Talk:Slough
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Slough (pronounced "slew") is a swamp, marsh, or shallow lake system in eastern and southeastern United States. In western U.S., a slough is a secondary channel of a river delta. In Southern California, a slough is a narrow, shallow salt-water marsh that may or may not be flushed by the tides.
The above seems like a dictionary def to me - what's its purpose exactly? Martin 15:44, 21 Sep 2003 (UTC)
- Disambiguation I guess? Probably since the UK Slough isn't the only slough in the world, there should be some "see also" type of indication of that. And it could serve as a stub for a possible future article on the ecology of sloughs. Marj 18:05, 21 Sep 2003 (UTC)
Why start with the temporary bureaucratic notion of the "unitary authority"? The town predates and will outlast it, and is what everyone but local councillors think of when they hear 'Slough'. -- Hotlorp 10:36, 8 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- Some of the articles linking here do so in the sense of Slough UA rather than Slough the town. Maybe we need two articles? Martin 11:35, 8 Oct 2003 (UTC)
I find the article somewhat POV in presenting the town as unpleasant. It's really no worse that many other towns. -- Daran 13:50, 22 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- I agree. It needs to be NPOVed. It's the best town in the world! anon (who'd want to admit to thinking that about Slough)
Mars factory
I reverted the claim that the Slough Mars factory was the original (opened by Forest Mars in the 1930s) - there was an earlier one opened by Frank Mars (Forest's father) in N. Oak Park Avenue, Chicago in 1929. Ian Cairns 13:46, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
ROBERT WATSON WATT
Robert_Watson-Watt lived in the town, as the inventor of Radar may deserver a mention here.