This week, we take a look at more top stories from around Bracknell from the late 80s.

The whole borough went Comic Relief crazy in March 1989 when countless schools, colleges, companies and individuals joined in the fun and frolics of Red Nose Day.

They helped to raise £10.5 million for local, national and international charities.

Wildridings Junior School took to their sporting field for a teachers versus pupils netball match, led by captain and headmaster Dave Donaldson.

And Brakenhale school teacher Chris England lost the moustache he had spent 12 years cultivating, to raise money for good causes.

He was “kidnapped” by members of the sixth form and taken blindfolded into the main hall where, in front of a large audience, he was “de-moustached”.

His moustache was auctioned off for £10 and he later explained to the News that he had agreed to do it only if students managed to get 600 signatures on a petition – which meant £60 for Comic Relief.

Pupils at Bracknell College took to their bikes, riding them on rollers on the hope of covering more than 150 miles in a day, while staff at Racal Communications, in Bracknell, went to work dressed as clowns and held a special charity auction.

Dentists Morris and Kaplan, in the Broadway, dressed up and sold raffle tickets with a free examination, scale and polish and x-rays as first prize.

Sandy Lane School allowed pupils to go in fancy dress for a donation, while Newbold School, in Binfield, held sponsored events in the hope of beating their £1,200 total from the previous year.

And St Mary’s School, in Winkfield Row, held sponsored shoe shines, silences, cake bakes and more, while Birch Hill School pupils spent their day dressed in red, lining up two-pence pieces and selling jelly.

Finally, Garth Hill pupils Richard Harvey and Andrew Rollings took their first steps into publication when they sold Comic Relief Comics through local newsagents.

In other news, pupils at Waverley School, in Crawthorne, took part in a sponsored walk and run of up to 20 laps with pentathlon athlete Graham Brookhouse.

He explained how the different elements of the event were chosen, before the students, aged between five and 11, tried it for themselves.

Finally, smokers tested their nicotine levels at a Smoking Awareness Day in Crowthorne.

The event attracted around 60 people to the Baptist Church Hall in the High Street, and saw visitors test their nicotine levels to see how smoking was affecting their health, as well as discuss the issue with health visitors Sylvia Brindley and Laura Collins.