Slough
Slough [ slaʊ ] is a city and unitary authority in the county of Berkshire in the south of England.
History
The majority of the city was originally part of Buckinghamshire and developed over years from the merger of villages along the A4 road between London, Bath and Bristol. The first written mention of the city (as Slo ) in 1196th The name is probably due from the English word for swamp ( slough ) and possibly also of sloe ( blackthorn ).
The astronomer William Herschel and his sister Caroline created the first map of the universe with a telescope that Herschel had built in his garden in the Windsor Road in Slough. A monument commemorates today it. William Herschel married in St Laurence 's Church in Slough, where he is buried.
Economy and infrastructure
The headquarters of Reckitt Benckiser, O2 (UK), Amazon.com ( UK), Black & Decker ( Europe ) LEGO (UK) and Mars Inc. are based in Slough. Likewise, Slough headquarters of the European headquarters of the company Blackberry and HTC, as well as the British headquarters by 1 & 1 Internet.
Culture
In the 1960s Gerry Anderson turned in Slough his Supermarionation - animated films.
Slough is also home of the BBC series The Office. It also incorporates the poem by John Betjeman will be taken up:
The Tiger Lillies have the city dedicated a song ( Slough ), which refers to the row drop a bomb on Slough on this poem.
Twinning
- Montreuil ( Pas -de- Calais ), France
- Riga, Latvia
Personalities
Born here
- Cecil Aldin, painter and illustrator
- Dorothea Brooking, television producer, screenwriter and director
- Mark Brzezicki, rock drummer
- Kerthney Carty, football coach
- Rod Evans, rock singer
- Tony Hayward, Manager
- Axcil Jefferies, race car driver
- Simon Kernick, author
- Tracey Ullman, actress and singer