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Description: | Slough Community Centre was initiated by Sir Noel Mobbs, chairman of the Slough Estates. It was founded to provide recreational facilities, social and educational opportunities for the area and it was the first of its kind in the world. The building was visited by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, who famously played a game of darts there. During World War II the previous building had been used to house bombed out families from London. The Royal Artillery had a gun emplacement on the roof during the war and this was blamed on the leaks that appeared in the following years.
The building was designed by Wallis Gilbert & Partners along the lines of a factory, so in case the project proved unsuccessful, it could be easily converted into workspace. It consisted of three blocks with a simple brick and tile pattern elevations.
By 1997 other more modern sports and leisure facilites had been built and it was decided to close and demolish the Community Centre. In 1998 and new building known as The Centre was built at a cost of £4m with 4 function rooms, meeting rooms and facilities for business conferences, concerts and receptions. The architects for this project were James Smith Associates of Maidenhead. A time capsule was buried under the new building. | 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: | Community facilities Slough Community Centre ; Slough Social and Community Centre | Temporal: | start=1979-01-01; end=1979-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Reg Harrison | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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