Monthly Archives: July 2017
The Slough Bomb Mystery
Of the many secret files of World War Two that have been declassified, only one contains the word ‘mystery’ in its title. The event that confounded the British War Cabinet and the high-command of the RAF was termed the Slough
The Montem Mound is Anglo-Saxon
In December 2016, a team from the Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, drilled into the Montem Mound (the Salt Hill) and removed samples of soil in order to determine its age. Analysis by radio-carbon dating determined that the mound
Fun with colouring
Recently, newly coloured-in versions of vintage black-and-white photographs have been appearing in newspapers and online news sites. The realism of the colouring compares favourably with genuine vintage colour photography. The work is usually attributed to a ‘professional colourist’. Quite a
We want your memories
If you have lived in Cippenham, please share a memory or two with our readers. We’d like to publish everyday stories about the people and buildings from Cippenham’s past. Anything from just a few sentences long is fine. We are
Earliest photograph of Cippenham
This is probably the earliest photograph of Cippenham, taken at the village centre. The image was supplied by Slough Museum and their record states that it was from 1907. The view is along Lower Cippenham Lane with the pond to