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Description: | The Horlicks family were originally from Gloucester, however they started their world famous malted milk drink company in Wisconsin, USA in 1873. Horlicks arrived in England in 1890 when Sir James Horlick purchased 6.5 acres (2.6 Hectares) of wheat fields just off Stoke Poges Lane. He wanted to build a factory in ideal country surroundings and with access to a railway for transportation of products. The requirement for a water supply resulted in a 1000 foot (287 metre) deep well being bored through the chalk on site in 1909.
The factory is a long, even, three-storey brick-fronted building with an odd castellated tower with corbelled out turrets. It is apparently built on the pattern of the American factory.
Salt Hill playing fields were created in March 1907 when James Elliman handed over 26 acres of land complete with The Barn, Lodge, fences and trees. He insisted the recreation ground be called the Salt Hill Playing Fields. The total cost was £21,750 and he gave another £10,000 to create an endowment fund for the upkeep of the grounds. | 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: | Farctories ; Parks Horlicks Factory ; Salt Hill Playing Fields ; Salt Hill Park | Temporal: | start=1976-01-01; end=1976-12-31; | 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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