Remember When: High flyer Gary Numan swaps cars for a plane at aero club

1980: The Magnet was transformed into a miniature Brands Hatch when Maidenhead Electronic Car Club held its second annual open meeting.

More than 100 of the country’s top drivers converged on Maidenhead to test their skills as the 12th-scale Formula 1 cars fought it out on the indoor racetrack.

1985: Pop star Gary Numan was among the high flyers soaring above the West London Aero Club at White Waltham.

The flying club was the weekend venue for a practice session by the Harvard Formation Team, which was established in 1977 by London accountant Anthony Hutton and had recently recruited Numan as a team member.

1990: The deputy mayor, Cllr Robin Austin, was guest of honour at a birthday celebration at the Thames Valley Adventure Playground.

The playground’s senior playworker, Gary Warrington, said that Cllr Austin had been so impressed on a previous visit that he had asked if he could come again, and this visit coincided with one of the children’s birthdays at the playground for children and adults with disabilities.

1995: It was the end of an era at Elizabeth House in Cookham when founder Elisabeth Sanders stepped down as chair after 18 years.

Her dream of a day centre became a reality in 1980, when it opened under a determined band of organisers and volunteers.

She said: “Leave while you’re on a high.”

2000: Commuters waiting at Maidenhead Station had a surprise when a bridal couple started dancing on the platform.

It was all part of an exercise by dancers at Norden Farm. Members of the Norden Exposure dance group were filming background footage for their Who Decided? performance at the centre’s opening festival on July 12.