by Natalia Urry-Mackay | Mar 24, 2025 | Organisations, A Celebration of Bishopsteignton Women
Scout Hut A couple of years after Joan Leonard left in 1986, the Playgroup moved from the Village Hall to the Scout Hut on Radway Hill. The Playgroup moved because the rent had been increased at the Village Hall, and it was cheaper at the Scout Hut. However,...
by Natalia Urry-Mackay | Mar 11, 2025 | Organisations, A Celebration of Bishopsteignton Women, People
Visitors from La Roche Maurice Bishopsteignton Preschool was now firmly established as an integral part of the village, with widespread community involvement and a developing educational programme. However, in 1996 it drew attention from further afield, with interest...
by Natalia Urry-Mackay | Feb 24, 2025 | Organisations, A Celebration of Bishopsteignton Women
The Origins On the 26th September 1972, Mrs Buckle from the Pre-School Playgroups Association, showed a film and gave a talk to the Bishopsteignton Modern Wives about the importance of playgroups, and how communities could set up and run them. When she concluded her...
by Natalia Urry-Mackay | Sep 12, 2023 | People, A Celebration of Bishopsteignton Women, Modern Wives, Oral Histories
Edna was born in July 1933. She has lived in Bishopsteignton for over 50 years and has three daughters. Before retiring, Edna was a teacher. Throughout most of her life Edna has been an active member of her local community, as a church goer, and a founding member of...
by Natalia Urry-Mackay | May 19, 2023 | A Celebration of Bishopsteignton Women, Modern Wives, Oral Histories, People
Interview Part 1 Betty introduces her life in Bishopsteignton before discussing the Modern Wives. https://www.bishopsteigntonheritage.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023-01-20-OHI-Betty-Aplin-P1.mp3 Betty was born in Bishopsteignton in 1935 and has lived in the...
by Natalia Urry-Mackay | Feb 3, 2023 | People, A Celebration of Bishopsteignton Women, Modern Wives
The first meeting of the Bishopsteignton Modern Wives was held on the 23rd of January 1968, in the village’s St John the Baptist Church. There were 21 women in attendance, and the first Chair was Mrs B. Grant. The group as explained by Mrs Grant at this first...
by Natalia Urry-Mackay | Sep 30, 2022 | A Celebration of Bishopsteignton Women, International Women's Day 2022 Posters
Molly Coombe was born on 18th October 1929, the only child of Philip and Grace Coombe née Loud. The family lived at ‘Locarno’, which is probably one of the houses on Berry Hill in Bishopsteignton. Molly lived in the village all her life. The Coombe family have left an...
by Natalia Urry-Mackay | Sep 30, 2022 | A Celebration of Bishopsteignton Women, International Women's Day 2022 Posters
Sybil Atkinson lived in Bishopstegnton for a number of years, living on The Orchard in the 1970s. During her life Sybil made a big contribution to the village’s theatrical productions, both appearing on stage, such as in the Bishopsteignton Players’ 1980 production of...
by Natalia Urry-Mackay | Sep 30, 2022 | A Celebration of Bishopsteignton Women, International Women's Day 2022 Posters
In 1958 Dot and her husband Mic took over the tenancy of the Commercial Inn on Clanage Street, and ran it for over 30 years. When Mic died in 1988, Dot continued to run the pub, with the help of managers, until 1994. Dot’s nephew Graham, recalls what good hosts Dot...
