Flashback to the 1978 Sidmouth Regatta celebrations.

Sidmouth Herald: Sidmouth Regatta 2/9/78. Ref shs Sidmouth Regatta Nost 1978-1. Picture: Sidmouth Herald archiveSidmouth Regatta 2/9/78. Ref shs Sidmouth Regatta Nost 1978-1. Picture: Sidmouth Herald archive (Image: Copyright 2002)

This year’s Sidmouth Regatta weekend is almost here and we found these fab photos in the Herald picture archive from the event in 1978.

Sidmouth Herald: Sidmouth Regatta 2/9/78. Ref shs Sidmouth Regatta Nost 1978-1. Picture: Sidmouth Herald archiveSidmouth Regatta 2/9/78. Ref shs Sidmouth Regatta Nost 1978-1. Picture: Sidmouth Herald archive (Image: Copyright 2002)

Do you have any pictures from past Regattas? We’d love to see them - go to www.iwitness24.co.uk and upload them to the East Devon nostalgia group.

Sidmouth Herald: Sidmouth Regatta 2/9/78. Ref shs Sidmouth Regatta Nost 1978-1. Picture: Sidmouth Herald archiveSidmouth Regatta 2/9/78. Ref shs Sidmouth Regatta Nost 1978-1. Picture: Sidmouth Herald archive (Image: Copyright 2002)

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