by Natalia Urry-Mackay | Sep 30, 2022 | A Celebration of Bishopsteignton Women, International Women's Day 2022 Posters
Lillian was born in 1921 in Veracruz Mexico, to Henry and Annie Payne. The family returned to England in 1932, eventually settling in Exmouth. Without her parents’ permission, before she turned 21, Lillian joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS). She started at...
by Natalia Urry-Mackay | Sep 30, 2022 | A Celebration of Bishopsteignton Women, International Women's Day 2022 Posters
Rosaleen Graves was born in Wimbledon on 7 March 1894, the sister of the poet and writer Robert Graves. When she was young Rosaleen wanted to be a concert pianist and was awarded a Diploma from the Royal College of Music. However, when the First World War broke out...
by Natalia Urry-Mackay | Sep 30, 2022 | A Celebration of Bishopsteignton Women, International Women's Day 2022 Posters
Lilian lived in Bishopsteignton in the 1930s and 40s, and for some of this time at least, she lived at Murley Grange. Lilian was elected the first president of the Bishopsteignton Women’s Institute (WI), from its inception on the 9th December 1938, until 1945....
by Natalia Urry-Mackay | Sep 30, 2022 | A Celebration of Bishopsteignton Women, International Women's Day 2022 Posters
Sheila was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1932 to Sydney Parnell Skinner and Margery Mary Davey. When Sheila was very young the family moved back to her father’s birthplace of Bishopsteignton. The house on Fore Street that the family moved to became Sheila’s home...
by Natalia Urry-Mackay | Sep 23, 2022 | A Celebration of Bishopsteignton Women, International Women's Day 2022 Posters
Mary was born in 1922 in Buckfastleigh, Devon, and spent her childhood there. By the age of 20, while Mary was working for an accountant in Totnes, she was called up and joined the WAAF (Women’s Auxiliary Air Force). Mary was posted to RAF Coastal Command St Eval,...
