Oral Histories

Edna was born in July 1933. She has lived in Bishopsteignton for over 50 years and has three daughters. Before retiring, Edna was a teacher. Throughout most of her life Edna has been an active member of her local community, as a church goer, and a founding member of...

Interview Part 1 Betty introduces her life in Bishopsteignton before discussing the Modern Wives. https://www.bishopsteigntonheritage.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023-01-20-OHI-Betty-Aplin-P1.mp3 Betty was born in Bishopsteignton in 1935 and has lived in the...

  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...

    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...