A cornucopia of Christmas past pictures this week as we turn back the clock (courtesy of our tame archive-searching elf) to the December of 1988.
![Inverteign School’s production of Aladdin from December 1988. Pictured here are: Justin Lewis (Wishy-Washy), James O’Mally (Widow Twankey), Tim Seale (Abanaza), Vicky Dixon (Aladdin), Katherine Lane (The Princess), Dean Elliot (Chop-Suey) and Julie Roberts (Empress Dragonora).](https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2022/12/26/9/Screenshot%202022-12-26%20at%2009.33.14.png?trim=18,0,18,0&width=669&height=445&crop=669:445)
Inverteign School’s production of Aladdin from December 1988. Pictured here are: Justin Lewis (Wishy-Washy), James O’Mally (Widow Twankey), Tim Seale (Abanaza), Vicky Dixon (Aladdin), Katherine Lane (The Princess), Dean Elliot (Chop-Suey) and Julie Roberts (Empress Dragonora). (MDA Archive)
![Pensioners in Abbotskerswell enjoy a Christmas party in the village hall with entertainment from the Melody Makers](https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2022/12/26/9/Screenshot%202022-12-26%20at%2009.34.52.png?trim=0,106,0,35&width=669&height=445&crop=669:445)
Pensioners in Abbotskerswell enjoy a Christmas party in the village hall with entertainment from the Melody Makers (MDA Archive)
![A festive fancy dress knees-up from Lesley Smith, Yvonne Miller, Lisa Smith and Sandra Bull who were working at Peanuts in Teignmouth on Christmas Eve.](https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2022/12/26/9/Screenshot%202022-12-26%20at%2009.36.04.png?width=669&height=445&crop=669:445)
A festive fancy dress knees-up from Lesley Smith, Yvonne Miller, Lisa Smith and Sandra Bull who were working at Peanuts in Teignmouth on Christmas Eve. (MDA Archive)
![What used to be a familar beaon to travellers to and from Newton Abbot on the old A380 - the lit tree outside the former Midas offices in Kingskerwell from 1988.](https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2022/12/26/9/Screenshot%202022-12-26%20at%2009.37.26.png?width=669&height=445&crop=669:445)
What used to be a familar beaon to travellers to and from Newton Abbot on the old A380 - the lit tree outside the former Midas offices in Kingskerwell from 1988. (MDA Archive)