This project was started towards the end of the coronavirus lockdowns, and came about as a result of Victoria and Rich’s conversations during our permitted daily exercise!
We are now in the process of expanding the project to tell the ‘Tales of Chelston’ more deeply. We are running a series of community evenings where residents can come and share their stories, photos and memorabilia with us, as well as creating an online archive of some of the most interesting places.
We are grateful to Torbay Lottery Small Grants Fund, Localgiving and the Torbay Community Grant for their support in this project.
Our Chelston Heritage Evenings are back! Come and find out more about the heritage of Chelston at the Chelston Manor on Tuesday 8th November, it would be great to see you.
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Taleblazers was an idea that Kev and I had been discussing vaguely for several years, but it was only in lockdown that we started to take it more seriously. The Bigge Fountain, officially called simply Chelston Drinking Fountain, played a big part in getting our social enterprise off the ground. Victoria and I live very […]
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Next time you take a stroll down Old Mill Road, turn right at the bottom opposite the park into Rosery Road, and you may notice something strange. Number 25-30 are superficially similar to the other houses, but they are built of a different colour brick to the houses either side. Look more closely and you’ll […]
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We are delighted that our Chelston Heritage Trail has been made into an audio podcast by our friends at Sound Communities! Now you can just download the pod to your phone, pop in your headphones and listen as you follow the trail around Chelston’s heritage sites. Enjoy! 4. Chelston Heritage Audio Trail
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Do you know where the Bigge Fountain is located in Chelston? Where the home of Chelston’s first fire station was? Or who built Cockington primary school in 1892? Taleblazers have been busy with our Chelston Heritage Map project, for which we received funding for from the Torbay Small Grants Lottery Fund and the Localgiving – Magic Little Grants. We […]
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What a beautiful weekend it has been and we were celebrating Trails Day which took place on Saturday the 5th. What is Trails Day you may wonder? Well, in 1968 American president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Trails Act into law which established a network of trails for people to use. Trails Day celebrates the […]
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