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The Coronation of King Charles III on Saturday 6th May 2023 was celebrated by the residents of the Pilton United Charity Almshouses in the gardens of St Margaret’s and the Lower Almshouses on Sunda...

Bluecoat School (now Bluecoat Academy) was officially opened by J L Smeall, the Principal of St Luke’s College, Exeter, and blessed by the then Bishop of Plymouth, Wilfrid Guy Sanderson. The openi...

Dennis Norman became a scout when the 12th North Devon Troop in Pilton was formed in about 1948/49. Years before joining the scouts he recalled having seen a scout of the 1st North Devon Troop (Ba...

Until 1937 the main road north from Barnstaple, which dates from before the time of the Barnstaple Turnpike Trust (1827), crossed the River Yeo at Pilton Bridge and then went up Pilton Street, The ...

This is a picture of the combined 1st and 12th North Devon Scout Troops going to the International Jamboree at Hockley, Essex, in August 1952. Thanks to John Norman we have identified almost all o...

Dennis Norman became a scout when the 12th North Devon Troop was formed in about 1948/49 and they went to a Scout Jamboree at Belchamps, Hockley, Essex, in 1952. Years before joining the scouts he...

Some Piltonians from the 1940s gathered together at Pilton Green Man Festival in 2011. Back row: George Pow, Brian Pow, Mervyn Pow, George Challacombe, Bertie Pow, John Furse and John Norman. Front...