A GROUP of youngsters from Easthampstead Youth Club had their very own “Magical Mystery Tour” in 1963, when they boarded a coach to see The Beatles, who were appearing at the Adelphi Cinema in Slough.
The “Fab Four” were on their third UK tour (making a second visit to Slough) and some of the support acts included Gerry and the Pacemakers and Roy Orbison.
The “Fabs” opened with “Some other Guy” and their eight-song set list included “Love Me Do” and “Please, Please Me.”
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The previous night they had played at the Royal Command Performance and the Queen Mother asked Paul McCartney where they were playing next- to which he said ‘Slough’ and she famously replied, ‘Ah- that’s near us!’
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Wokingham MP, Bill van Straubenzee gave a speech to Cranbourne Conservatives 58 years ago and explained that if a General Election was to be fought anytime soon, it would be about the future and not the past.
Speaking on the subject of new housing he thought there should be more ‘new towns’- and Berkshire should have at least one of them.
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The era of push-button automation had entered the theatrical world and a Bracknell company Lede Limited was leading the way in the early sixties.
Their latest designs, part of a £250,000 order, were being shipped to Las Vegas, USA, and included a spectacular series of discs which would be projected over the audience.
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St. Crispin’s Secondary Modern School, Wokingham, celebrated being open for 10 years in 1963 with a special speech day.
During his address to parents and pupils the headmaster, Mr. E. Bancroft, announced that of the 56 children who took their G.C.E. exams, 48 had been successful.
The speech of the day was under the control of Sir Conrad Corfield, who said it was noteworthy that the first pupils at the school were now entitled to vote.
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When Gwen and Ron Carter were told they had won a national breakfast cereal competition they were not told what they would receive, but mysteriously two return rail tickets arrived in the post.
But when they arrived in London, they were told that they didn’t need their return stubs because they had won a Ford Anglia car.
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Nine members of the Bracknell Social Wives group modelled clothes at their own fashion show in the Bridge House, Bracknell, to help raise funds for their group.
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One of the wives modelled a cream wool dress with tie belt, which retailed at 39 shillings, from Marilyn boutique, whilst on her arm was a brown suedette jacket, fur lined with a cream-coloured collar.
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