Remember When: The nuclear emergency operations centre in Maidenhead Town Hall

1980: An old garage clock that stopped ticking for 11 years was restored and resumed its duty in Cookham Dean.

A clock had been in position on the front of Dene Service Station in Church Road since 1935, but it stopped working in 1969.

1985: The Advertiser paid a visit to one of the most controversial sites in the Royal Borough – in the basement of the town hall.

This was the home of the emergency operations centre, which would become the district council’s wartime headquarters in the event of a nuclear attack.

The basement had been converted at a cost of £60,000 – including reinforced doors and brickwork, a generator, water supply and a communications network.

1990: Cookham’s summer holiday playscheme was marred by drizzly weather – but it still managed to keep 200 youngsters entertained over the holiday.

Indoor activities included music-making and flower-arranging sessions.

1990: Maidenhead United recorded back-to-back wins as they hit form at the start of the Vauxhall League Division 2 (South) season.

New skipper Kevin Bale helped his side secure a 3-0 victory against Feltham at York Road, before a midweek 2-1 away win over Epsom and Ewell.

1995: Nearly 70 forgotten heroes whose names were left off Maidenhead’s war memorial were to be honoured – thanks to painstaking detective work by historians.

Altogether 68 people who died in action during and just after the Second World War were overlooked when the roll of honour for the memorial outside Maidenhead Town Hall was drawn up in 1948.

But the missing names were due to be added thanks to the efforts of historians Elias Kupfermann and Monica Jefferiss.

1995: A record number of fires in Berkshire caused by the driest summer in more than 300 years sparked an urgent call for recruits to the fire brigade.

Maidenhead Fire and Rescue desperately needed retained firefighters to back up the professional crews, stretched to the limit by the huge numbers of blazes sweeping across the county.

2000: The Mayor of Windsor and Maidenhead, Cllr John Webb, was preparing to cheer on the borough’s
competitors in a sporting contest pitching Royal Borough against Royal Borough.

Taking place on the bank holiday weekend, the two-day Millennium Sporting Challenge would see teams from the Royal Boroughs of Caernarfon; Kensington and Chelsea; Kingston-upon-Thames; and Windsor and Maidenhead clash in 10 sports.