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! Walking around, we realised that Chelston has many interesting heritage sites that most of use Chelston residents go past each day without realising the stories that lie behind them. We decided to breathe more life into these tales and produced a Heritage Trail linking together these sites of interest. The result is an A3 size heritage map which gives you a route around Chelston and an insight into some of our favourite places. Our friends at Sound Communities have also turned the text into an audio file which you can download as a podcast and listen to as you walk!
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.
- Chelston Heritage Evening
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. - The Bigge Fountain
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 close to one another, so when we were allowed to… - 25-30 Rosery Road
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 see that the lintels above the doors and windows also… - Chelston Heritage Trail Audio
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 - Chelston Heritage Map
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 had been researching places in Chelston to feature on our…