The Story of the Manor Inn and its People – Part 2
1902 The Manor Inn business was still as busy now as it was in the earlier years. On 13th June 1902 there was a gathering of tenants and others concerned with the Manors of Bishopsteignton and Radway who perambulated the boundaries of the Manors finishing at The...
Memories of World War II
Since I was born in 1938, I am among the last generation to remember how World War 2 affected children in particular, and also our elders. So I feel it is right to write down my memories before I start forgetting. I was born in Sheffield, where there were several big...
Leonard William John Wright
My husband Leonard William John Wright was born on 25 June 1932 in Hoxton the north-east area of London. He was a son of Lilian Margaret and Leonard William Wright and an older brother to his 16 months younger sister Ann Margaret. Mum looked after the family while Dad...
‘All we need is an audience’ – Part Three
2014 Mission Accomplished We looked at various options for our next show and in the end, as 2014 was the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, we decided on a commemorative evening, “Mission Accomplished”, masterminded by Richard Lamming. This...
Bishopsteignton Playgroup & Preschool – Part 2
Scout Hut A couple of years after Joan Leonard left (1986), the Playgroup moved from the Village Hall to the Scout Hut on Radway Hill. According to Hilary Davies, a Playgroup Supervisor at the time, the Playgroup moved because the rent had been increased at the...
The Story of the Manor Inn and its People – Part 1
1836 The building, for many years, was best known as The Manor Inn, with adjoining cottages, barns and outhouses. It has stood in the central part of Fore Street for about 200 years. The land and properties initially belonged to Rev. Comyns who was Lord of the Manor...
Bishopsteignton Playgroup & Preschool – Part 1
The Origins On the 26th September 1972, Mrs Buckile 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...
‘All we need is an audience’ – Part Two
2012 Jack and the Beans Talk Spurred on by the exorbitant cost of licence and performance fees, we began work on writing our own pantomime. This was composed by committee which met regularly through the autumn and early spring. Eventually, we were able to hand...