{"id":2452,"date":"2017-10-19T22:40:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T21:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/?p=2452"},"modified":"2025-07-02T12:40:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T11:40:06","slug":"my-grandpa-hibbitt-cine-footage-and-photographs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/my-grandpa-hibbitt-cine-footage-and-photographs","title":{"rendered":"My Grandpa Hibbitt – Cine Footage And Photographs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cine footage with a few stills thrown in of my Grandpa Hibbitt (Charles George Hibbitt: 1898-1972<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Known as Charlie, he was born near Dundalk in Ireland. His father was a Coastguard and the family moved around before settling in Devon. Charlie went to live and work in Tavistock as a telephone engineer and inspector before retiring to East Allington in the South Hams area of Devon.<\/p>\n

Grandpa’s hobbies included cars and motorbikes (he was a motorcycle despatch rider<\/a><\/strong> during WW1), boats<\/a><\/strong>, short wave radio, photography<\/a><\/strong> and capturing cine films. He was more often than not, behind the camera, but I’ve managed to find a few short clips of him amongst the family collection.<\/p>\n