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It is difficult to believe, given how narrow the River Yeo at Pilton is today, that there was once a thriving shipbuilding industry in Pilton dating back to the mid-18th century and lasting beyond ...

This is the Candidate’s Card for a member of the Girls’ Friendly Society (GFS). The Girls Friendly Society in England and Wales was established in 1875, within the Anglican Church, and is still a ...

At the time of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2nd June 1953, the Borough of Barnstaple organised a programme of Events and Festivities in celebration between 29th May and 6th June. This d...

Among the many charities which took stalls at Pilton Green Man Day, or Pilton Festival as it was known back in the day, was the Barnstaple Hard of Hearing Club. This photograph from Mary Passmore ...

At an early Pilton Festival event of the 1980s or 1990s, Helen Chugg (left) and Marion Sanders are running a stall under the archway leading to St Mary’s Church, Pilton, for people to decorate Euro...

Until 1965 Barnstaple Fire Station was located at the Barnstaple end of Pilton Causeway. This photograph shows some of those attending the Barnstaple Station Fire Brigade Christmas Dinner in 1963....

This photograph, from about 1963, shows Fireman Roy Barnes of Warwick Terrace, Yeo Vale, at the wheel of the last open-topped fire engine in North Devon. It is leaving the fire station at the end ...