by Nathan Hutchinson | Apr 7, 2020 | People
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...
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...
by Rowena Bradnam | Jul 19, 2019 | Places, Radway
This is an area rather that a single dwelling or property. Radway is derived from Rad, Old English for grass or herbage, and Waie Old English for track or way; so it is the way to the grass feeding land, or Haldon Common where there was common pasture. 16th...
by Jess Gibby | Nov 9, 2018 | People, World War One
Early Life Ernest John Passmore was born in Bishopsteignton in the March Quarter [1] of 1890. In 1891 he was living with his parents (Alfred and Sarah Passmore) and sisters (Florence, Annie, Mary, Caroline and Lily) at 9, Radway Street, Bishopsteignton and was still...
by Jess Gibby | Nov 6, 2018 | People, World War One
Early Life Charles Henry Back was born on the 7th Jan 1892. In 1901 Charles was 8 years old, at school and was living in Radway Street with his parents Robert (an agricultural labourer) and Eliza, (née Yeoman) along with his sister Florence aged 22 years (a domestic...
