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History of Slough
The first recorded uses of the name occur as Slo in 1196, Sloo in 1336, and Le Slowe, Slowe or Slow in 1437. It first seems to have applied to a hamlet between Upton to the east and Chalvey to the west, roughly around the “Crown Crossroads” where the road to Windsor (now the A332) met the Great West Road. The Domesday Survey of 1086 refers to Upton, and a wood for 200 pigs, worth £15. During the 13th century, King Henry III had a palace at Cippenham. Parts of Upton Court were built in 1325, while St Mary the Virgin Church in Langley was probably built in the late 11th or early 12th century, though it has been rebuilt and enlarged several times.
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F-Type Gains New Features
F-TYPE Gains All-Wheel Drive and Manual Transmission Options as the Range Grows from Six to 14 Derivatives
A Third of British Adults Generously Donate Food Over Christmas
Brits prove their generosity over the Christmas period, as almost a third of the British have donated food to vulnerable people in need. Despite the chaos and excitement of the festive period, almost a third (32%) of the British public have remembered vulnerable people in need by generously donating food to those in need across
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David Beckham at Belstaff
David Beckham Attends British Brand Belstaff’s Flagship Store Opening Leather Clad Beckham & Celebrity Guests Celebrate Belstaff Bond Street Flagship Store David Beckham, David Gandy, Jemma Kidd (Mortington), Jodie Kidd and Pixie Lott, celebrated global British luxury lifestyle brand Belstaff’s newest flagship store in London, at 131-135 New Bond Street. In line with the
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A Hundred Reasons to Laugh
A Hundred Reasons to Laugh I read that a child laughs 400 times a day on the average, while an adult laughs only 15 times. Which puzzles me – what do you think the children are laughing at? During one particularly dark period of my life I didn’t laugh even 15 times a day. Not
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Believe in Yourself
Do You Believe In You? Did you know that Albert Einstein could not speak until he was four years old and did not read until he was seven? His parents and teachers worried about his mental ability. Or that Beethoven’s music teacher said about him, “As a composer he is hopeless”? What if young Ludwig
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Admitting our Schnozzles A humorous story has it that many years ago a soldier was sentenced to be flogged. As if something hilarious were about to happen, he chuckled as they led him away and laughed uproariously throughout the whipping. When the painful punishment finally ended, the officer in charge demanded, “What’s so funny about a flogging? I
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Cadbury Gifts Direct at UKviews Cadbury Gifts Direct – the convenient way to gift Cadbury Choose from a wide range of delicious Cadbury products including many exclusive Cadbury products. Cadbury Gifts Direct also features a ‘pick and mix’ section enable you to create your own unique Cadbury hamper filled with all your favorites.
A Quarter Of at UKviewsA little bit about A Quarter Of… A Quarter Of is a nostalgic online sweet shop which replaces the corner sweet shop that everyone remembers growing up with, which is sadly disappearing. Our sweets bring back fond memories of childhood days when the sun shone for longer, when you went everywhere with a whoopee cushion
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BHS Mens wear have all the latest fashion and quality at the best prices: The BHS range includes • A wide range of womenswear • The latest in menswear • The tammy line for 8 -16 year old girls with ever changing ranges • Cool and cute childrenswear including sleepwear and schoolwear • A wide
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