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Description: | Dupe describes the 5th November Carnival and procession, in which most of the local tradesmen took part, dressing up in costume, and collecting for charity. Further description of the general conclusion to events at the Tradesmen's Carnival and procession, which involved the various costumed men staging a mock fight, and rounding off the evening with a firework display. He then goes on to record his memories of the great flood of November 1894, and how the water froze before it had totally receded, so that he and his friends could skate on the ice. Brief mention of the parliamentary elections, which are then elaborated upon on the next 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 ; Richard Bentley Diaries ; Reminiscences ; Carnivals ; Fairs ; Tradesmen ; Floods ; Sports & games ; Parliamentary elections ; Pubs & inns ; | 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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