It’s A Knockout champions and Neptune’s mermaids afloat
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1975: Seventeen patrols from the district’s 13 scout troops entered the district camping competition at Hawthorn Hill.
The camping section was topped by the 18th Maidenhead (Kingfishers), with Bray and Holyport (Ravens) second and Boyne Hill (Foxes) third.
Winners in the cookery section were 13th Maidenhead (Eagles).
1975: Two Alenco teams stormed the opposition at Furze Platt Comprehensive School’s summer fete to take first and second place in the It’s A Knockout competition.
They were facing teams from other local firms – Syntex, Vandervell and McGraw-Hill – as well as a parents and staff team.
1990: Despite the drizzle, about 5,000 people turned up at Wooburn Park to take part in the myths and legends carnival.
In the colourful flotilla of floats there were such characters as King Arthur, the Pied Piper and Robin Hood.
The winning float from St Paul’s School featured a group of mermaids in a King Neptune tableau.
1990: Thirty pupils from All Saints’ Junior School in Maidenhead gained cycling proficiency certificates under a scheme backed by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.
The course included making sure that cycles are roadworthy and teaching riding skill and road sense.
1995: Younger players at Knowl Hill Cricket Club were bowled over by donations of new equipment.
The Mayor of the Royal Borough, Cllr Bryan Hedley, presented the club’s colts with a kit bag filled with £600 worth of cricket gear.
More gifts came in the form of £600 worth of cricket shirts and caps, donated by the Whitbread organisation, and a grant of £2,250 for new cricket news from Wokingham District Council.
1995: TV newscaster and presenter Mary Nightingale – who was just back from covering the Rugby World Cup in South Africa – presented the prizes at Herries School’s speech day.
The school had a 100 per cent success rate in both 11-plus common entrance and 12-plus grammar school entry exams.