2017 In the spring 2017, we put on Three's a Crowd, a collection of one act plays. It was an opportunity for people...


2017 In the spring 2017, we put on Three's a Crowd, a collection of one act plays. It was an opportunity for people...

The story of the Manor Inn continuing in 1928 following the purchase by Heavitree Brewery.

Following on from the previous article, this chapter explores the continuing presence of the Hill Family at the Manor Inn in 1902 and subsequent owners up to 1928
Dave Robbins: Farms, Pubs and Starsky and Hutch (full version) 21 minutes | Dave Robbins reads part 2 of his 'Born and...
Edna was born in July 1933. She has lived in Bishopsteignton for over 50 years and has three daughters. Before...
Dave Robbins the Early Years - Full version (24 mins)...
The village had a very active scout troop and cub pack, 1st Bishopsteignton. Scouty (Fred Pawlett) was a dedicated...
The meeting of the hounds; was quite a sight. The horses, riders and dogs met outside the ‘Ring of Bells’. When Farmer...
In the cottage on the opposite side of Dove's (grocery shop) lived Mr and Mrs Northam. Mrs Northam was well known for...
Interview Part 1 Betty introduces her life in Bishopsteignton before discussing the Modern Wives....
Next door to us was (grandad) Nilson; he had a grinding stone in the form of a wheel for sharpening tools and knives....
I still have two physical scars from my time at Bishopsteignton School. One from a burn when I put my arm over the...
Most of the men in the village grew produce for their families. If they did not have a garden then a corner of a field...
The first meeting of the Bishopsteignton Modern Wives was held on the 23rd of January 1968, in the village’s St John...
Colin Back Born and Raised part 2 (8 minutes)...
Colin Back Born and Raised part 1 (17 minutes)...
Molly Coombe was born on 18th October 1929, the only child of Philip and Grace Coombe née Loud. The family lived at...
Sybil Atkinson lived in Bishopstegnton for a number of years, living on The Orchard in the 1970s. During her life...
In 1958 Dot and her husband Mic took over the tenancy of the Commercial Inn on Clanage Street, and ran it for over 30...
Lillian was born in 1921 in Veracruz Mexico, to Henry and Annie Payne. The family returned to England in 1932,...
Rosaleen Graves was born in Wimbledon on 7 March 1894, the sister of the poet and writer Robert Graves. When she was...