Category: Village Life

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Memorial Plaque in Clyst Honiton Church

by local historian CHRIS WISEMAN

Just about two years ago I visited Clyst Honiton church as part of my history research into war graves and memorials in the surrounding area. I was shocked to see that the closest church to Exeter Airport had no memorial in honour of all those who served at the former Fighter Station known as RAF Exeter between 1940-1945. In fact, there was no reference to the Second World War whatsoever.

I didn’t rest easy with this knowledge and took it upon myself to approach the Parish Council. I applied to the Exeter Diocese to have a memorial plaque inside the church and started the process of application. Finally after a lot of patience and hard work, I’m happy and proud to say that a small wooden memorial plaque was fitted to the North Eastern wall of the church just in time for the Remembrance Service in 2019.

With no funding for this project to-date, my own money was used to pay for the application and the plaque. A small price to pay in comparison to the many service men and women who served at Exeter’s RAF Fighter Station. Lest We Forget

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Saved by a Quiver!

Thanks to a feature in the Autumn edition of Pinhoe Press, we were delighted that Linda lent us an original school badge and tie from Pinhoe Middle School.

The badge shows an old monk riding a donkey, carrying a quiver of arrows. It was based on the folklore tale of local courage from when Pinhoe lay besieged by the Danes, in 1001AD. Facing certain defeat, desperate local defences were nearly out of arrows. Gathering withies on his trusty steed, the brave priest delivered fresh resources of arrow-making reeds, ensuring victory for Pinhoe’s protectors!

Many thanks to Linda and all the other offers we received. We are using all these artefacts to create our archive for Pinhoe.

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Coffee Mornings at the Hall Church

22 July 2019: Yet another interesting week at Monday’s coffee morning!

Lynda brought her Dad’s amazing collection of photographs of old Pinhoe and we were delighted that her Mum, Beryl Hitchcock, was able to join us too. There is such a resource of interest and local knowledge in this lovely group and it’s a pleasure to be able to join their meetings.

Ebbie and Lynda

We loved the artwork on Hitchcock & Son’s invoices!

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Monday mornings at the Church Hall

Thanks to an invitation from Margaret, I’ve joined a couple of Monday coffee mornings in the Church Hall. These fabulous ladies are a mine of information and I’ve been making loads of notes each time. They’ve put me right on several points and identified so many people in photographs from Chips Barber’s books. Also, there were THREE dairies in Pinhoe! More as soon as I can write up my notes // Kate

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Pinhoe Summer Fete 2019

Thank you to Ebbie for organising our table at the Fete. It was a lovely day and great to meet so many people. The strawberries and cherries on our stall went down well on such a hot day and several people joined our contact list.

We are beginning to map the scope of our project by the treescape – it seems a good way to identify the edges of the village since the electoral map is such a huge area.

We also asked everyone to help us identify any local trees which need looking after – whether it’s protection or maintenance. Thanks for all the suggestions on the day and please keep the ideas coming in!