Remember When: Grand National winner who 'put West End on the map'

1974: A fine collection of Easter bonnets were on display ahead of the school holiday.

They were created by pupils in Class 2 at Braywood School.

1979: Chess players from Clayton Middle School in Bourne End were crowned champions of the High Wycombe and District Chess League Jamboree.

It was the second successive year that the team won.

1984: Maidenhead Town Hall was packed as wave upon wave of children descended on the building to try their hands at the latest in computer hard and software.

They even spilled out onto the street and into a coach packed with video games – but there was a serious purpose behind all the fun.

Billed as the New World of Work Conference and Exhibition, the event was designed to ‘open up an understanding of the new and developing features of working life which confront school leavers’.

1989: Local fashion enthusiasts enjoyed a colourful and varied evening of some of the latest styles at a fashion show hosted by Marlow Ladies’ Circle.

The show at Court Garden Theatre raised £400 for the Wycombe Scan Appeal.

1994: Locals at the Plough Inn near Waltham St Lawrence were raising a glass to the horse who ‘put West End on the map’.

Miinnehoma, an 11-year-old racehorse owned by comedian and Plough Inn neighbour Freddie Starr, romped to victory in the Grand National.

Unfortunately, none of the Plough regulars had backed the horse.

1999: Sainsbury’s came to the rescue of parents John and Lindsey Thompson – who were unable to go on their weekly shop with their triplets in tow.

A radical new shopping trolley design provided ample seating for babies James, William and Michael – with plenty of room for all the baby food.

1999: A Maidenhead family featured in an international publication dedicated to Beanie Babies – following a transatlantic exchange of rare examples of the popular toys.

Sara Lyford was on an internet chat room searching for one of the more elusive Beanies, when Texan Barbara VanMatre offered to help. Chip, a two-tone cat, was soon on its way to Maidenhead and the story was featured in Beanie Mania magazine.