‘Magnificent Seven’ jockey Frankie Dettori returned to Ascot Racecourse in May 1997 when an official painting was unveiled to mark the start of the flat racing season.

A painting depicting his seven winners in one day on 28th September 1996 was revealed but Frankie-the only jockey to win all the races in a day’s programme-also received a solid silver memento featuring seven plaques dedicated to each win.

South Hill Park was bracing itself for a performance by Sir Bernard Chumley-aka Matt Lucas-and in an exclusive interview for the Bracknell News the comedian stayed in character describing his ‘Grand Tour’ as:”A filthy load of rubbish.”

Residents in Warfield caused rush hour chaos in an attempt to stop speeding vehicles through their village but the ‘on street’ protest led to angry scenes.

Tempers reached boiling point and despite Police trying to ease tensions a spokesman told the News:”This protest caused complete and utter chaos in the area and people’s lives could also have been at risk as no emergency vehicles could get through.”

Bracknell played host to its second Environment Fair which also included ‘top class entertainment’ and children’s activities and new Mayor cllr Jim Finnie told the News:”It is a great credit to all the people involved.”

20 years ago the skies above Berkshire thundered to the sound of Concorde (the supersonic airliner) which would leave Heathrow just before 11am every day.

A Woodley resident Mike O’Brien told the Chronicle that he and two other householders believed that the noise from the iconic ‘speedbird’ had broken windows in their homes.

Talking to the Chronicle Mr O’Brien revealed:”It Hasn’t happened to me before,but perhaps the plane was flying lower than usual that day.”

Woodcote brothers Simon and Ross Weatherstone were proving that football was in the family blood as they both joined the playing squad of nearby Oxford United.

Simon had recently made a good start to his two-year contract,by scoring four goals against Arsenal reserves,fulfilling a life-long ambition to play professionally.

His 16-year-old brother Ross told the Chron:”The family has always liked football and I was playing as soon as I could walk.”

It was a case of ‘nuns on the run’ at St Paul Convent in Slough 20 years ago when a car-driven by one of the sisters-crashed into the convent in Middle Green.

Fire crews from Langley rushed to the scene but thankfully nobody was hurt-speaking to the Observer Sub officer Keith Wells admitted:”The sister was pretty shaken but not badly hurt.”

A children’s prank that nearly ended in tragedy prompted parents near Slough’s Trading Estate to speak out about the hidden dangers of using the area as an unofficial playground.

Marion and Vernon Hartshorne spoke to the Observer after their two children Tammy and Vernon admitted they had been 40 foot underground and had burnt themselves on re-hot pipes near the power station in Edinburgh Avenue.

Mrs Hartshorne admitted:”We went to inspect the fence they squeezed through and there was a big hole-you know what kids are like.”

Former Olympic swimmer Sharon Davies launched the ‘Mile Swim Challenge’ for various charities in Slough,Windsor and Maidenhead to encourage more to take a dip and attract more people to the health and fitness benefits of regular swimming.

Windsor’s very own motor racing engineer David Luff unveiled his new Formula 3000 Championship team two decades ago and any keen motor sport fan will recognise their driver for the upcoming season was none other than the current Red Bull Formula One supremo Christian Horner.

David Luff’s interest in motorsport began in 1964 as he joined the Brabham team and he crossed the paddock to join the McLaren outfit.