Mr Bayford from the Public Health team is seen talking to the owner of Steventon’s Stores (“Phone 386”!) In 1960, Maidenhead was home to 30,000 people (it was just over 70,000 in 2020), and was a very different place to today. Church bells would have been rung as a warning if there had been an invasion, but thankfully it never happened. The Nazis were not prepared for such action at the time.

I’d like to express a huge thank you to all the students from Beech Lodge School and their teachers for helping us mark this splendid occasion.”They also rejected the proposal of a higher springboard at the (outdoor) swimming pool, because it was not sufficiently deep enough. It was also reported that of 100 samples of milk taken for quality assessment by the public health department, 97 were assessed as Grade 1. Those early years are remembered so well - walking to Courthouse Primary, across the park, lessons with Mrs Palmer. Then on to Gordon Road secondary, initially to the annexe on Castle Hill, then the main school, always down Belmont Vale, by my friends house. Those were the days of Mr Addison (kipper), our head - a strict task master - pity there are not so many now. So here's to you all, those that were there from 1962 to 1966, and Messrs Severn, Bristow, Lacey and the rest of the teachers I've forgotten, if you're still around. Michael Beavan, of Our Community Enterprise Ltd, who registered the group’s ‘Right to Bid’ on 28th September 2016 with the local Council.

For the duration of the war, White Waltham Airfield was the HQ of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA). Then off to work at the old Police Station, just off Queen Street - Berkshire Constabulary then, follwed by a decade at a local insurance brokers in York Road. We carefully covered the surface with individual beads of weld that give the impression of the Berkshire Pig's characteristic long hair. The pub is the ideal venue for many activities and strong working relationships have been developed and established with a wide cross section of local clubs, societies and organisations in the local community.

When they were formed, The Home Guard had little or no equipment – they armed themselves with shotguns and pistols and wore armbands because there were no proper uniforms. Meanwhile, school children in Mill Park had damaged the trees, so the council would be asking for the Headmaster to deal with these children.