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Description: | A view of Slough High Street, looking west, towards the junction with the Windsor Road and William Street. On the left, at No. 80, is Richard Abraham's grocery shop. This shop, later named R. Abraham & Son, was in existence for some 50 years from the 1890s. On the right can be seen the long-established Reindeer Inn, at No. 83. The Court Rolls of Upton for 1663 record the "Rain Deare". It was re-constructed in the mid-eighteenth century into a typical Georgian Inn and became a popular meeting place for local societies. It was rebuilt again in 1934 and was eventually demolished in 1967 during redevelopment of the High Street. A fine lamp hanging outside, bearing the name of the Reindeer, would seem to be welcoming cyclists.
The postcard is dated 28th December 1909. | 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: | R. Abraham ; Reindeer Inn Streets ; Shops ; Pubs & inns | Temporal: | start=1900-01-01; end=1920-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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