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Description: | It was stipulated that in the event of the Volunteer Corps ceasing to be voluntary, the property should be used for physical recreation and new trustees appointed by Slough Council. The Volunteer Corps eventually became the Territorial Army and in 1955 this was absorbed into the Regular Army. As service was no longer entirely voluntary, the Drill Hall came under the control of Slough Borough Council.
The site was eventually sold by the new trustees for part of the Queensmere development and the building was demolished in 1965. The large sum of money raised was devoted to furthering Mr. Elliman's wish to provide facilities for physical recreation.
The Drill Hall was a 2 and 3 storey Victorian building built in contrasting brickwork with large projecting chimney stacks. It had ornate brickwork and pilastered end gables. Altogether it was a good example of a Victorian public building. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Slough Library | Subjects: | Great Britain. Army ; Volunteer forces Slough Drill Hall ; Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry | Temporal: | start=1905-01-01; end=1906-01-01; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Copy by Reg Harrison | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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