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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. Betjeman'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/

Pankratz at 17:49, 6 July 2020

2020-07-06T17:49:48Z

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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/

Pankratz at 09:12, 18 October 2018

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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 ~~(cp. the~~ setting of ''[[The Office]]''). Well-meaning attempts to clean its name (e.g. ~~Betjamen~~'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/

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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 (cp. the setting of ''[[The Office]]''). Well-meaning attempts to clean its name (e.g. Betjamen'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 <[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/berkshire/5351512.stm BBC]>.
* http://www.slough.gov.uk/