Edna was born in July 1933. She has lived in Bishopsteignton for over 50 years and has three daughters. Before retiring, Edna was a teacher. Throughout most of her life Edna has been an active member of her local community, as a church goer, and a founding member of...
Oral Histories
Betty Aplin’s Memories of the Bishopsteignton Modern Wives
Betty was born in Bishopsteignton in 1935 and has lived in the village all her life. She grew up in Hollowmead cottages 1-2 (joined). These two cottages used to be the gardener’s cottages for the Bishopsteignton House Estate. In fact, Betty remembers her brothers...
Sheila Robbins on the Early Days of The Bishopsteignton Players
In 2021 Yvonne Hellin Hobbs interviewed Sheila Robbins about the early days of the Bishopsteignton Players, showing her the photographs and press reviews that Sheila had collected in a scrapbook back in the 1960s, which resideds in the Bishopsteignton Heritage...
Bishopsteignton Children’s Theatre: Interview with Sheila Robbins
Interviewer; Now, Mother Goose was in 1970, but also, I’ve got The Magic Pipe and Half-Term in the same year. Sheila; Yes, that’s quite right. Mother Goose was for the little ones, Half-Term was for the teenagers. Interviewer; And ’72 was...
Memories : The Dawe Family Film Archive
During the early years of the 20th Century, when moving film footage was in its infancy, Ken Dawe's family bought a 9.5 mm movie camera and proceeded to capture village events and historically significant working practises in Bishopsteignton. The films they collected...
Ken Dawe Interview 3: Cider, Wine and Fire
Ken Dawe Cider. Grandfather was always into his cider. When he came here, of course he only had the first farm – the 240 acres – and there were quite a few acres of orchards so he started making cider like they all did in those days. Now, his...
Ken Dawe Interview 2: Early Farming
Ken Dawe Frank Newton and old Frank Battershall were basically horse drivers. I think Ned Callard was just a general farm worker, to be honest, and there were others, but these are the main characters. Now Frank Newton, horse driver, you could...
Ken Dawe Interview 1: Early life and Family
Interview and transcription Ken Dawe : Well, it all started back in my father and his brother’s time – probably ‘30s I guess. They decided they would get themselves a 9.5 moving camera and a projector and all that stuff, and they used to take...
Bishopsteignton audio memories
BBC Radio Devon "Village Voices" Philip Gourd, 1920-2013 The Gourd family are well known in Bishopsteignton for being the family who ran the transport. Starting with a horse drawn cart the family business grew to embrace modern technology with buses, coaches, cars and...