Leonard William John Wright

Leonard William John Wright

My husband Leonard William John Wright was born on 25 June 1932 in Hoxton the north-east area of London. He was a son of Lilian Margaret and Leonard William Wright and an older brother to his 16 months younger sister Ann Margaret. Mum looked after the family while Dad...

Norman P. Barnett

A  SHILLING, A BADGE & A MESSERSCHMITT by Norman P. Barnett, evacuee. A child sitting alone in the middle of a small school hall. It is getting dark. All the other children have gone and  most of the adults. This was me, as an evacuee in 1940 . I should not have...

The Blogg Family

Many years later Phyllis Blogg, nee Hudson, wrote to Dick Searle, then the curator of Bishopsteignton Museum, about her wartime experience in the village. The letter, and the language within it, is of its time. It is reproduced here in its original form, save for some...

The Ward Family

Jack and Kit Ward In 1939 Jack Ward and his wife Kit (nee Dennis), ran the Butcher’s shop at what is now 23Fore St. Kit’s family owned the Manor Inn.  Flo Vallance who owned the Manor Inn was Vallance by her second marriage. Her first husband Frederick George...