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Description: | Dupe describes the Slough Railway accident which occurred on 16th June 1900. An Express train from Paddington crashed into a Windsor Race train. Six people were killed, but many more injured. A ticket collector managed to save many lives as he shouted at the passengers to leave the stationary race train, when he saw the express approaching. The injured were taken to the Royal Hotel.
He also mentions the funeral of Queen Victoria in January 1901, which he watched from the railings of Windsor Parish Church. The description is continued on the following page.
Mr Stan Dupe, a Chalvey resident, recorded his experiences from his earliest memories up to 1920, in his detailed memoirs. His account reveals what it was like to live in Slough as a child, including looking forward to the circus, carnivals, and travelling companies, and in later years witnessing the overwhelming public reaction to Queen Victoria's funeral procession in 1901. He recalls local murders, notorious thefts, local legends of the infamous Dick Turpin, triumphs of local sporting heroes, and the first parachute jump from a balloon. These recollections, often touching, occasionally tragic, and always related with such spirit and charm, allow us to take a glimpse into a bygone age, and transport us to a time of transition from a very rural Slough and District to the modern, far more industrial community we know today. | 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: | Stan Dupe ; Stanley Dupe ; Queen Victoria Diaries ; Reminiscences ; Transport ; Railways ; Accidents | Temporal: | start=1870-01-01; end=1920-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Stan Dupe | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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