Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs - Bishopsteignton Heritage

Shops and Businesses

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Jun 18, 2020 | News

Here at BH we would like to hear from anyone who would like to contribute to an article about how you or your family or business has dealt with lockdown, and how you are intending to continue as we start to come out of lockdown and things open up again. We want to...

The Shops and Businesses of Bishopsteignton

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Jun 10, 2020 | Hero

Here at BH we are looking for photographs of the shops and businesses in the village as they have changed over the years – not just old photographs, but more modern ones too, so that we can chart the changes. If you are rummaging in your attic or on your phone...

HMS Argonaut

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Jun 5, 2020 | World War Two

In December 1942 the Argonaut was hit by two torpedoes, launched from an Italian submarine that obliterated her bow and stern sections. Her rudder and two of her four propellers were completely destroyed. In Spring of 1943 Captain Henry Haynes RN, the...

Does anyone remember The Dive Café, or the people in this photo?

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Jun 3, 2020 | Hero

Bishopsteignton Heritage are very keen to get photos of the many shops and businesses that have existed in the village over the years. If you have a photo in your collection that has any of these establishments, even just in the background of an event or portrait...

Norman P. Barnett

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | May 28, 2020 | People

A SHILLING, A BADGE & A MESSERSCHMITT by Norman P. Barnett, evacuee. A child sitting alone in the middle of a small school hall. It is getting dark. All the other children have gone and most of the adults. This was me, as an evacuee in 1940 . I should not have...