Blog - Bishopsteignton Heritage

Countdown to VE Day – 1 day to go – PARTY!

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | May 7, 2020 | Events, VE Day 75th Anniversary Celebrations, World War Two

Get the Party Started Just because we are in Lockdown does not mean that we can’t decorate our homes with flags and bunting, dress ourselves up, party in our homes and gardens and sing along with the music of the 1940s. Over the past 10 days we have been giving...

Day Forty-Four

by webmaster | May 6, 2020 | Coronavirus Lockdown, Events

While responses to the Coronavirus Lockdown develop over the next few weeks, we want to record thoughts and actions in Bishopsteignton one day at a time. Please leave two or three sentences and any images you may have in the comments section below. Tomorrow we shall...

Countdown to VE Day – 2 days to go – Heroes

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | May 6, 2020 | Events, VE Day 75th Anniversary Celebrations, World War Two

Bishopsteignton Memorial to those who died in WWII There are only two days left until we celebrate VE-Day, when the war in Europe was finally over and servicemen and women could look forward to returning to their loved ones at home. Some were not so lucky and paid the...

Day Forty-Three

by webmaster | May 5, 2020 | Coronavirus Lockdown, Events

While responses to the Coronavirus Lockdown develop over the next few weeks, we want to record thoughts and actions in Bishopsteignton one day at a time. Please leave two or three sentences and any images you may have in the comments section below. Tomorrow we shall...

Countdown to VE Day – 3 days to go – Dancing

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | May 5, 2020 | Events, VE Day 75th Anniversary Celebrations, World War Two

‘It is not proposed to make total war total misery,’ said the Home Secretary Herbert Morrison in 1942, as he announced in the House of Commons that dancing was not to be included in the ‘recreations that are to be restricted to prevent interference with the war...

Day Forty-Two

by webmaster | May 4, 2020 | Coronavirus Lockdown, Events

While responses to the Coronavirus Lockdown develop over the next few weeks, we want to record thoughts and actions in Bishopsteignton one day at a time. Please leave two or three sentences and any images you may have in the comments section below. Tomorrow we shall...

Countdown to VE Day – 4 days to go – Women at War

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | May 4, 2020 | Events, VE Day 75th Anniversary Celebrations, World War Two

The Women’s Auxiliary Air Force Mary Overill Mary Overill joined the Royal Air Force as a WAAF. Mary now lives in Fore St. Bishopsteignton. This is the story she has passed on to her great grandchildren. Mary was born, Mary Bovey, in Buckfastleigh, Devon in...

Day Forty-One

by webmaster | May 3, 2020 | Coronavirus Lockdown, Events

While responses to the Coronavirus Lockdown develop over the next few weeks, we want to record thoughts and actions in Bishopsteignton one day at a time. Please leave two or three sentences and any images you may have in the comments section below. Tomorrow we shall...

Nursing in WWII

by Sarah Irvine | May 3, 2020 | People, World War Two

Nursing in Bishopsteignton in WWII In the National Register that was taken in 1939 there are several nurses mentioned as living in the village and we can only presume that there continued to be some living and serving the people of the village during the war years –...

Countdown to VE Day – 5 days to go – Evacuees

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | May 3, 2020 | Events, VE Day 75th Anniversary Celebrations, World War Two

Evacuees With the start of the Second World War came Operation Pied Piper. This was the plan to evacuate civilians from cities and other areas that were at high risk of being bombed or becoming a battlefield in the event of an invasion. 1.5 Million children,...