A trawl thorugh the picture archives to see who and what was making the pages of the Mid-Devon Advertiser, Dawlish Gazette and Teignmouth Post across the decades

Filming an episode of Big Jim and The Figaro Club on the street of Newton Abbot in October 1980
Filming an episode of BBC2’s short-run comedy series Big Jim and The Figaro Club on the streets of Newton Abbot in October 1980. This episode was called Dung from a Rocking Horse and aired in 1981. Norman Rossington played Big Jim, but pictured here standing behind the fallen policeman is a very young pre-Baldrick appearance by Tony Robinson. (MDA)
Filming an episode of Big Jim and The Figaro Club on the street of Newton Abbot in October 1980
Filming an episode of BBC2’s short-run comedy series Big Jim and The Figaro Club on the streets of Newton Abbot in October 1980. (MDA)
Lustleigh May Day Procession from May 1999
Lustleigh May Day Procession from May 1999 (MDA)
The long arm of the law. In this case stretching from France as two gendarmes visited Teignmouth in May 1999
Le bras long de la loi - the long arm of the law. In this case stretching from France as two gendarmes visited Teignmouth in May 1999 (MDA)