It seemed like almost every week there would be a jumble sale in the Village Hall during the 60s. It would often be in aid of the Pantomime, Children's Theatre or Womans Institute. As Mum was often involved with many of these organisations, our house at 37 Fore...
Dave Robbins
Dave Robbins Part 2: Farms, Pubs and Starsky and Hutch
Secondary education was completed at both Teignmouth Secondary School and Teignmouth Grammar School in 1975, with a place secured at Seale-Hayne Agricultural College. The 'practical' year was spent at 'Shute Farm', Bishopsteignton, although school holidays had allowed...
Dave Robbins Part 1: The Early Years
I was born in Newton Abbot hospital on February 22nd 1958, and whisked back to ‘Bishop’ quick enough to earn the privilege of being called a Bishop boy! Mum was Sheila Robbins, (a consequence being that later in life I was press-ganged into the village pantomimes...