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.

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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.