For nostalgia this week, we take a trip down memory lane at the start of the 90s.

July 1991 saw a new beginning for the British aerospace site in the heart of Bracknell as bulldozers moved in to demolish the empty buildings and grim memories of the past.

Three years prior, BAe had announced it was going to pull out of Bracknell, with almost 3,000 people losing their jobs as a result.

Work started in July 1991 to build a massive business park on the site, with Arlington Security, a subsidiary of BAe, putting in action a £200 million plan to build almost 600,000 sq ft of offices.

Spokesman William Grosvenor described the plans as “offering Bracknell a second birth”.

In the same month, on a smaller scale, Thames Valley Auto Sunday saw a bumper day, with the popular car extravaganza seeing around 25,000 people swarming in to view vintage and modern cars.

The event, planned by Easthampstead Rotary Club, also raised around £30,000 for good causes, including the British Heart Foundation, Thames Valley Hospice for Terminal Patients, the Sue Ryder Home, Help the Aged, Guide Dogs for the Blind and many more.

In July, pupils at Charters School in Sunningdale put the school in the record books by concocting the world’s biggest cocktail.

The BBC also filmed the event for part of the ‘Record Breakers’ series with Roy Castle, with the occasion also raising £200 for good causes.

The cocktail – made up of 550 gallons of alcohol – beat the previous best of 462 gallons by a group from South Africa.

A sweet proposal also made the front pages in 1991, with Philip Issacs taking hospital radio DJ John Bembridge aside and requesting a record, along with a heartfelt plea for Diana Rowe’s hand in marriage.

Mr Bembridge had been doing the rounds of the wards at Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot, taking requests and Mr Issacs requested ‘Against All Odds’ for fiancée Diana, a chronic asthma patient in the hospital at the time.

She said ‘yes’ without hesitation.

Finally, the Ascot Horticultural Show was a huge hit, seeing its biggest turnout ever.

Entrants also rose from 330 the previous year to 550 in ‘91.

The money raised went to the Ascot Horticultural Society for future shows and meetings.