It’s December which means we can dig into the archive file marked ‘Christmas Past’ and find some treasures of those Christmases long, long ago.

Nativity scene from Newton Abbot's Decoy Primary School pupils from December 1996 (MDA)

Nativity scene from Wolborough C of E School's carol concert held at St Paul's Church in Newton Abbot from December 1981 (MDA)

Newton Abbot's Victorian Christmas Evening from December 1996. Here on the stall from Ashburton's Cats Protection League are Vivien Cox, Les Bower, Pat Brooks and John Gale (MDA)