Fascinating video Bill. You may - or may not - be interested to know that it is believed in my family that 13th August '42 was the day (or night) I was conceived. To explain, my father was what I will politely call a 'drinker' and, because the town centre was closed off after the air raid, Dad was not been able to get to any of his usual haunts for for a pint or four, so had to stay home comparatively sober; I'm sure you get my meaning! I arrived 40 weeks later, a week late so my mother always said. For years it was no more than a family joke, but Viv Wilson's lovely book Teignmouth At War in 2000 added more than a bit of meat to the the story. So who knows......... but it's a good tale even 80 years later. One of the bombs that day fell on Myrtle Hill, and I believe that was the closest the enemy got to hitting the railway station during the war.
Thanks for sharing your personal story :) I can imagine people in the war, not knowing if tomorrow was coming, 'huddling together' & 'seeking comfort'... Well, at least your being here is one good thing that came out of the war then? I'll 'Pin' this comment 👍 Cheers 👍
Great.... Very interesting. (Humm... just so you know, our power is down today, so using limited back-up, not much chance for time on internet. Plus, we happened to watch a documentery last night on yt. Robber of the cruel streets George Muller. I had forgotten he lived in Teignmouth for a short while before he moved to Bristol. There might be something of interest.) Yes to enjoyable memories of conkers too, I collected loads, they polished up well. Love to mum!!! ❤
Indeed I recall squeezing through a wire fence and sitting in the rubble of a bombed out house in exmouth before it became a car park and then the shopping centre.
Hello 👋 Bill's Mum. Your conkers titbit, Bill, reminded me of my younger self's inexplicable obsession with building 'dens'. Building materials ranged from bed sheets to milk crates.... hours of fun 😂
Thanks - I don't really know all that much though - I'm just cribbing the info from sites like this: www.teignmouthshaldonww2.co.uk/index.php/teignmouth-bombings
True story - I was going to do one about Shaldon. I spent a lot of time gathering pictures, information and doing research. This was going to be a departure from my normal vids, and I really put some effort in - Then, about a week before I was about to start shooting, I came across this: ruclips.net/video/MDsAwXzdCqE/видео.html It covered everything I was going to cover & more, & once I'd seen it, I felt disheartened that I had spent so much time preparing to do a different kind of video - When it had already been done, extremely well... So I've decided to 'Stay In My Lane' & just make videos of my walks... With a bit of history sprinkled in - Much simpler, seems to work, & zero wasted time or disappointment 👍👍👍
Hi to bills mum enjoy your cake nice to hear about the conkers i enjoyed them as a child but not so much when they wacked your knuckles take care 😀👍👍👍👍👍
Excellent video Bill with a continuation of the WW2 theme. I wonder what was going on in each raid as the two obvious targets are the railway and the docks and none of the bomb drops seem to be aimed at either. I have heard it suggested that this sort of thing was to do with jettisoning bombs not used in the intended raid rather than flying them back to Axis territory.
Hi C :) I'm not so sure about the 1942 raid, but with the 1943 raid, I listed the intended targets in the description 👍 Most of my info came from here: www.teignmouthshaldonww2.co.uk/index.php/teignmouth-bombings You'll notice other raids contain Second Avenue etc, but I didn't cover those as they were a bit further afield for me 👍
Hope you enjoyed your ..cake... How lovely eh? Happy train...and lovely waves. Sorry to hear your Mum's stair lift is mis behaving.. hope the fix lasts this time. All those waggytails!!!!haha. And Hello to your Mum! Yay!
Truthful answer is I really have no knowledge over and above my reference material which was: www.teignmouthshaldonww2.co.uk/index.php/teignmouth-bombings
It wasn't only because it was a port, but also the railway line was a strategic target, carrying most of the mainline traffic from the rest of the country to the Naval base at Plymouth.
Fascinating video Bill. You may - or may not - be interested to know that it is believed in my family that 13th August '42 was the day (or night) I was conceived. To explain, my father was what I will politely call a 'drinker' and, because the town centre was closed off after the air raid, Dad was not been able to get to any of his usual haunts for for a pint or four, so had to stay home comparatively sober; I'm sure you get my meaning! I arrived 40 weeks later, a week late so my mother always said. For years it was no more than a family joke, but Viv Wilson's lovely book Teignmouth At War in 2000 added more than a bit of meat to the the story. So who knows......... but it's a good tale even 80 years later.
One of the bombs that day fell on Myrtle Hill, and I believe that was the closest the enemy got to hitting the railway station during the war.
