When King George VI and Elizabeth Queen Consort visited Slough

From the 1900s to the 1950s, each of these snaps reveals how life was like in the town.

The bus was travelling from Slough to Beaconsfield in 1904

One of the photos shows a posed view of a single-decker closed omnibus, with the driver and two other men.

The vehicle was travelling between Slough and Beaconsfield in March 1904.

Fast forward 33 years later, Elizabeth Queen Consort (the wife of King George VI) was seen in Slough with her husband during an informed visit to the town’s social centre in Farnham Road.

Their trip to Berkshire was recorded in December 1937.

Another photo shows Lord Cottesloe talking with the C.O. of a Guard of Honour at the ceremony to grant a Charter to the Borough of Slough in September 1938.

The Charter to the Borough of Slough was celebrated in September 1938

Sticking with the same month in the same year, September 1938 saw the town’s mayor plant a tree to commemorate the awarding of the Borough Charter, which was watched by a large crowd.

A tree being planted to celebrate the Borough Charter

Moving to the 1950s, one image we found shows four members of the High Wycombe Borough Nursing team, who won the St John Ambulance Brigade County Competition, which was held at Slough in April 1957.

Members of the High Wycombe Borough Nursing attending an award ceremony in Slough

Two months prior, A group of German Youth Leaders watched a Judo demonstration by members of Slough Youth Club when they visited Missenden Abbey in Great Missenden.

Judo members from Slough partaking in the sport in Great Missenden