Our regular pictorial look back at who and what was making the pages of the Mid-Devon Advertiser, Dawlish Gazette and Teignmouth Post over the decades.

September 1989 and Newton Abbot town mayor Babs Mayhew presents the prizes to the winners at Newton Abbot Horticultural Show
September 1989 and Newton Abbot town mayor Babs Mayhew presents the prizes to the winners at Newton Abbot Horticultural Show (StevePope/TIndleNews)
Take the strain - The Steps Bridge tug-of-war team learning the ropes at the 1987 Christow Show
Take the strain - The Steps Bridge tug-of-war team learning the ropes at the 1987 Christow Show (StevePope/TIndleNews)
Paul Proud, Dave Stephenson and Steve Pattle from the South Devon Inn were the Desert Rats in the 1987 Dawlish Carnvial pram race
Paul Proud, Dave Stephenson and Steve Pattle from the South Devon Inn were the Desert Rats in the 1987 Dawlish Carnvial pram race (StevePope/TIndleNews)
September 1989 and work gets underway constructing the cob shelter at Starcross
September 1989 and work gets underway constructing the cob shelter at Starcross (StevePope/TIndleNews)