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Bishopsteignton Playgroup & Preschool – Part 1

The OriginsOn the 26th September 1972, Mrs Buckle 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...
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‘All we need is an audience’ – Part Two

 2012 Jack and the Beans TalkSpurred 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...
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David John Pook 1885 – 1956

Family and life in the community David married Elizabeth Ann Smith, a schoolmistress, who taught the infant class at Bishopsteignton School on 20th October 1906.  They first lived in a house called Belle Vue, then at 3, River View Terrace with their three children,...
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‘All we need is an audience’ – Part One

2004 I moved back to Bishopsteignton in July 2004 to live in my father's house, in Teign View Road. My father, Fred Gilbert,  had been a stalwart member of the Players since moving to the village in 1976 and was Treasurer for a number of years, 1979 to 1983.  So I...
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Philip Coombe

Philip Coombe

Oct 25, 2020 |

Early Life Before the First World War, Philip trained as plumber and heating engineer. In 1913 he went to Canada with...

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Norman P. Barnett

Norman P. Barnett

May 28, 2020 |

A  SHILLING, A BADGE & A MESSERSCHMITT by Norman P. Barnett, evacuee. A child sitting alone in the middle of a...

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