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Sheila Maureen Robbins, 1932-2021: A Tribute

Sheila Maureen Robbins, 1932-2021: A Tribute

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Dec 3, 2021 | A Celebration of Bishopsteignton Women, Featured Articles, People

Sheila Robbins, née Skinner was born in County Cork in Ireland in January 1932, to Sydney Parnell Skinner, a Sergeant in the Royal Engineers and Margery Mary Davey. When Sheila was very young, the family moved back to Bishopsteignton where her father had been born....

The search for my Grandfather by Paddy O’Gorman

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Aug 20, 2021 | People

Introduction In the Spring of 2021 Bishopsteignton Heritage received a message from Paddy O’Gorman from Dublin, asking if anyone had any information on his grandfather, Robert Collier, who had tragically died in the village in 1972. After appeals on social...
Sheila Robbins on the Early Days of The Bishopsteignton Players

Sheila Robbins on the Early Days of The Bishopsteignton Players

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Aug 10, 2021 | Bishopsteignton Players, Oral Histories

In 2021 Yvonne Hellin Hobbs interviewed Sheila Robbins about the early days of the Bishopsteignton Players, showing her the photographs and press reviews that Sheila had collected in a scrapbook back in the 1960s, which resideds in the Bishopsteignton Heritage...
The Bishopsteignton Players: How it all Began

The Bishopsteignton Players: How it all Began

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs and Dawn Rogers | Jul 17, 2021 | Organisations, Bishopsteignton Players, Featured Articles

In September 1959 a meeting of those interested in starting a  village drama group was held at Radway House, Radway street, courtesy of Colonel and Mrs Rooth.  Those attending this meeting (clockwise from top in the above picture) were: Bob Caldwell, Jane Caldwell,...

Bishopsteignton Children’s Theatre: Interview with Sheila Robbins

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | May 25, 2021 | Organisations, Bishopsteignton Children's Theatre, Oral Histories

    Interviewer;  Now, Mother Goose was in 1970, but also, I’ve got The Magic Pipe and Half-Term in the same year. Sheila; Yes, that’s quite right.  Mother Goose was for the little ones, Half-Term was for the teenagers. Interviewer; And ’72 was...
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