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Description: | Dupe recalls a burglary that took place at Beechwood, the house in which the Russian Princess had previously stayed, and how he suspects that a London gang must have carried it out. He then goes on to discuss unemployment and the lack of work available to men at the end of the 19th century. The situation was so bad for some, that they had to travel to London in order to make a living, often not returning home until the weekend. The only alternative was the workhouse.
Dupe goes on to describe how a horse and trap had been stolen, and how on the following day, he and a friend saw the stolen articles while out cycling. The rest of the story 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: | Diaries ; Reminiscences ; Crime ; Unemployment Beechwood ; Stan Dupe ; Stanley Dupe | 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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