A FOUR-month-old baby boy from Iver had an incredible escape in 1986 when his mother’s car crashed on the M4, catapulting him out of the vehicle at 70-mph.

Tiny Sam Morris was thrown out of the broken window during the impact and he bounced 30 yards across the motorway, down a 15-foot roadside embankment.

His mother Gillian told the Observer: “After the crash, I looked round and saw Sam had gone from his carrycot, and I panicked, passers-by stopped and helped me from my car, all I could think of was “where’s my baby?”

Amazingly little Sam had bounced nearly 50 feet, but only had a small cut on his head and a bruised knee, a police spokesperson told the Observer: “The little nipper is lucky to be alive, a miracle!”

The price was right for Diana Thackerey from Slough when she was invited to ‘come on down’ to the hit show ‘The Price is Right’ in 1986.

But Diana admitted to the Observer that she couldn’t remember too much of the days filming, as she was far too excited at winning £2,700 in prizes.

Diana told the Observer: “It came as such a shock, it was nerve-racking and I don’t remember a lot of what went on, but it was very exciting!”

If you are to become a steam train driver then it goes without saying your name has to be either Thomas, Henry or Gordon, so it was lucky that Gordon Read from Iver Heath was chosen by British Rail to reintroduce the Flying Scotsman to the UK network.

In the early 1960’s he drove the iconic train on its last journey before it was shipped briefly over to the USA and the modest driver told the Observer: “It is more difficult to drive than modern trains-you have to be as economical as possible-or you will have a very cross fireman in the cab!”

Eagle-eyed Observer readers were being asked to keep their eyes peeled for a stolen Barn Owl in the Burnham area 31 years ago.

10-month old ‘Samantha’ had been taken from owner Alan Potts’s aviary-leaving her mate Ben pining for nesting companion.

Speaking to the Observer owner Alan admitted: “She is not tame and will not survive for long as she has been bred in captivity and can’t kill for herself.”

Nine-year-old Gary Byrne ‘got his wiggle on’ as he saw off all challengers to become a hula-hoop champion by rotating a hoop around his middle an incredible 1,328 times.

Gary kept the hoop up around his waist at the Britwell Playcentre in Long Furlong Drive, Slough.

British Telecom customer Peter Hedge admitted he and the ‘comms giant’ were baffled as to why his home phone would not stop ringing-despite the company’s engineers trying their best to stop it for nine months.

Peter, who admitted he is being ‘haunted by the bells’ told the Observer: “I can’t stand it any longer-I can’t sleep so I pull the plug out-then forget to plug it back in.”