The 1930s are often remembered as dark years in Britain - a time of depression, unemployment and the threat of war. However for Slough these years were a time of growth, change and progress. Due, in part, to the development of the Trading Estate and all the people the new jobs attracted, Slough's population grew from 16,000 in 1921 to 50,000 people in 1938.
Parts of Burnham, Dorney, Farnham Royal, Horton, Langley and Stoke Poges all came under the jurisdiction of the Slough Urban District Council.
The Charter
In 1938 Slough's
progress was officially marked. On 14th September 1938 the Lord
Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire met the Charter Mayor of Slough,
Councillor Bowyer, to present him with Slough's Charter of
Incorporation. The Charter gave Slough the right to be called a Borough
instead of an Urban District. Slough could now elect a Mayor, have a
Town Hall, and a Borough Crest. Slough as a town had grown up!
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