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A Study in Pilton Bluecoat School on Stir-Up Sunday in 1983
This picture was possibly taken in 1983 on Stir-Up Sunday – the Sunday immediately before Advent Sunday when Christmas puddings and cakes were traditionally made. It is taken in Bluecoat School in...
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Shipbuilding in Pilton and Pottington in 18th and 19th Centuries
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 ...
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Jane ‘Jenny’ Hobbs : Member of the Girls’ Friendly Society in 1907
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 ...
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SOUVENIR PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AND FESTIVITIES FOR THE CORONATION IN 1953
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...
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Underneath the Arches with Helen Chugg and Marion Sanders
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...
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Barnstaple Station Fire Brigade Christmas Dinner 1963
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....
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Roy Barnes in the last open top fire engine in North Devon 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 ...
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Eric Roy Barnes : Admiralty Driver and Pilton Fish and Chip Shop Proprietor
This document is the Identification Card for Drivers of Naval Transport Vehicles of Seaman Eric Roy Barnes who was based on HMS Europa for the period September 1945 to March 1946 when he was probab...
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