded and split into Pre-Trading Estate and Post-Trading Estate for ease of read, and also because I felt that it's creation was such an important event for the town.
Added the In Praise of Slough section to highlight positive points within the town, to counterbalance the Criticism section.
Vastly updated the Transport section.
Updated the introductary text and reordered it.
Updated and organised the External Links section.
Added the Twinned Towns section.
Added the Heart of Slough Project section, and I will be writing the article for that soon.
Added the Geography section and organised the suburbs into a list.
Kwikblade 22:09, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
In a letter to The Times published on Aug 31, 2006, a Matthew Dick writes 'Lest we forget, Betjeman retracted his less than favourable critique of [Slough] fairly shortly after making it.'
Can anyone properly source this and work it into the article?
Should the pronunciation be slow, not slau? I thought it was pronounced like "slaw"? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Flydaddyfred ( talk • contribs) 03:46, 12 December 2006 (UTC).
There was a young lady from Slough Who developed a very bad cough She wasn’t to know It would last until now Let’s hope the poor girl will pull through
Somebody has just commented that Slough is "a suburb of London", and that this began during industrialisation. I have never considered nor been aware of Slough being so. Would the author like to comment, and other people please have their say regarding this statement? Maramotus 11:35, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
- maybe I need to review my wording. I was trying to put across that for a while after the coming of the railway, Slough was seen as a pleasant but accessible retreat from London. I thought that 'suburb' was the right term in this context but I do take your point - one can hardly claim that mid 19th century London stretched seamlessly to Slough!
Please feel free to amend, or leave it with me for a few hours. Grblundell 13:13, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
What is the connection between Charles Dickens and Slough? I cannot find any reference to Slough in the article on Dickens.
For anyone interested in taking this further, a google for ' "charles dickens" slough ' turned up this web page: http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/pva/7.html
This is a report titled "Major Biographies of Dickens -- a Critical Overview", written by Philip V. Allingham, Contributing Editor, Victorian Web; Faculty of Education, Lakehead University.
The report mentions a biography of Dickens, written in 1991 by Peter Ackroyd, which the author regards as a scholarly tome. To quote directly from the report: "Very much a literary detective, Ackroyd also tracks Ellen's residences carefully, noting for example that in Slough Dickens lived near the Ternans under the alias Charles or John Tringham."
The biography in question is: Ackroyd, Peter. Dickens: A Biography. London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1990.
Since it would appear that Ackroyd has done the research we are looking for here, it would be worth someone following up this lead.
EdJogg 09:21, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Incidentally, the article on Ellen Ternan does refer to Slough, mentioning that Dickens rented accommodation for her under false names (etc). The Charles Dickens article only mentions this particular period in passing -- probably because most documentary evidence of the affair appears to have been destroyed by the parties involved.
It would be appropriate for the Slough article to refer to Ternan and Dickens, but we need a good reference for it!
EdJogg 09:38, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
How about the fact that we can be sure that The 'Bentley's' publishing firm based in Slough was Charles Dickens' publisher? [1] [2] [3]
Kwikblade 10:21, 17 June 2007
Does anyone think a 'Government' section should be added after the history section? This would explain the type of local government that operates in the Slough Borough.
Kwikblade 20:20, 17 June 2007
I have reverted the revision 159666585 by 217.43.178.248 which put the ceremonial county as Bucks.
There is undoubtedly a lot of feeling in Slough that the town should never have been put out of Bucks. But as a matter of simple accuracy, although there is no longer a Berkshire County Council, for Lord Lieutenancy purposes (which I understand is the test used for ceremonial counties) Slough remains in Berkshire. So whether we like it or not, this is what the article needs to say.
If we're looking for a parallel, it's perhaps worth noting that the Linslade article quotes that as being in Bedfordshire rather than Bucks where it historically lay. So it seems that in general Wikpedia reflects things as they are rather than how we would like them to be.
If there is document to demonstrate the distaste at Slough being listed with Berkshire, maybe that should be referenced in the article? Grblundell 09:10, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
The 1974 local government reorganization was just that - a reorganization of the boundaries of local government, not a change of the actual county boundaries by government edict. The government of the day even confirmed that as being the case.
