Saturday was the best day of the week [....] [We played outside on summer Saturdays and had picnics]. On winter Saturdays we were allowed to go to the “pictures” in the afternoon.

Slough had no real Cinema then, so films were shown in the Public Hall, a building used for every kind of function.

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There was a pianist who watched the screen, and thumped out the appropriate music for each film. It could hardly be heard, as we all booed and hissed the villains.