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Remembering Sapper Harry Fry-Vicary 154113 284th Army Troop Company of t...
Harry Fry-Vicary was born in 1897 to William and Adelaide Fry-Vicary and lived on The Rock, Pilton. Before enlisting in 1916 he was a cabinet maker at the Barnstaple Cabinet Works. In France he w...
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Reference from Mr Frederick Rainbow, Pastry Cook of Pilton Street for Ch...
This handwritten reference from Mr Frederick Rainbow of 23 Pilton Street, Barnstaple, dated February 28, 1899, is for his foreman Charles Elks. Charles Elks has been in my employ as Foreman for al...
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Indenture of Alfred Edward Hobbs, age 16 years, to Thomas Colbourne of B...
In April 1909, Alfred Edward Hobbs, 16 year old son of Alfred Edward Hobbs Senior (a mason’s labourer), was indentured, for four years and 9 months, as an apprentice moulder to Thomas S Colbourne o...
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Soroptimist International Wine Cheese Party in Pilton Church Hall in Jul...
In July 1997, Soroptimist International (SI) organised an Evening of Tudor Music and Readings “Pastimes with Good Company” in St Mary’s Church which was followed by a wine and cheese party in the C...
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Pilton Festival 1996 - the Hoopla Stall in aid of Pilton House Residenti...
In 1996 this Hoopla Stall was one of the attractions at the annual Pilton Festival in July. Located outside Pilton House, it raised money in aid of the Residential Home. Players also had the chan...
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Alice Mogridge of Pilton
This is a photo of Alice Mogridge, a Pilton resident, who lived for several years at 13 Ladywell (behind the church) before moving to Pilton Lawn. We would love to know a bit more about her, pleas...
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Certificate of Honour awarded to Pilton the Glovers Thrift Savings Group...
'The People's War' was a term applied to the Home Front in Britain during the World War II. One key feature of this was the Government's War Savings Campaign run by Sir Robert Kindersley. Savings ...
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The Wedding of Alfred Edward Hobbs and Jane Bartlett, Saturday 3rd July ...
This wedding photograph shows the families and friends of Alfred Edward Hobbs and Jane Bartlett after their wedding in the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Pilton in July 1920. A report on the wedd...
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