A cat used quite a few of its ‘nine lives’ in 1988, when it curled up under the bonnet of Crowthorne resident Laila Burden’s car in Holborn, and then found itself speeding up the M4 from London.

Luckily, the black and white feline was discovered at Heston Services and taken to a Wokingham Animal Rescue Group, but it then escaped and went ‘walkabout’ for the next three weeks, before winding up back at the centre.

After the vets had given her a clean bill of health, centre manager Diana Brimblecombe, told the News:” She’s very sweet and tame and obviously has been someone’s pet, we plan to post some notices in London, hopefully to get her back home.”

Four members of Bracknell’s Regency Snooker Club were going ‘snooker loopy’ 31 years ago, after setting a new world record for continuous play, beating it by 18 hours.

Manageress at the club, Wendy Scahill, told admitted:” They all performed excellently, although they were all exhausted at the end.”

The epic break was also in aid of Ascot’s Heatherwood Hospital appeal for a new ultra sound unit, which required £12,000 and the masters of the green baize had promised any extra cash would go to Children in Need.

A rare sundial believed to be over 80 years old was restored to its former glory by the owners of a Crowthorne hotel in 1988.

John and Eleonoe Prigmore decided the dial at Dial House should be put back in order after purchasing the building in Dukes Ride and converting it into a hotel.

Following weeks of research into finding a replacement pointer, also known as a ‘gnomon’, the couple also discovered that the (all important) centre of the dial was missing.

Bracknell businessman was spearheading a campaign to fight prejudice against visually handicapped workers by attending an enterprise fair in London, sponsored by the RNIB (Royal National Institute for the Blind).

After launching his business, Bracknell Mouldings, two years previously, Keith admitted to the News:” I thought it would be easy, but it has turned out to be very hard work, though very rewarding.”

He continued:” My clients are very happy with my work, the biggest issue is to persuade them to take me on in the first place.”

His client list, built up over the past few years, included making mouthpieces for trumpets, emergency telephone wires for British Rail and parts for Swedish massaging equipment.

For many years North Ascot Junior School headteacher, Mabel Cory MBE, also managed a club for the disabled called “The Good Companions Club” and when she passed away whilst driving her car in Ascot High Street the people of Ascot were grief stricken.

As a memorial to her the organisation, it was renamed in her honour, with an open invitation extended to new ‘younger’ members to come to the Ascot Day Centre, where the club gathers every Wednesday.