Quantick family and related

Quantick Family Tree The following history relating to the Quantick family of Bishopsteignton has been compiled from conversations with David and Mavis Quantick and family history notes donated by them, including this family tree.   Samuel John Quantick, b.1871,...

Mrs E. Quantick…in her own words

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...
Merry Xmas !

Merry Xmas !

Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers and researchers who came to our Xmas social yesterday, and thank you to Michael J Smith and the team at the Old Commercial Inn for making us so welcome. It was great to catch up with you all and to introduce new people to our...
Maggie Sullivan

Maggie Sullivan

It is with great regret that we mourn the passing of Maggie Sullivan, who died peacefully on Nov 30th. Maggie was a well-loved personality in the village and was very involved with the Bishopsteignton Museum in earlier years. She was responsible for building the model...
The Story So Far November 2019

The Story So Far November 2019

On October 9th we hosted the Molly Coombe Memorial Lecture at St. Johns. It was well attended and there was an enthusiastic response from the audience. We had a few sound problems, which we shall have to address before the next talk, but on the whole it was well...