Thanks for sharing your personal story :) I can imagine people in the war, not knowing if tomorrow was coming, 'huddling together' & 'seeking comfort'... Well, at least your being here is one good thing that came out of the war then? I'll 'Pin' this comment 👍 Cheers 👍
Great.... Very interesting. (Humm... just so you know, our power is down today, so using limited back-up, not much chance for time on internet. Plus, we happened to watch a documentery last night on yt. Robber of the cruel streets George Muller. I had forgotten he lived in Teignmouth for a short while before he moved to Bristol. There might be something of interest.) Yes to enjoyable memories of conkers too, I collected loads, they polished up well. Love to mum!!! ❤
Yes, found that on youtube - Will check it out when I get the chance - Thanks 👍
Indeed I recall squeezing through a wire fence and sitting in the rubble of a bombed out house in exmouth before it became a car park and then the shopping centre.
Yup, memory lane time 👍👍👍
Hello 👋 Bill's Mum. Your conkers titbit, Bill, reminded me of my younger self's inexplicable obsession with building 'dens'. Building materials ranged from bed sheets to milk crates.... hours of fun 😂
Yep... We like what we like 👍👍👍 I still like conkers though - Hence why I keep planting them in the garden 🤣🤣🤣
Oh yes.... And I sometimes still do... Over 65 years on. 😂 building shelter and planting trees.
Lovely walk up my favourite road , then back down another favourite road of mine. And hello from me and Boo to your Mum 😀😀😀
Thanks so much 👍
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NIce walk today , very different and you certainly know your history...
Thanks - I don't really know all that much though - I'm just cribbing the info from sites like this: www.teignmouthshaldonww2.co.uk/index.php/teignmouth-bombings
@@BillsPhoneTeignmouth You should do a full documentary....
True story - I was going to do one about Shaldon. I spent a lot of time gathering pictures, information and doing research. This was going to be a departure from my normal vids, and I really put some effort in - Then, about a week before I was about to start shooting, I came across this: ruclips.net/video/MDsAwXzdCqE/видео.html It covered everything I was going to cover & more, & once I'd seen it, I felt disheartened that I had spent so much time preparing to do a different kind of video - When it had already been done, extremely well... So I've decided to 'Stay In My Lane' & just make videos of my walks... With a bit of history sprinkled in - Much simpler, seems to work, & zero wasted time or disappointment 👍👍👍
@@BillsPhoneTeignmouth Yes indeed, keep it simple is always teh best idea, stay safe and healthy
Hi to bills mum enjoy your cake nice to hear about the conkers i enjoyed them as a child but not so much when they wacked your knuckles take care 😀👍👍👍👍👍
I'll pass on your hello to her for you 👍 Yes, I loved conkers - Suppose I still do in a way, as I'm planting them in the garden these days LOL
Excellent video Bill with a continuation of the WW2 theme. I wonder what was going on in each raid as the two obvious targets are the railway and the docks and none of the bomb drops seem to be aimed at either. I have heard it suggested that this sort of thing was to do with jettisoning bombs not used in the intended raid rather than flying them back to Axis territory.
Hi C :) I'm not so sure about the 1942 raid, but with the 1943 raid, I listed the intended targets in the description 👍 Most of my info came from here: www.teignmouthshaldonww2.co.uk/index.php/teignmouth-bombings You'll notice other raids contain Second Avenue etc, but I didn't cover those as they were a bit further afield for me 👍
nice interesting work about the bombing, the town looks busy nice to see those cakes looks good nice to hear your mums voice
Thanks Sion :)
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Hello mum 😊
Mum says 'Hi' :)
Hope you enjoyed your ..cake... How lovely eh?
Happy train...and lovely waves.
Sorry to hear your Mum's stair lift is mis behaving.. hope the fix lasts this time.
All those waggytails!!!!haha.
And Hello to your Mum! Yay!
Yes, its been OK since, thank you - I'll pass on your 'Hello' to Mum 👍
Terrible bombings and loss of life awful, happy train, and farmers market, hello mum enjoy your cake , lovely Laura Wall shop, thanks for the tour.
Yes, terrible bombings, but part of Teignmouths history. Will tell mum you said Hi - Cakes were lovely - Cheers! 👍👍👍
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Obviously Teignmouth was used as a naval port during WW2, yes ? Either that or it was chosen as a secondary target...?
Truthful answer is I really have no knowledge over and above my reference material which was: www.teignmouthshaldonww2.co.uk/index.php/teignmouth-bombings
It wasn't only because it was a port, but also the railway line was a strategic target, carrying most of the mainline traffic from the rest of the country to the Naval base at Plymouth.