The 1980s ‘Poptastic’ chart-toppers Musical Youth were headliners at the Fulcrum in Slough in 1985, but instead of the 1,200 capacity crowd expected,a meagre 310 people attended as the concert was deemed a ‘wash-out’.

Mayor Lydia Simmons described the concert as “delightful and entertaining” but said she was disappointed that it was not well attended.

Musical Youth were a British Jamaican reggae band from Birmingham,best remembered for their 1982 single “Pass the Dutchie” which became a number 1 hit worldwide.

The New Year of 1986 was certainly going to be welcome for the Windsor-based Life Guard regiment who were due to return home after six months in Cyprus,as part of the United Nations peace-keeping force.

Their job had been to patrol the 217 kilometre buffer zone,preventing conflict resuming between the Turkish and Greek halves of the island.The last major conflict had split the capital Nicosia in half and the deserted streets even had cafes where the half-eaten food was still laid out on the tables of local cafes.

The May Cottage Laundry in Slough was losing its ‘loveable laundry lady’ as sixty-three-year-old Kath Butler retired after 29 years with the firm.

Kath told the Slough Observer: “I have seen many changes during my years here-when I started 80 per cent of the laundry was for individual customers.”

Comedy actress Patricia Hayes and her grand-daughter Katie helped Farnham Common fundraiser Lillian Ramsey add £380 to the appeal to build a hydrotherapy pool at Wexham Park Hospital.

Patricia,who was awarded the OBE in 1988,would be best remembered for her roles in Hancock (not the Will Smith film) and Hugh and I.

The star family duo were pictured in the Observer ‘larking around’ at the charity concert at Taplow Lodge.

Langley Police Station threw open its doors to one young visitor 32 years ago when six-year-old Jason Pratt was given a VIP tour of the building.

After writing a touching letter to the Chief Constable Jason,who was ‘mad keen’ on becoming a police officer,was given the chance to join up for the day.

The young recruit was shown how to use a radio,take a trip in a panda car and take his own fingerprints.

Two hundred hardy runners were confronted by three steep climbs and plenty of mud at the six-mile Cliveden cross-country run-and as if this wasn’t gruelling enough,it was a cold,damp and murky day.

Burnham Joggers,who organised the event,raised £650 for the Cliveden Estate Hanging Woods Appeal and a spokesman told the Observer:”Now it is to be held annually we should get even more runners taking part.”