ANOTHER mixed bag of images from the 1980s: this week from all points of the Teignbridge area; sharp-eyed viewers may well spot a certain well known newsreader of the time, now currently a Strictly star, in one of the pictures.

Annette Whittle and her daughter Tracey from Ashburton meet Angela Rippon who was on hand to judging fancy dress events at a local show in September 1981.
Annette Whittle and her daughter Tracey from Ashburton meet Angela Rippon who was onhand to judging fancy dress events at a local show in September 1981. (MDA Archive )
Awards presentations to Anchor Boys of the Boys Brigade at Shaldon Road Methodist Church in July 1988.
Awards presentations to Anchor Boys of the Boys Brigade at ShaldonRoad Methodist Church in July 1988. (MDA Archive )
July 1988 and champion jockey Bob Champion was on hand to officially open the new Normans store at Trago Mills.
July 1988 and champion jockey Bob Champion was on hand to officially open the new Normans store atTrago Mills. (MDA Archive)
Cllr Arthur Bladon bowls the first wood at the official opening of Ipplepen’s new artifical green on a suitably wet day in November 1981.
Cllr Arthur Bladon bowls the first wood at the official opening of Ipplepen’s new artificalgreen on a suitably wet day in November 1981. (MDA Archive )