Views of the Past

Home » Resources » Press Clippings » Views of the Past

From the Slough Observer from 2010 to 2016.

We hope you enjoy these delightful, bite-sized pieces of local history from Elias Kuperfmann and the Slough Observer. For some seven years, the Views of the Past articles entertained readers of the Observer newspaper. We would like to thank the Slough Observer and its staff for their support and approval to use these articles and also promoting local history in the area.

Simply click on the image to get a larger, more readable version of the article.

2010

Slough Observer (6/08/2010): Castle moat used as a sewer

Slough Observer (13/08/2010): The Kipling Building in Alma Road

2011

November 2011

Slough Observer (14/10/2011): Butler & Bowden drapers store

Slough Observer (25/11/2011): Windsor during the Civil War

Slough Observer (9/12/2011): Ensuring that we are remembering them all

Slough Observer (18/11/2011): Information about “Vanished Windsor”

Slough Observer (16/12/2011): Queen opens the Museum at Windsor

Slough Observer (23/11/2011): Christmas cards of AY Nutt

Slough Observer (2/12/2011): Brief history of Windsorian Coaches

2012

Slough Observer (10th/08/2012): The WW2 POW camp at Holy Port

Slough Observer (6/1/2012): Roman Villa in Maidenhead

Slough Observer (3/2/2012): Ancient Buildings in Slough

Slough Observer (24/2/2012): Hine’s Butcher Shop in Slough

Slough Observer (23/3/2012): Owen George Allum on the Titanic

Slough Observer (9/3/2012): The Windsor Railway Bridge

Slough Observer (1/6/2012): Monuments in Jubilees

Slough Observer (22/6/2012): St Joseph’s Church in Maidenhead

Slough Observer (6/7/2012): Baylis House in Slough

Slough Observer (24/8/2012): Old Windsor Tapestry Manufactory

Slough Observer (14/9/2012): Horlicks

Slough Observer (30/10/2012): Bells of Windsor Parish Church

Slough Observer (20/01/2012): Commemorating the opening of Alexandra Gardens

Slough Observer (10/2/2012): Montem Mound in Slough

Slough Observer (2/3/2012): Windsor’s Cinemas

Slough Observer (6/4/2012): Slough Grammar School

Slough Observer (20/4/2012): Alfred Young Nutt

Slough Observer (11/5/2012): Ditton Park in Langley

Slough Observer (8/6/2012): Queen’s Coronation

Slough Observer (27/6/2012): 1948 Olympic Games

Slough Observer (3/8/2012): 1908 Olympic Marathon

Slough Observer (31/8/2012): Shoppenhangers Manor in Maidenhead

Slough Observer (28/9/2012): Windsor Castle

Slough Observer (12/10/2012): William Henry Grenfell

Slough Observer (2/11/2012): St Leonards Hill

Slough Observer (13/01/2012): The Old Drill Hall in Slough

Slough Observer (27/1/2022): Almshouses in Maidenhead

Slough Observer (17/2/2012): Key Moments in Windsor’s History

Slough Observer (16/3/2012): The Shops of the Isaacs

Slough Observer (13/4/2012): William Henry Grenfell

Slough Observer (27/4/2012): Maindehead Visited

Slough Observer (18/5/2012): Ray Lodge

Slough Observer (15/6/2012): History Trail in Slough

Slough Observer (29/6/2012): Windsor Castle Improvements

Slough Observer (17/8/2012): Slough High Street

Slough Observer (7/9/2012): Windsor Guildhall

Slough Observer (21/9/2012): Braywick House

Slough Observer (5/10/2012): Chalvey Halt

Slough Observer (26/10/2012): Stuchbery Store in Maidenhead

Slough Observer (14/12/2012): Caley’s Department Store

2013

Slough Observer (30/08/2013): Paul Nash – the artist who went to war

Slough Observer (16/08.2013): The lost Maastricht Garden in Home Park

Slough Observer (2/08/2013): The Jubilee Clock Tower in Maidenhead

Slough Observer (15/11/2013): The Canadian Red Cross Hospital

Slough Observer (20/12/2013): Christmas and Queen Victoria

Slough Observer (13/3/2015): A school project about Horlicks

Slough Observer (08/03/2013): The Masonic Hall in Windsor

