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Description: | Dupe describes the Gilbert and Sullivan operas that were performed by the Slough Operatic Society, who were also joined by members of the St. Georges Chapel and Eton College Choirs. Dupe himself took leading parts in these operas when performed by the Horlicks Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society in later years.
He also recalls the lack of cars in use during this period, and how many of them walked long distances. He describes the Walking Race to Hounslow and back, held in 1900, in which many competitors were ill afterwards because it was such a demanding race.
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: | Diaries; Reminiscences; Stan Dupe; Entertainment; Sports & games ; Cars ; Slough Operatic Society ; Horlicks | 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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