NO common theme for this weeks mixed bag of images all of which have been rescued from the folder marked ‘’1980s miscellaneous’.
![No rain on this parade - Newton Abbot’s carnival procession winds its way into Courtenay Street
in the July of 1981.](https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/02/21/11/23/No%20rain%20on%20this%20parade%20-%20Newton%20Abbot%E2%80%99s%20carnival%20procession%20winds%20its%20way%20into%20Courtenay%20Street%20in%20the%20July%20of%201981..jpg?trim=0,152,0,170&width=669&height=445&crop=669:445)
No rain on this parade - Newton Abbot’s carnival procession winds its way into Courtenay Street
in the July of 1981. (MDA Archive)
![Racing legend and triple Grand National winner Red Rum greets his fans on a visit to Newton Abbot in July 1982.](https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/02/21/11/16/Racing%20legend%20and%20%20triple%20Grand%20National%20winner%20Red%20Rum%20greets%20his%20fans%20on%20a%20visit%20to%20Newton%20Abbot%20in%20July%201982..jpg?trim=0,169,0,169&width=669&height=445&crop=669:445)
Racing legend and triple Grand National winner Red Rum greets his fans on a visit to Newton Abbot in July 1982. (MDA Archive)
![Cllr Tony Sawyer and Revd Arthur Rose throwing the first ball at the start of the Teignmouth’s Christ Church fete in July 1982](https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/02/21/11/30/Cllr%20Tony%20Sawyer%20and%20Revd%20Arthur%20Rose%20throwing%20the%20first%20ball%20at%20the%20start%20of%20the%20Teignmouth%E2%80%99s%20Christ%20Church%20fete%20in%20July%201982.jpg?width=669&height=445&crop=669:445)
Cllr Tony Sawyer and Revd Arthur Rose throwing the first ball at the start of the Teignmouth’s Christ Church fete in July 1982 (MDA Archive)