IT’S back to the summer of 1978 this week and a look at what the good folk of Bovey Tracey were up to in their carnival of August that year.
![Yeeeeeee-hah! Grab your partners for a good ol’ country and western hoedown with Bovey Young Wives.](https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/02/16/14/38/Yeeeeeee-hah%21%20Grab%20your%20partners%20for%20a%20good%20ol%E2%80%99%20country%20and%20western%20hoedown%20with%20Bovey%20Young%20Wives..jpg?trim=0,176,0,175&width=669&height=445&crop=669:445)
Yeeeeeee-hah! Grab your partners for a good ol’ country and western hoedown with Bovey Young Wives. (MDA Archive)
![There’s snow business like snow business! Mr Body’s entry entitled Fun in the Snow - not your typical August weather.](https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/02/16/14/54/There%E2%80%99s%20snow%20business%20like%20snow%20business%21%20%20Mr%20Body%E2%80%99s%20entry%20entitled%20Fun%20in%20the%20Snow%20-%20not%20your%20typical%20August%20weather..jpg?trim=0,171,0,169&width=669&height=445&crop=669:445)
There’s snow business like snow business! Mr Body’s entry entitled Fun in the Snow - not your typical August weather. (MDA Archive)
![All they need now is a beach. Bathing Belles of Yesteryear from Bovey AFC.](https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/02/16/14/14/All%20they%20need%20now%20is%20a%20beach.%20Bathing%20Belles%20of%20Yesteryear%20from%20Bovey%20AFC..jpg?trim=0,180,0,178&width=669&height=445&crop=669:445)
All they need now is a beach. Bathing Belles of Yesteryear from Bovey AFC. (MDA Archive)
![Swapping tennis nets for fishing nets - Fisherman’s Friends from Bovey Tennis Club.](https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/02/16/14/21/Swapping%20tennis%20nets%20for%20fishing%20nets%20%20-%20%20Fisherman%E2%80%99s%20Friends%20from%20Bovey%20Tennis%20Club..jpg?trim=0,145,0,145&width=669&height=445&crop=669:445)
Swapping tennis nets for fishing nets - Fisherman’s Friends from Bovey Tennis Club. (MDA Archive)
![Listen to their story ‘bout a man named Jed - Coombe Cross Hotel were The Beverly Hillbillies for the day.](https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/02/16/14/43/Listen%20to%20their%20story%20%E2%80%98bout%20a%20man%20named%20Jed%20-%20Coombe%20Cross%20Hotel%20were%20The%20Beverly%20Hillbillies%20for%20the%20day..jpg?trim=0,122,0,137&width=669&height=445&crop=669:445)
Listen to their story ‘bout a man named Jed - Coombe Cross Hotel were The Beverly Hillbillies for the day. (MDA Archive)