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Books on Slough

All of the books listed below are available to buy at the museum shop, please check opening times should you wish to visit. Alternativly you can download a order form. Simply post the form with a cheque made payable to Slough Museum. Generaly we post book(s) on the Monday after we recieve payment, however please allow 10 working days as a maximum.
We regret that we are unable to accept payment by credit or debit card
S.T.E.A.M:
Another 22 Organisations that changed Slough and district
Do it 4u, 2004. paper-back
The story of 22 firms in Slough over the last 60 years. Produced by S.T.E.A.M (Slough Town Employment Action Movement).
STEAM are Winners of the Mayors Arts Project Award 2005


Price: £5.95 + £1.50 p&p = £7.45

Fitch, Eric:
Unknown Taplow & Environs
Windsor Publications, 1988. paper-back
A ramble of discovery around Boveney, Burnham, Dorney, Hedsor, Hitcham and Taplow

Price £4 + £1.50 p&p = £5.50

Strange Folklore Society:
Strange Berkshire
Strange Publications in Association with the Slough Observer, 1986. paper-back
A wander through the mysteries of Windsor, Slough, datchet, cookham, Bisham, maidenhead, Crazies Hill and surounding areas.

Price £1+ £1.50 p&p = £2.50
Tuddenham, Angela:
Dear Mother
Slough Museum, Slough Borough Council, 1999. paper-back
The story of a letter written in 1840, at the Eton Union Workhouse, Slough

£2.50 + £1.50 p&p = £4


Old Ordinance Survey Map Slough 1897

Reprint of the original ordance map showing slough


£2.10 + £1.50 p&p = £3.60
Andrew Mitchel (editorial text)
Margaret Wakefield (copywritter)
Memories of Slough
West Yorks: True North Books, 1999. hard-back
...a nostalgic look at life concentrating on that most colourful period in our recent past centerd around the 1940's, 50's and 60's

Price £9.99 + £3.50 p&p = £13.49

Ansel B,M (CBE) Bywaters E,G,L (CBE) Spencer P,E Tyler J,P:
Looking Back 1947-1985 The Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital
Ansel,B,M (CBE), 1997. paper-back
..reviews the history and achievemnets over nearly half a century of a unique hospital, its general and pioneering work
Price £5.00 +£1.50 p&p = £5.50
Turner, Jack:
The Benton & Allen Story
Fairlight Press, 1992. paper-back
Detailing the airfield in Chalvey and the Benton Aeroplane factory in Maidenhead

Price £4.99+£1.50 p&p = £6.49
Revd. dr. Jeremy Hurst (Preface)
A New Start - The LCC Estate In Langley 1954-2004
Langley Neighbourhood Forum, 2004. paper-back
Historical background, The public buildings, Memories



Price £1+£1.50 p&p = £2.50
The Changing Face of Slough
Derby: Breedon Books, 2003. hard-back
A detailed, highly illustrated account of the recent history of Slough and the surrounding wards.

Price £14.99 + £3.50 p&p = £18.49

Bromely, Claire (editor)
Chalvey – Its History and People
Slough Museum, 2001. paper-back
Origins of Chalvey, Trains Planes and Automobiles, Schooldays, Places of Worship, The Stab Monk, Chalvey at War, Changing Times

Price £1.95 + £1.50 p&p = £3.45
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