Slough Observer (26/07/2013): Windsows at St Leonards Hill

Slough Observer (4/1/2013): Monkey Island

Slough Observer (13/12/2013): Snooker invented at Upton Park

Slough Observer (23/08/2013): Stanley Spencer of Cookham

Slough Observer (13/09/2013): New Lodge near Winkfield

Slough Observer (1/11/2013): Thomas Hardy and All Saints Church

Slough Observer (25/10/2013): Ordinary Seaman John Bateman

Slough Observer (18/10/2013): Review of an 1860 map

Slough Observer (15/03/2013): Clarence Crescent

Slough Observer (26/03/2013): Windsor Castle’s c18th Water Engine

Slough Observer (13/1/2013): Elias’s Business Venture

Slough Observer (1/2/2013): Eton College Natural History Museum

Slough Observer (8/3/2013): Marker Stone in Bray

Slough Observer (9/08/2013): New building techniques in Slough

Slough Observer (6/09/2013): The Holy Trinity Garrison Church

Slough Observer (6/12/2013): Berry Hill House in Taplow

Slough Observer (29/11/2013): The Windsor Workhouse

Slough Observer (22/11/2013): The reality of the Windsor Workhouse

Slough Observer (01/03/2013): Ruins in Windsor Great Park

Slough Observer (14/06/2013): Coronations of Kings and Queens

Slough Observer (26/03/2013): George Henton and Thomas Cochrane

Slough Observer (25/1/2013): The Prior in Old Windsor

Slough Observer (22/2/2013): Tunnels in Windsor – Fact or Fiction?

2014

Slough Observer (31/10/2014): Burnham Abbey

Slough Observer (24/10/2014): Capturing the past in photgraphs

Slough Observer (19/12/2014): A special Christmas in December, 1915

Slough Observer (4/7/2014): Robert Keayne

Slough Observer (17/10/2014): George Henton, Victorian photgrapher

Slough Observer (28/10/2014): The works of Thomas Sandby

Slough Observer (12/12/2014): The Isaacs Store in Peascod Street

Slough Observer (10/10/2014): Early photography in Windsor

Slough Observer (21/11/2014): Launch of Images of a Bygone Age

Slough Observer (20/06/2014): All Saints Church in Dedworth

2015

Slough Observer (13/02/2015): Publication of Windlesora 30

Slough Observer (22/05/2015): The House of Mercy was born

Slough Observer (14/08/2015): Health and welfare of English Civil War soldiers

Slough Observer (24/07/2015): The Cranbourne Tower – a short history

Slough Observer (20/11/2015): History of the Cox’s Pippin Apple

Slough Observer (20/2/2015): Public hangings in Windsor

Slough Observer (17/04/2015): Windsor Central Station

Slough Observer (7/08/2015): 19th century farming at Eton Wick

Slough Observer (4/09/2015): St George’s School

Slough Observer (6/11/2015): The Red Lion in Langley

Slough Observer (9/01/2015): A breif history of Dorney Court

Slough Observer (12/06/2015): A brief history of Sheet Street / Kings Road

Slough Observer (31/07/2015): The Stabmonk at Chalvey

Slough Observer (23/10/2015): Arrival of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

Slough Observer (18/12/2015): Books and Windlesora

2016

Slough Observer (15/7/2016): The beginnings of Windsor Racecourse

Slough Observer (3/6/2016): Ghosts and Ghouls of Windsor & Eton

Slough Observer (4/3/2016): The Tarry Stone of Cookham

Slough Observer (8/1/2016): DVDs by Windsor Parish Church

Slough Observer (5/6/2016): Evelyn Ellis, car pioneer

Slough Observer (10/6/2016): Queen Victoria’s 80th Birthday

Slough Observer (26/2/2016): The Prior at Old Windsor

Slough Observer (24/06/2016) Frogmore House

Slough Observer (13/5/2016): Methodist Churches in Windsor

Slough Observer (18/3/2016): A brief history of St Leonards

Slough Observer (19/2/2016): Lost garden in the Home Park

Slough Observer (22/07/2016) Old ‘Times in Old Windsor‘ by David Knight

Acknowledgements

We thank the Slough and South Bucks Observer for the articles. You can access the online version of their newspaper to be kept up-to-date with local news and information.