Thursday, October 06, 2005
Greetings from Slough
A visitor commented on It's Slough Time:I live in Slough. Well, it gets worse actually, as I also work in Slough, in an office just outside the Slough Trading Estate (the biggest business park in Europe - doubtless why The Office was based there).
My daily trek from one side of Slough, 2 junctions down the M4 motorway to the office on the other side of Slough is the highlight of my day. I should like to point out however that I do not work in the paper distribution trade. Nor is my name Tim, Gareth or even Dawn.
My boss likes to think of himself as more of a chilled out entertainer than a boss, and will gladly offer me the benefit of his wisdom, regardless of need.
I'm pleased to have found your blog and plan to review it more thoroughly, to see what life there is outside Slough - what a concept!
We here in the blogosphere welcome you Randall of Slough (not sure if you've been knighted yet, so I opted out on "Sir"ing you) and hope for future visits. I will certainly be making my way your way to see what's brewing in Slough.
FCB suggested I catch up with my Slough reading by diving into "Slough", a poem by a Mr. John Betjeman.
The poem starts off with a bang, always the best way, I think, for verse to catch your attention.
"Come friendly bombs and rain on Slough,
It isn't fit for people now..."
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I was recently in Maidenhead which is quite near Slough. The people I was visiting complained of no family butcher's shop or greengrocer left since everything is supermarket and mega mall now. A dormitory town for London with no personality of its own remaining.
Rather sad.
Rather sad.
# opined by 
: 8:46 AM, October 07, 2005
: 8:46 AM, October 07, 2005
The Slough of Despond is surely the property of John Bunyan.
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# opined by : 6:20 PM, October 07, 2005
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