It’s a trip back to the 1970’s here - hard to believe it nearly half a century ago - as we pull faces and places from the archive to see who and what was making the news in a decade that boasted soaring inflation, political upheaval, and the erosion of United States' prestige worldwide. Not much changes then apart from fashion really!
Entente cordiale as Ashburton Secondary School enjoy a visit to Buckfast Abbey with students and staff from a visiting French School in May 1976 (MDA)
St George's Day Parade marches through Ashburton in April 1971 (MDA)
Good Night Mrs Puffin was the comedy play of choice for the Teignmouth Players to perform in May 1976 (MDA)
State of the art road transport - Newton Abbot Assemblies of God Pentecostal Church's new Ford minibus in November 1977 (MDA)