The fact that the official local government body concerned decided to erect "Welcome to Berkshire" signs in inappropriate places (when what it really meant was "You are now entering the area which is administered by the government entity known as Berkshire County Council") did not change that, although it's understandable that it led many people over the years to believe that the government had issued a decree that the actual county boundaries were to change, and that belief has no doubt been compounded by OS and other map-makers adopting these administrative boundaries, for reasons best known to themselves. 87.115.88.67 ( talk) 21:23, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
'The new county boundaries are solely for the purpose of defining areas of ... local government. They are administrative areas, and will not alter the traditional boundaries of Counties, nor is it intended that the loyalties of people living in them will change.'"
84.93.165.235 ( talk) 14:17, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Once again there seems to be an outbreak of the "Slough is still in Buckinghamshire" campaign. I cannot add much more than I did above other than to say that none of the so called Government statements" have legislative or official Governmental status, they are just a selection of comments one by a Conservative Minister in the House of Commons, or unattributed statements from anonymous civil servant reported in newspapers. These quotes are oft trawled out as part of a long running campaign by such organisations as the Association of British Counties . As far as Wikipedia is concerned it is clear from discussions on the Geography Project Page etc that consensus was reached some time ago not to indulge such notions. The article make reference to Slough's historic association with Bucks in line with the guidance on writing about settlements. Tmol42 ( talk) 18:24, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
I have reverted the re-introduction of Riga as a twin town of Slough as I asked if anyone could WP:VERIFY this as being true on 8 October. There was no response so I removed the statement on 22 October - a fortnight later.
It's important that everything in wikipedia can be proved - either to be true, or that we have good reason to believe it. So if Slough is twinned with Riga, then a reference needs to be included showing where we got the information from to let other people check it.
I hope this makes sense!
Cheers
Grblundell 08:27, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
I only joined Wikipedia for this page. As a kid I asked my dad why was Buckinghamshire council office on Windsor Road? and was explained but is only a little ref in the history. I been on Wikipedia two holidays now and wonder why Slough isn't a Good article like other towns nearby?
I grew up in Manor Park with practically no history of the town I lived in, but I am trying to find good things for the article. Other articles have 50 references to the article - are we just so happy to be in Slough that this is enough?
Make 2008 a time to make Slough a good article - we could start by going to Wikipedia Peer Review and telling us why we are B rate. Bpeps ( talk) 19:00, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
I have reverted 78.145.138.176 's contribution as - it reads like weasel words - it isn't sourced
But the reverted statement isn't perfect either. I would add a citation request, but my phone declines to edit documents as big as 31k, and the text is in the intro...
Could someone please - source the current statement - define what we mean by 'ethnically diverse'? It seems to me that it is not a synonym for 'has a large non white population' - if a town was (say) 50% white british and 50% Tamil, it surely would be less ethnically diverse (two ethnic groups only) than a town that was 90% white british, 5% Tamil and 5% Maori (3 ethnic groups).
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I think the photo shown is out dated due to most the building have been demolished. I think I will take a nicer photo.
The Photo shown on the page of "Upton Park" is not of Upton Court Park at all, it is a photo of the Long Walk in Windsor. It would be nice if someone could replace it with a good photo taken in Upton Court Park. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.64.182.158 ( talk) 09:40, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
Thank you Grblundell, for your help. Mention of Windsor Castle could have been made at the very beginning - and still can: "Windsor Castle in the distance", or something to that effect. Not everybody who does not live in the area is aware of that. It is an important landmark, after all. This is an encyclopaedia, and we shouldn't expect readers of Wiki to go to various lengths to ascertain what they think they are seeing. We should do it for them. That is why it drew my attention to it. Dieter Simon ( talk) 22:47, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
Well I have tried to make the article look more user friendly interms of coding and reading. I have separated the orginial infobox into a more organised way at looking at data. I have redone some sections and added more details to some bits. Any spelling/language errors need to me checked. also we need more photos and details of Education institutions etc. Thanks.. -- Sloughian ( talk) 01:38, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
I have just reverted an edit which indcated Slough was 'historically in Buckinghamshire'. I am also posting here to encourage discussion on the Talk Page rather than in edit summaries. This edit was incorrect as the current town and/or borough comprises settlements originally in Middlesex that were subsumed into Slough as it expanded past them. This is all explained elsewhere in the article and in the History of Slough article. Positioned in the lead this unqualified statement is therefore inappropriate. Tmol42 ( talk) 17:45, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
The Town Hall is only obliquely mentioned here, which I am surprised at. I just discovered an article about the architect Charles Holloway James, who apparently "designed the municipal buildings at Slough" (presumably implying the town hall.) I've linked here from his article, but it would seem appropriate to link the other way too.
