We moved to Maidenhead in 1961, when I was 10. I didn't particularly want to but my parents said I could go and see "Village of the Damned" at the ABC cinema on the day we moved and that swung it for me - I was easily pleased. My parents bought their first house here - a maisonette - for about 2000. Times have changed.

There was a rush by men of 40 and over to join the newly formed Local Defence Volunteers (LDV), later renamed The Home Guard.

The Bats

Then off to work at the old Police Station, just off Queen Street - Berkshire Constabulary then, follwed by a decade at a local insurance brokers in York Road. A Clay Kit has been donated by nearby pottery company Keeeps to Harry Marland, 12, to ensure he can carry on his newfound hobby. Meanwhile, school children in Mill Park had damaged the trees, so the council would be asking for the Headmaster to deal with these children. What he didn’t realise was that in 1967 the new Town Hall’s frontage was to feature as the Hospital in Carry On Doctor, with Barbara Windsor pictured filming a scene there.

The pub is prominently located on Gringer Hill, in a densely populated residential suburb, approximately one mile north of the town centre and mainline station. An air raid siren on top of the Broadway Police Station was frequently sounded to warn of the approach of bombers that were heading for London 26 miles away. There was little choice of clothes, if you wanted to wear anything different we had to make do and mend. Chocolate, sweets and ice-creams were a rarity. Daniel Gillespie, headteacher at Beech Lodge School, said: "We at Beech Lodge School are delighted to be involved in this lovely ‘pig celebration’. I saw it quite clearly and stood trembling with fear waiting for an explosion. An explosion never came.The sculpture is made from pieces of mild steel which have been beaten into shape then welded together.

I continued to do my paper round and discovered that one of my customers was George Allison, the manager of Arsenal Football Club.Christie added: “It has been our pleasure to welcome the children of Beech Lodge School to Waterside Quarter to unveil this fabulous new sculpture. As part of the celebration, one student from Beech Lodge School was chosen to receive a special prize due to his creative sculpture design.