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Day Forty-Three

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...
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Countdown to VE Day – 3 days to go – Dancing

‘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...
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Day Forty-Two

As we reach the end of week six of Lockdown. Last night’s Government announcement and other news. The thoughts and feelings of the village as it faces the forty second day. Logged in visitors can post their comments below.

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

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 1922.  By...
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