When Ian Payne and Denise Muir tied the knot at St. Mary’s Church in Langley the bride and groom celebrated with a few special guests as the left the service.

The guard of honour included some of Mr. Payne’s fellow telephone engineers, who formed a tunnel of ladders for the happy couple to pass under.

But the surprise VIP visitor was the British Telecom mascot, Buzby, who happily posed for the Observer photographer with the couple.

St. Mary’s Adult training centre was opened by the West London’s Pearly King and Queen, Ron and Dorothy Keeble in 1981 and apart from raising money towards a new mini-bus, the centre was hoping to change attitudes to the mentally handicapped.

Fete organiser, David Downer, told the Observer: "I think by holding events like this we help to break down the prejudices that some people have and change pre-conceived notions.”

Mr. Downer explained that he was very pleased with the £1,500 raised towards the new vehicle, but also delighted with his own stall selling ‘sweetmeats’ running out before any other and he confessed: "People turned up their noses until they tasted my ‘Elizabethan-style’ recipe, until they tasted it and then it sold out very quickly!”

Burnham Ladies darts team were overlooked during the season’s awards evening 37 years ago, despite being the joint winners of their league section.

The Slough League’s annual presentations lack of a mention of the ladies team caused team captain, Helen Wilmott to tell the Observer: "We were made to feel that we were not wanted, even though two committee members were threatening to resign over the incident.”

The sight of thousands of birds caused many local residents near Westgate School in Cippenham to compare it to the Alfred Hitchcock film, “The Birds”.

An electricity pylon near the school was being used at dusk by Starlings to gather before nightfall, in a natural event called a “murmuration”, when birds would chatter noisily before roosting overnight.

Cippenham Lane resident, Joseph McBurney, told the Observer: "You hear the birds at sunset and they make an extraordinary chattering noise, I have never seen anything like it before.”

A group of Slough schoolchildren, working from scratch, put on an evening of music hall after only 10 days of rehearsal in 1981.

Organiser, June Barrell, of the Edwardian Music Hall Group admitted: "The children were super, they had such a short time to learn the routine and it is a credit to them that they picked it up so well.”

Military historian, Jim Linton, showed off his unique collection of militaria to the Observer which he had been collecting for most of his life.

The 3,000 items included a range of military cap badges from both world wars and Jim explained each had a story of its own: "The whole thing fascinates me, I can sit and read books about them for hours, each one then seems so real."