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Borough in Berkshire, in the Southeast of England. | Borough in Berkshire, in the Southeast of England. | ||
Once a rural area, Slough became heavily industrialised and is now a centre of trade and transport. In 1937, the [[Poet Laureate]] Sir John Betjeman complained in verse: "Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough,/ it isn't fit for humans now". The town has been a symbol of ugly drabness ever since, for example as setting of ''[[The Office]]''. Well-meaning attempts to clean its name (e.g. Betjemen's daughter's testimony that her father "regretted having ever written" the poem) seem to have met with little success so far. | Once a rural area, Slough became heavily industrialised and is now a centre of trade and transport. In 1937, the [[Poet Laureate]] Sir John Betjeman complained in verse: "Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough, / it isn't fit for humans now". The town has been a symbol of ugly drabness ever since, for example as setting of ''[[The Office]]''. Well-meaning attempts to clean its name (e.g. Betjemen's daughter's testimony that her father "regretted having ever written" the poem) seem to have met with little success so far. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* "Poetic Justice at last for Slough." ''BBC News'' 16 September 2006. 4 July 2012 <[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/berkshire/5351512.stm BBC]>. | * "Poetic Justice at last for Slough." ''BBC News'' 16 September 2006. 4 July 2012 <[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/berkshire/5351512.stm BBC]>. | ||
* http://www.slough.gov.uk/ | * http://www.slough.gov.uk/ | ||
Revision as of 17:49, 6 July 2020
Borough in Berkshire, in the Southeast of England.
Once a rural area, Slough became heavily industrialised and is now a centre of trade and transport. In 1937, the Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman complained in verse: "Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough, / it isn't fit for humans now". The town has been a symbol of ugly drabness ever since, for example as setting of The Office. Well-meaning attempts to clean its name (e.g. Betjemen's daughter's testimony that her father "regretted having ever written" the poem) seem to have met with little success so far.
Sources
- "Poetic Justice at last for Slough." BBC News 16 September 2006. 4 July 2012 <BBC>.
- http://www.slough.gov.uk/