Maidenhead Advertiser - Archive History

Remember When: David Beckham and England stars at Maidenhead Megabowl

1980: Snooker fans in Maidenhead had a rare chance to see former World Snooker Champion Terry Griffiths. The then-Masters champion played ex-English Billiards Champion Mark Wildman over seven frames at Maidenhead Autos & Stevensons showrooms in Bath ...

31 May 2025 at 17:00

Viewpoint: Concerns over vote on Kimber's Lane planning application

Ward unrepresented in crucial planning vote The Advertiser (May 23) reported that plans for 225 new homes in Kimber’s Lane have finally been approved, in a meeting beset with absences. The voting panel was unbelievably reduced to just four members, ...

30 May 2025 at 17:00

Remember When Extra: Milestone anniversary for Maidenhead fruit and veg stall

2005: Fundraising efforts by villagers and donations helped to raise enough money to give Cookham Dean Village Hall a £45,000 new look. External building work was set to begin in the summer to create a new storage area and toilets. Inside, the ...

26 May 2025 at 17:00

Remember When: Poll tax protesters marched to Windsor Castle

1985: Guides from all over Bucks attended a water activities camp at Longridge, the National Scouting Centre at Bisham, to commemorate guiding’s 75th anniversary. It was the first time the camp in Quarry Wood Road had been used for an ...

24 May 2025 at 17:00

Remember When: Angela Rippon at East Berkshire College

1985: Another successful Clarefield Court Hospital fete saw it move £4,000 closer to the £150,000 needed for a new leisure activities unit at the hospital. More than 1,500 people turned out for the event, despite the cold weather. ...

16 May 2025 at 17:00

Remember When: Desborough old boys gathered for special concert

1975: The Republic of Ireland football team stayed at Walton Cottage Hotel while they trained at Bisham Abbey in preparation for fixtures against Switzerland and Russia. Led by player-manager and Leeds United star Johnny Giles, ...

09 May 2025 at 17:00

Remember When: Teams lined up for Queen's Arms barrel race

1980: Seven teams lined up outside the Queen’s Arms in Queen Street for the start of a three-legged sponsored beer barrel rolling race. To complete the course, the four-man teams had to visit nine pubs in the town centre and ...

11 Apr 2025 at 17:00

Remember When: Impressive stage shows from Maidenhead pupils

1975: The forties were recreated in Hedsor Road, near the Garibaldi pub, when Warner Brothers moved in to shoot scenes for a new film, Seven Men at Daybreak. Later renamed Operation Daybreak, the film told the story of the ...

05 Apr 2025 at 17:00

Remember When: A right Carry On at Maidenhead Town Hall

1975: The facade of Maidenhead Town Hall – which had already doubled as a hospital in the Carry On film series – became a university (main picture). The Carry On film crew moved in again to shoot location scenes for their ...

29 Mar 2025 at 17:04

Remember When: Red Nose Day and rag week fun

1975: There were hugs and enthusiastic shouts of welcome back for ‘Bash’ at Cookham Rise School. ‘Bash’, otherwise known as school caretaker Harry Gibbons, had just returned from a three-month visit to relatives in ...

24 Mar 2025 at 13:48

Remember When: Mr Bean filmed in Littlewick Green

1985: Allan Carter’s Maidenhead RFC retained the Giddy & Giddy Berkshire Cup by the skin of their teeth against a tenacious Bracknell at Lily Hill Park. In a low-scoring game, hot favourites Maidenhead clinched ...

17 Mar 2025 at 17:00

Remember When: Poll tax meeting collapsed amid mass protest

1985: Debbie Henry, who worked for the National Trust as a forester at Cliveden, tried to outwit the panel when she appeared on the television programme What’s My Line? – which saw celebrities try to guess ...

08 Mar 2025 at 17:00

Remember When: Maidenhead volunteers marked 75 years of Rotary

1975: Maidenhead Evening Townswomen’s Guild made a gift of birds to the borough to replace some of the 80 that were slaughtered by vandals at the Ray Mill Island aviary the previous May. The guild handed ...

01 Mar 2025 at 17:00

Remember When: Terry Wogan joined Thames Valley Adventure Playground party

1975: A dying 70ft high spruce in Cookham Rise with links to Gugliemo Marconi had to be felled. It was from the tree in High Road that the Italian inventor conducted some of his first wireless ...

21 Feb 2025 at 17:00

Remember When: White Hart confusion prompted Fifield Inn name change

1975: Work on the much-discussed Nicholson’s shopping precinct continued, including a new access for shoppers from the multi-storey car park. New signs were up at the entrances, while shop ...

01 Feb 2025 at 17:00

Remember When: Hurricane-force winds hit Maidenhead

1975: Former world junior chess champion Alexander Belyavsky took on 30 members of Maidenhead Chess Club simultaneously at Maidenhead Rugby Club. The Russian, who was in Britain to take ...

25 Jan 2025 at 17:00

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