The Forgotten Slough 

This video is a priceless gift from history.

does anyone remember ‘the golden mile’. you could stand at one end of the high street and see all the way down the high street. every shop had something new. you could be in the high street and within 10 minutes walk , be in countryside! The Slough festival which everyone attended in the other end of the high street whilst waiting for your bus . The smell of hops & barley from the many and varied pubs was lovely. They brought life to the town. The cinema on Windsor road opposite those very beautiful 17th century buildings and observatories. The beautiful posh ancient Slough hotel in the hill opposite the train station . The Bailey’s park lido. salt hill park was amazing with the bowling green, paddling pool and steam roller. the characters such as the olde country farmer who always wore long white canvas type shirt, carried a staff and had big sheepdog. or the sister from the convent who would race around in her hand peddled wheelchair at breakneck speed. Slough was once a lovely warm community filled place . Nearly every road had hedgerows and lawns on the front garden and trees lined the road. Birds of every variety. Toads, frogs , hedgehogs all of which seem to gave disappeared. We had them in so much abundance we thought we had plagues of animals like toads and sparrows once.

Believe it or not, in the 1950s Slough was called 'Slough Safety Town'. Tragic what's happened to Slough but same happening or already happened to most towns in UK. Certainly made worse by Mass immigration & illegals who cross many borders to get here from France who are welcomed by British Authorities.

What made Slough change to so bad?

Equidistant between London and Reading....ooohhh Slough....my kind of town, i dunno how....anyone could put you down 🎶🎶

Looked good back in the day🙂

Did you know Slough got voted the most productive place in the uk for 2017

rob you're absolutely fucking correct

I lived in Iver Heath from1972-1995. Rochford's Gardens, SL2 til 1997 when we move out of the area to Bicester, Oxon. Slough has changed substantially over my lifetime but I sill have a fondness for the place where I grew up.

I love Slough the high street in the 90s was a great place to be really nice people

It was a great place to live in the 1980s and 90s when i was there , but so many migrants came to Slough and wrecked it Asians and EU migrants everywhere now no English left , not racist to say that as its the truth , I grew up on Britwell estate and although it was a tough estate , we all knew who the bad reputation people were and avoided them , I went to St Anthony's and St Josephs and everyone knew each other , it was a lot better than the quagmire it is today where no one talks to each other why ? because most people cant speak same language , its become the United Nations of UK lol

We moved to Stoke Poges in 1968. Slough was still untouched, buses and cars travelled the length of the highstreet and the A4 through the trading estate was the most traffic lighted in England. So much has changed now and it is all down to immigration, no ifs, no buts. Unpopular though true.

I live in england i nealy cried so yeah

well i didnt know that

Wish Slough was the same as it was back in the 50's and 60's. Now it's a nightmare! I've not met one person who can say they actually like living here. Slough will one day explode as a segregated society does not work!

Often.

Dusty reels of fillem

Still not as bad as Dagenham

I live in slough it can be rough sometimes I think its no.1 worst town in the UK

Fascinating video, if a little negative towards modern Slough. It's not all bad you know, just a different these days :) Anyway, very nice footage.

I grew up as a child in Slough it was very racist towards Asians and 0 support from the police or community . It’s changed now it has a community feel as more Asians here

it fucking is

Uranus That says it all ha ha

slough 1 (slo͞o, slou) also slew (slo͞o) n. 1. A depression or hollow, usually filled with deep mud or mire. 2. also slue A stagnant swamp, marsh, bog, or pond, especially as part of a bayou, inlet, or backwater. 3. A state of deep despair or moral degradation. [Middle English, from Old English slōh.] slough′y adj. slough 2 (slŭf) n. 1. The dead outer skin shed by a reptile or amphibian. 2. Medicine A layer or mass of dead tissue separated from surrounding living tissue, as in a wound, sore, or inflammation.

There's only going to be seven planets left on Monday morning. I going to destroy URANUS this weekend.

Slough is a shithole lived in manor park for 35 years left 5 years ago best thing ive ever done, no one speaks english its filthy and full of smack heads, come bombs drop on slough not fit for humans now !!

But it can be alright at points

London is worse than slough

I grew up there but was fed up being intimidated by foreigners moving in. I moved out long ago !! Lovely old footage around of how it used to be, but so horrible now..

This is not true