It’s back to the time of flared trousers, long-hot summers and interestingly coloured wall paper this week, which means the archive files labelled ‘1970s Handle With Auction’ have been dusted off and rifled through.
![Archive. Cheap at half the price - which would have been tuppence. Youngsters manning the lucky dip stand at Teignmouth Rotary Club Fete in August 1973](https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/07/22/11/35/MDA220724A_SP002.jpg?width=669&height=445&crop=669:445)
Cheap at half the price - which would have been tuppence. Youngsters manning the lucky dip stand at Teignmouth Rotary Club Fete in August 1973 (Steve Pope/MDA)
![Archive. Grim determination on the faces of these youngsters in August 1978 at the children's sports day event during Dawlish Carnival Week](https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/07/22/11/53/MDA220724A_SP003.jpg?width=669&height=445&crop=669:445)
Grim determination on the faces of these youngsters in August 1978 at the children's sports day event during Dawlish Carnival Week (MDA)
![Archive. The Jelly Babies ready for the pram race during Dawlish Carnival week in August 1978](https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/07/22/11/12/MDA220724A_SP004.jpg?width=669&height=445&crop=669:445)
The Jelly Babies ready for the pram race during Dawlish Carnival week in August 1978 (MDA)
![Archive. Crowds at the Teignmouth Rotary Club Fete in August 1973](https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/07/22/11/47/MDA220724A_SP005.jpg?width=669&height=445&crop=669:445)
Crowds enjoy the fun at the Teignmouth Rotary Club Fete in August 1973 (MDA)