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...

What is VE-Day?

Description After 6 years of a war, where there was fighting and bombing in many countries, where fathers, brothers and sons were sent overseas , women worked on the land and in factories and children were evacuated and separated from their parents, PEACE finally came...

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...