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 hall was due to be painted, receive new sinks, worktops, lampshades and fire guards.

2005: Hundreds of youngsters across the borough had been doing their bit for health, fitness and the environment by walking to school.

The annual event attracted 40 primary, junior and infant schools from in and around Maidenhead, with the theme of ‘Doing a bit to keep fit’.

2010: Orphans from Thailand who lost their parents in the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami visited fundraisers to thank them for helping to rebuild their lives.

Youngsters from Ban Nam Khem, a village in the Khao Lak region that was completely swept away in the disaster, spent five days in the area to show their gratitude to members of the Windsor and Maidenhead Community Forum.

The forum of community and faith groups had contributed to the rebuilding of the village and helped provide the children with a secure home and education.

2010: A safety campaign to install a zebra crossing on a ‘dangerous’ road gathered almost 1,000 petition signatures.

Andrew Jenner, owner of Jenner’s Cafe in Riverside Gardens park, had been campaigning for a zebra crossing in Ray Mead Road for seven years.

2015: Shoppers enjoyed a party atmosphere as a fruit and veg stall celebrated 25 years of trading in the town centre. Glasses of bubbly were handed out, balloons were released, and a cake was cut to mark the milestone for family business Anthony Reynolds Fruiterers.

2020: A Sonning-based Monty Python fan was cheering up villagers during lockdown by encouraging them to a silly walk when passing his house.

James Ruffell set up The Ministry of Silly Walks (Sonning Division), putting up a sign outside his house saying ‘You have now entered the jurisdiction of The Ministry of Silly Walks, commence silly walking immediately’.