IanMay 29
Nick

Sir John Betjeman, CBE, has been dropped from the village poetry festival for calling for the bombing of Slough.

Organisers said that his appearance would have required a massive police operation.

Betjeman is due to appear in Windsor Magistrates Court in July on terrorism-related offences.

https://www.best-poems.net/john_betjeman/slough.html

Slough poem - John Betjeman

Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough! It isn't fit for humans now, There isn't grass to graze a cow. Swarm over, Death! Come, bombs and blow to smithereens Those air -conditioned, bright canteens,

May 29 at 9:14amWeb
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@Nickiquote

Excellent!

Show threadRichard RollinsonMay 29
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Show threadSteve WoodsMay 29

@Nickiquote I remember once seeing a manuscript draft of Betjeman's Slough in an exhibition at the British Library.

Next to it: a Beatles lyrics MS.

Show threadNickMay 29
@wood5y I spent ages looking at that Beatles cabinet.
Show threadPhil HaighMay 29
@Nickiquote I worked on the Slough trading estate for several years in the 90’s. Betjeman was right.
Show threadColin H.May 29
@gulfie @Nickiquote I bet there were literal tourists visiting when The Office was all the rage.
Show threadGogglesMay 29

@Nickiquote

Very pointed. (I assume you're referring to Irish rappers.)

Show threadNickMay 29
@PKYo I am.