Fourteen teams took part in a barrel race through the village streets in 1980. Pictured here are the top women’s team of Jean Williams, Eona McDougall, Carol Bryan and Lynn Moylan, who each won a bottle of Champagne for their efforts.

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Tim Perkins with his trusty parrot, Ben Green

Every pupil at the village school had a part in a production of Treasure Island in 1990. Long John Silver, played by Tim Perkins, is pictured here with his trusty parrot, Ben Green, on his shoulder.

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Jeremy Charles with athletics club members

The athletics club invited Oxford United and Wales footballer Jeremy Charles to open their new clubhouse in 1986, nine months after the original had been destroyed by fire. He is pictured with local youngsters, Paul Jones, Darren Kent, Terry Hudspeth, James Taylor, David Barnes, Sean Holbrook, Barry Hudspeth, David Fulker, Michael Little, and the club’s social secretary, Tracy Cox-Rogers.