Bishopsteignton Women’s Institute

by Sarah Cockerton | Apr 2, 2020 | Organisations, People

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...

Philip Gourd, in his Own Words

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Mar 6, 2020 | People

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...

Mrs E. Quantick…in her own words

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Dec 13, 2019 | People

Mrs E Quantick, (1909-1997) …in her own words Early life I came to Bishopsteignton in 1928. My father, Mr F. E. Dale, because of ill health, had to retire from his printing business in Upper Thames St, London. This area was all swept away with the blitz.   We...

The Back Family

by Rowena Bradnam | Nov 6, 2018 | Families, People

Early 19th Century Harriet Hodge was born in Bishopsteignton in 1817[1] and married Richard Back at St Nicholas  Church, Shaldon  on the 14th April 1841.[2 ]  He was the son of a tailor and was born in Kenn in 1810.[1] Their eight children were all born in...