Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs - Bishopsteignton Heritage

Alice Mary Major

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Jun 24, 2019 | People

Alice Mary was born in 1885 to John and Louisa Major, one of six children. The Majors owned and worked the blacksmith forge in Fore street, Bishopsteignton. Louisa and her daughters Alice and Lily worked at Kittoes House. On 31st August 1908 Alice married James...

Bishopsteignton video memories

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Jun 4, 2019 | Events, Festivals and Carnivals

Annual Huntly Flower Show circa 1969 A brilliant piece of cinematic village history, which shows many village families having fun in the grounds of Huntly. Villagers entered flowers and vegetables that they had grown in their gardens. Some years the Boy Sea Scouts...

Bishopsteignton Village Festival

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Jun 4, 2019 | Events, Festivals and Carnivals

Over the years The Bishopsteignton Village Festival has grown in reputation, size and stature. Many of the same people are still involved in the organisation and implementation of the festival and it still provides a huge draw for the residents of all ages. The...

Rails Through Bishopsteignton

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | May 21, 2019 | Environment, Air, Rail, Transport

On 24 April 2019 Peter Wade gave a talk for Bishopsteignton Heritage entitled ‘Rails Through Bishopsteignton’, this article is a summary of that talk. 19th Century By 1844, the railway had reached Exeter from Bristol and the next section to Plymouth was soon being...

Riverside Quilters

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Nov 30, 2018 | People, Organisations

The group was started in 2011 by Ruth Sewell and was originally called St John’s Quilters. It was formed as a fundraising group to make a quilt to raffle for the church funds. We started with about six people including Ruth Sewell, Jenny Dunford, Stephen and...