The League of Friends of the Paignton Hospital 1948 – 1981 formed In 1948
Initially when we think of the contribution that these type of voluntary bodies made and continue to make to the comfort and well being of hospital patients and their visitors perhaps the usual things that come to mind are, providing refreshment and library trollies and greeting and guiding visitors. Fund raising is also a crucial […]
December 2021 Newsletter
December 2021
Kirkham House
A gem of a house in Paignton built in the late 1300s. Believed to be built by the church, as local stories called it the priests house in the manor of Paignton which was owned by the bishop of Exeter for 500 years from 1049 to 1534. There are records of monks grinding corn in […]
Monthly Meetings
We meet monthly at Gerston Chapel Hall in Gerston Place (almost opposite the Post Office) Next Meeting Thursday 21st October Start Time 7pm Speaker Ian Handford on The Preston Pharmacuetal business AAH” Thursday 18 November Start Time 7 pm Speaker Peter Marsden on “The Mary rose”