Phyllis Blogg's husband, Harold Eric Blogg was the brother of John's mother Kathleen Winifred Hope (nee Blogg). Percy Alfred Hamilton Hope was her husband, John's father. John was evacuated to Bishopsteignton along with his mother, his brother Geoffrey and his...
People
People living in, who have lived in or are connected to Bishopsteignton
The Cross Family
LETTER FROM DAVID CROSS EVACUEE Dear Mr Searle, David, Pat and Ted Cross, Bishopsteignton London Evacuees. June 1940 – January 1942. In relating the following memories of the 18/19 months I spent in Bishopsteignton, I would ask you to bear with me, regarding some of...
The McGregor Family
John Harvey McGregor served on H.M.S. Neptune in the Royal Navy as Paymaster Commander (Acting). HMS Neptune sailed from Chatham in May 1941 on its last voyage. He died at sea in Libyan waters on 19th December, 1941 and appears on the Bishopsteignton War Memorial....
Nursing in WWII
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 –...
Jam and Jerusalem
Jam and Jerusalem The part played by Bishopsteignton Women’s Institute in WW2 (Text in italic is taken directly from the committee meeting and member’s meeting minutes). On Friday 2 December 1938 at 3.00pm a meeting was held at the Parish Hall, Bishopsteignton. This...
Tea, cake and memories with Mrs Bulley and Miss Webber – March 1979.
These sound archives were a chance find from a neighbour in Littlefield, Bishopsteignton. The recordings were made in March 1979, when John and Gillian Hepburn invited Mrs Bulley and Miss Webber to tea and cake. The Hepburns had lived near the ladies at...
Bishopsteignton Women’s Institute
How it All Began On Friday 2 December 1938 at 3.00pm a meeting was held at the Parish Hall, Bishopsteignton. This was a public meeting to discuss the formation of a Women’s Institute. Miss Harris VCO, who came to explain the workings of Women’s Institutes, asked Mrs...
Geoffrey Theodore Garratt M.B.E. MA
Early Life Geoffrey Theodore Garratt was born 7 November 1888, in Little Tew, Oxfordshire [1]. Son of Reverend Charles Foster Garratt and Agnes Mary Garratt (née Percival), Geoffrey was the youngest of four siblings, as well as six half siblings. His...
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. The Blogg Family When Phyllis...
Philip Gourd, in his Own Words
Early Memories I have been asked to record (for the record), things that have happened in my life. I have a mini recorder kindly presented to me. I shall try to use this from time to time but perhaps (to be safe) I will put things in writing as well. Some people say...