WHILE these locals were all holding still for the camera in 1983, the world of moving pictures was evolving.

The 1982 film Gandhi by Richard Attenborough won eight Academy Awards on April 11.

The thirteenth James Bond film - Octopussy - was released in UK cinemas on June 6. The film marked Roger Moore's sixth appearance as James Bond.

Heritage. Families Against the Bomb 1983

Never Say Never Again, the second James Bond film not produced by Eon Productions, opened in UK cinemas on December 15. For his seventh and final appearance as James Bond, Sean Connery reprised his role as Bond in this adaptation of the novel Thunderball, which had previously been adapted by Eon in the 1965 film of the same name.

Top-grossing movie that year was Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, released in the UK on June 2, 1983.