Stoke Road, Slough
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Stoke Road, Slough
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 14 Mar 2013
The Chicken Ranch building was built in 1882 as The Leopold Coffee House. The name and date are still on the facade in the brickwork. The idea behind it was the classic Victorian one of enticing drinkers away from the wickedness of the pubs. http://www.sloughhistoryonline.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=slough&f=generic_objectrecord_postsearch.htm&_IXFIRST_=2269&_IXMAXHITS_=1&m=quick_sform&tc1=i&partner=slough&s=ZXLdrkpbHiD Strangely, all these years later, a decent coffee could still pull that trick for me sometimes. Fried chicken couldn't.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.513643
Longitude
-0.593892