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Description: | A view of the second Slough railway station as seen from a leafy Mackenzie Street. The Great Western Railway came to Slough in 1838 but objections from Eton College meant that a station was not built until 1840. The original station became too small to support the needs of a fast-growing town and it was rebuilt in 1882. Built of red brick, it has a large central pavilion and two smaller end pavilions. Shown in front of the station are both horse-drawn carriages and a bus. The GWR bus service had been established in 1904. An advertisement for V O Whisky is posted on the wall of the Royal Hotel on the left.
Postmark of 19 December 1906 is on the reverse of the postcard. The postcard is part of "Stone's Royal Series", published by H.G. Stone, Photographic Fine Art Publisher, Slough. | 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 | Subjects: | Slough railway station ; Mackenzie Street ; H.G.Stone ; Royal Hotel ; Great Western Railway Great Western Railway ; Railways ; Stations ; Buses & coaches | Temporal: | start=1900-01-01; end=1910-12-31; | 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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