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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Listen to their story ‘bout a man named Jed - Coombe Cross Hotel were The Beverly Hillbillies for the day. (MDA Archive)