Talk:Slough (poem)

Slough residents' dislike of Betjeman
I've removed "many Slough residents still despise Betjeman" since there's no source for it and, having lived in Slough, I don't believe it's true. I've also removed most of the poem since it's copyrighted and can't be released under the GFDL. Angela. 14:58, 28 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Maybe the Slough residents don't actually despise Betjeman, nor the poem, but rather the fact that people in the media still quote it when having a 'humorous' dig at Slough...
 * EdJogg 17:46, 5 November 2007 (UTC) (also a former Slough resident)

The Office

 * Surely the reference to the poem in The Office should be mentioned.--MartinUK (talk) 01:21, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Just added a reference to the Office. Tony Corsini (talk) 11:49, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Uproar

 * The poem caused an uproar when first published.

That's easy to believe. But did it? Where? (Evidence?) -- Hoary (talk) 21:56, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * My thoughts too. I've just tagged that sentence with citation needed. Qwfp (talk) 16:43, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note the poem was published two years before the outbreak of World War II and the 'blitzes' Britain would experience. Had he written it during the war or after, the poem would probably have been even less well received.Cloptonson (talk) 21:22, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Copyright of external link
There is currently an external link on this article to a full copy of the poem. Neither the text of this page nor the linked page mention any reason the poem would not be subject to copyright. Is it in fact out of copyright, or is this link technically an illegal copy which we should not be linking to? - IMSoP (talk) 13:39, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

Academic study text?
My desperately trying to find confirmation that this was Betjeman's best known (or at least, one of the best) poems threw up many other references. The poem is mentioned on lots of poetry sites, but I suspect none that might pass muster as a reliable source.

Also of interest (to me) was that the text appeared as the subject on a number of study aid sites, suggesting that it is a chosen text for certain English exams.

Is this sufficiently important to be mentioned?

I would have thought that selection as a syllabus text indicated a certain notability.

EdJogg (talk) 23:47, 16 October 2018 (UTC)