Remember When: BBC's Superstars came to Marlow

1973: Actress and TV favourite Wendy Craig was the star personality at Furze Platt scouts’ donkey derby in Laggan Field.

In between starting races, the star signed autographs almost non-stop.

1983: A courageous Furze Platt schoolgirl won the hearts of 5,000 spectactors at a school athletic event when she battled to the finishing line with a broken arm.

Nicola Dilley, 14, took a tumble during the final of the junior girls’ 800m race at the English School Track and Field Championships in Plymouth.

Despite a plea from her coach to drop out, Nicola got to her feet and continued to the finishing line with her arm hanging painfully by her side.

1983: The BBC TV Superstars bandwagon rolled into Marlow as eight top athletes gathered to start the search for the best all-round sportsman in Britain.

The River Thames at Marlow was the scene for the canoe race, featuring past masters from the world of sport.

They included former England football captain Emlyn Hughes and two former British Lions rugby players – David Duckham and Andy Ripley.

1993: The Green Way – a five-mile waterside walkers’ route from Cookham through the centre of Maidenhead to Bray –was opened by the Mayor, Cllr Mike Scott.

He said it was a fitting memorial to the late Peter Nevell, who had initiated the project and put a lot of hard work into it.

1993: Toddlers at a Maidenhead playgroup raised several hundred pounds for new equipment by completing a gruelling assault course.

The three- to five-year-olds at St Mary’s School were sponsored by parents and friends to do 10 circuits of the course, which involved crawling through a tunnel and jumping on a mini trampoline.

1998: Crowds gathered for Burnham Carnival – despite the atrocious weather.

The event featured majorettes dancing in the deluge and a hilarious Dogs That Look Like Their Masters competition.

Despite the miserable weather, takings reached £3,000 – at least as much as the previous year.

1998: The rain also didn’t stop the fun at the 22nd Windsor and Maidenhead District Sports Association for the Disabled (WAMDSAD) wheelchair push.

Wearing all sorts of fancy dress outfits, 30 teams completed either a half-marathon or the full 26-mile course around Maidenhead, Windsor, Eton and Slough.

The teams collected more than £10,300 for the charity along the way.