2014Mission AccomplishedWe looked at various options for our next show and in the end, as 2014 was the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, we decided on a commemorative evening, "Mission Accomplished", masterminded by Richard Lamming. This was made up...
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Bishopsteignton Playgroup & Preschool – Part 2
Scout HutA couple of years after Joan Leonard left (1986), the Playgroup moved from the Village Hall to the Scout Hut on Radway Hill. According to Hilary Davies, a Playgroup Supervisor at the time, the Playgroup moved because the rent had been increased at the Village...
Bishopsteignton Playgroup & Preschool – Part 1
The OriginsOn the 26th September 1972, Mrs Buckile 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...
‘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...
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,...
‘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...
Frederick William Pook
Family and life in the community Frederick was born in 1860 in Bishopsteignton, the son of John (gardener, village postmaster for 34 years and Parish Council founder member) and Eliza Pook (née Hore), one of eight children. They lived in Fore Street, known then as...
Dave Robbins Part 3: Childhood Reminiscences
It seemed like almost every week there would be a jumble sale in the Village Hall during the 60s. It would often be in aid of the Pantomime, Children's Theatre or Womans Institute. As Mum was often involved with many of these organisations, our house at 37 Fore...
Dave Robbins Part 2: Farms, Pubs and Starsky and Hutch
Secondary education was completed at both Teignmouth Secondary School and Teignmouth Grammar School in 1975, with a place secured at Seale-Hayne Agricultural College. The 'practical' year was spent at 'Shute Farm', Bishopsteignton, although school holidays had allowed...
Edna Atkinson’s Memories of the Bishopsteignton Modern Wives
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...