EdJogg ( talk) 12:34, 13 April 2011 (UTC) -- just passing through... :o)
Because of Betjeman's pre-war poem, Slough, I thought it meet to add in the History section mention of Slough's actual experience of air raids, directly and through the Emergency Hospital for London casualties. I have provided information based on CWGC civilian casualty reports for the Slough Municipal Borough. (The civilian casualties obviously would not include any service personnel killed in the raids.) I hesitate to judge them minor or major raids as I lack information about effects on townscape and industries (I am not local), and am aware some deaths could have been caused by bombs being jettisoned rather than targeted attacks. Users better acquainted with Slough's local history of the period can elaborate on my paragraph. Cloptonson ( talk) 19:32, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
There appears to be the beginnings of an edit war developing with regard to the inclusion or not of information concerning the distance of Slough from London. Can I encourage the editors concerned and other interested parties to come and discuss it here rather than endlessly reverting each other and or adding oblique edit summaries etc. Perhaps I can suggest a prior look at Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements might be useful. Tmol42 ( talk) 17:28, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
There is no mention of the shopping amenities in Slough. This seems like an omission. FreeFlow99 ( talk) 22:22, 13 June 2014 (UTC)
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Add to TRANSPORT
Western Rail Access to Heathrow, < /info/en/?search=Western_Rail_Approach_to_Heathrow>, is a £500m rail project announced by the DfT. The proposed rail link would directly serve Slough with four trains every hour - reducing travel times from 45 to six minutes.
Canal Slough is connected by the ( Grand Union) Slough Arm to the Grand Union Canal. The Slough Arm travels from the terminus basin at Stoke Road to the junction at Cowley Peachey, and from there on to the Thames at Brentford or northwards towards Birmingham. Realguides ( talk) 14:04, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
perhaps one of the archive.org bots will sort it outOr perhaps a human will :). An aside, I think I might have met Richard Hill once donkey's years ago. I was surprised to see a source written by him used here. Adam9007 ( talk) 02:19, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
Update to NEGATIVE PERCEPTIONS OF SLOUGH
Despite historical perceptions, Slough has a crime rate comparable to similar areas. In the year ending September 2017, Slough had a crime rate of 88.12 police recorded crimes per 1000 population. This was less than Stevenage, Cardiff, Bristol and Southampton. In the year ending September 2017, the crime rate in Slough was higher than average for the Thames Valley force area. Slough had the third highest crime rate in the area after Oxford (100.71 police recorded crimes per 1000 population) and Reading (96.12 for the same metric). < https://www.police.uk/thames-valley/N457/performance/compare-your-area/>
For the avoidance of doubt, re recent edits, it seems utterly pointless to me to insert a word in order to state that white British people are indigenous to Britain. It's also wrong; the degree of intermingling with the Continent over the centuries means most "white British" people are not remotely indigenous peoples. I suppose there may be someone in the depths of Wales who knows all their ancestors have been Welsh since before the Roman Conquest... but I doubt it. Pinkbeast ( talk) 11:00, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
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I have suggested that Lynch Hill School Primary Academy should be merged here, as it is a non-notable primary svhool. Any comments and suggestions appreciated. Fob.schools ( talk) 22:37, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
Slough has a population of over 100,000, so that would make it a city. HardeeHar ( talk) 18:48, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
Slough councils website repeatedly refer to Slough as a city.
HardeeHar ( talk) 09:27, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
"Why Slough? has been named the eighth most friendly small city for business in the whole of Europe" HardeeHar ( talk) 23:34, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
I was quoting Slough council website, google it its not hard to find HardeeHar ( talk) 01:21, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
https://www.slough.gov.uk/search/default.aspx?q=Why+Slough+&s=slough.gov.uk HardeeHar ( talk) 02:04, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
This article has recently been split with a new Borough of Slough being created. Does anyone have any opinions on whether this was wrong or right? Are Langley and Slough seperate towns or is Langley a Slough suburb? Eopsid ( talk) 17:50, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
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The Census data on the Slough page for demographics (among other things) is horribly out of date. We now have Census data from 2021 as featured here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censusareachanges/E06000039/
Examples: Change White population of slough from 45.7% in 2011 to 36% in 2021 Muslim and Christian populations now 29.4% and 32% respectively No religion now 13.1%
And so on Whisperingwind28 ( talk) 07:42, 11 March 2024 (UTC)