THE British Olympic ice dance team descended on the Montem Ice Rink in Slough 27 years ago.

The squad got a first look at their new costumes, designed to make them look and feel good.

Behind the revamp was ex-skater Ellen Kemp who had designed a new image for the skaters.

She explained the reason, saying: “I saw that there was room for improvement, that a little more effort was needed to show off the British skaters to their best advantage.”

Roller-blading was a new craze was hitting the streets in ’91, which was rather similar to ice skating, but needed no ice, just a flat piece of pavement or tarmac.

The new roller-blading boots, or in-liners, had a line of four narrow wheels instead of a metal blade and were much lighter than roller-boots which they were set to replace.

Slough’s first indoor karting track opened on the Trading Estate in 1991, and inside the former warehouse a complete ‘Grand Prix’ circuit was now available for budding Formula One stars of the future.

The track was available for hire to groups of up to 30 speedsters, who could perform their own mini championship, complete with trophies and champagne for the winners.

The venture was a dream come true for the owners and Robert Lowden told the Observer: “We opened it because there is nothing for children or adults to do in Slough, motor sport has always been the love of my life.

“So I really wanted to open a place like this.”

Two Langley schoolboys had the sporting chance of a lifetime when they gained places on a prestigious sports scholarship programme.

Olympic sprinter Linford Christie visited the two youngsters, Scott Eddie and Daniel Wicks and told the Observer: “The idea of this scholarship is to give talented young people the chance to receive top class coaching and facilities.”

Grangewood School for Young Ladies had a school outing to the Theatre Royal, Windsor, as members of the cast of the theatre’s new play, ‘Daisy Pulls It Off’, set in a private school.

The plot of the production featured the fictitious fourth form putting on its own play and had just come off a three-year run in the West End.

The gruelling Tour of Britain cycling race was attracting many of the world’s top cyclists to Windsor in 1991 and the town had the honour of starting the 612-mile trip.

Stage One, the longest and fastest, was to take the riders from Windsor Central Station, through Datchet along the Eton Road before heading off towards Slough and eventually towards Birmingham.