by Colin Back | May 7, 2023 | People, Born and Raised in Bishopsteignton, Colin William Back reminiscences 1944 – 1962
Next door to us was (grandad) Nilson; he had a grinding stone in the form of a wheel for sharpening tools and knives. It had a handle to turn the wheel with the stone going through a reservoir of water. If I did exactly as I was told i.e. fast or slow, I could turn...
by Colin Back | Apr 14, 2023 | People, Born and Raised in Bishopsteignton, Colin William Back reminiscences 1944 – 1962
I still have two physical scars from my time at Bishopsteignton School. One from a burn when I put my arm over the rail that surrounded the ‘tortoise’ coke stove next to Miss Hawkins desk, the stove was for heating the infants classroom; the other is a scar under the...
by Colin Back | Feb 17, 2023 | Born and Raised in Bishopsteignton, Colin William Back reminiscences 1944 – 1962, People
Most of the men in the village grew produce for their families. If they did not have a garden then a corner of a field would do or like my father, many had an allotment in Forder Lane. As well as vegetables for every season, many of the men also grew rows of Sweet...
by Colin Back | Jan 28, 2023 | People, Born and Raised in Bishopsteignton, Colin William Back reminiscences 1944 – 1962
Colin Back Born and Raised part 2 (8 minutes) https://www.bishopsteigntonheritage.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/33247-Colin-Back-part-2.mp3 Fore Street was always the hub of the village with mum’s walking their children to and from school then joining grans,...
by Colin Back | Jan 6, 2023 | People, Born and Raised in Bishopsteignton, Colin William Back reminiscences 1944 – 1962
Colin Back Born and Raised part 1 (17 minutes) https://www.bishopsteigntonheritage.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/33246-Colin-Back-part-1.mp3 Being born and brought up in Bishopsteignton was a unique experience, I suppose partly because in those days there was...
