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Description: | Dupe recalls joining the Volunteer Band on their 'March-outs', from the Royal Hotel. They would meet for refreshments at the Red Lion pub. He mentions an amusing incident in which one man fell into a big drum after the drinks interval. He also recalls the concerts that were held by the Brickmakers, to raise funds for their fellow workers who were in need of financial assistance. Dupe used to print the cards for such concerts.
Dupe recalls an incident in which a Russian Princess, who was staying in a house on the Windsor Road, lost a valuable necklace. Dupe printed reward bills.
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 ; Royal Hote Diaries ; Reminiscences ; Pubs & inns ; Entertainment ; Charities ; Bricks & Brickmaking | 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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