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Description: | Involved in the establishment of the Leopold Institute were well-known Slough businessmen John Nash, James Elliman and Howard Henry Howard-Vyse. According to Maxwell Fraser's 'The History of Slough', the building was intended to be used 'as a Hall for the use of the Friendly Societies as well as a Literary Institution to be called the Leopold Institution.' The name was shortened by Slough residents and became known as The Public Hall. It was opened on 6 December 1887 by H.R.H. the Duchess of Albany, widow of Prince Leopold. The Leopold Institute was demolished in 1972 to make way for the Queensmere Shopping Centre, but a new Public Hall called the Leopold Club was built to replace it on Herschel Street. This has also now been demolished.
To the left of the image is the shopfront of John Harding & Sons, butchers. Just visible is the huge Royal Warrant which sat above Harding's front door. The card is postmarked 5th January 1905. | 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: | Streets ; Community facilities ; Shops John Harding & Sons ; Leopold Institute and Public Hall | Temporal: | start=1900-01-01; end=1905-01-05; | 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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