Teignmouth, Devon

Heather and Gorse Clog Dancers entertain at Teignmouth Triangle

There is a beautiful wide paved area at Teignmouth Triangle which is a natural focal point to meet people and maybe sit and chat on one of the many benches nearby. This was the venue chosen by the Heather and Gorse dancers to put on a display of clog morris dancing along with their band of accordians and melodeons. [more]

Auditing the tolls

Plymouthian Edward (Ed) Vosper's second wife, now Mrs Doreen Skidmore was interviewed in March 2009 and recalled that my grandfather (Ed Vosper) used to work for the Bayly Estate in Plymouth. He worked in the Estate Office retiring in August 1934 after 38 years service with the family. Doreen says that Ed would go twice a year to Shaldon Bridge Tollhouse,... [more]

Teignmouth Folk Festival 2008

A weekend long folk festival in June attracted crowds of spectators to the street entertainments around Teignmouth and also to the concert performances in the Carlton Theatre.

Many of the entertainers were morris dancers performing at the Teignmouth Triangle. One of the "morris sides" at the festival was Heather and Gorse - a Devon based clog dancing group... [more]

Music and clog morris dancing on the promenade at Teignmouth

One summer evening in July I met my music and dancing friends on the promenade at Teignmouth to play my piano accordian for the Heather and Gorse Clog Morris dancers.

It was a cool but dry evening with few holidaymakers about but as soon as the dancers began their entertainment it took only a few minutes for the... [more]

Music and dancing in the streets of Teignmouth

Teignmouth Folk Festival attracted crowds who filled the sunny promenade and town centre streets to watch the many Morris Teams at this 2009 event.

Musicians and dancers formed a procession at the East Cliff Cafe to parade along the Den and the promenade towards the Triangle where each "side" gave a display for for the Mayor and civic... [more]

Devon Memories Photographic Memories

An overview of Teignmouth, taken from Shaldon Hill, across the estuary of the river Teign. The town is said to be Devon's oldest resort. The commercial port was, and is, to the left of the picture where vessels of the era appear. The navigation channel is so unstable that pilots check it after each tide.

South Devon Coast Photographic Memories

Teignmouth is the second-oldest seaside resort in Devon; it has attracted visitors from the middle of the 18th century. It is seen here from the hillside above Shaldon across the broad sweep of the Teign estuary.

Victorian and Edwardian Yorkshire Photographic Memories

Teignmouth is the second-oldest seaside resort in Devon; it has attracted visitors from the middle of the 18th century. It is seen here from the hillside above Shaldon across the broad sweep of the Teign estuary.