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Fined for Cycling Furiously in Pilton Street
Eric Sanders’ grandparents and auntie ran Pilton Post Office, a familiar landmark which later became a hairdressing salon, then a restaurant and is now a private house. Eric’s father was a keen cyc...
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Captain Charles Pearce of Pilton House on his horse Tupenny during the 1...
This photograph shows Capt Charles Pearce, the son of Charles Pearce Senior, who lived at Pilton House. Charles Pearce Junior was born in 1886, survived service in World War I and died in 1960 at ...
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No 1 Pilton Street and No 8 Pilton Quay
These cottages were at the bottom of Pilton Street at the junction with Pilton Quay. No 1 Pilton Street was lived in by Sarah Gribble and her daughter Nellie Georgina Gribble (age 4) as recorded in...
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Children at the Party in Pilton Street for the 1981 Royal Wedding
In 1981 a Street Party was held in the middle of Pilton Street in celebration of the Wedding of Charles and Diana on 29th July. This photo shows Matthew Passmore, Robert Lake, Dan Passmore and two...
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Children in Victorian Pilton
Were our Victorian children well fed and clothed? Only if they were the lucky ones, born into wealth and comfort. The vast majority in Pilton lived in cold, damp houses, often ten or more people ...
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Snowballs in Pilton 1948
Pilton lads playing in the snow during the hard winter of 1948 in the garden of Brian Norman (pictured left) of 41A The Rock. The others (l-r) are his cousin, John Norman (formerly of 61, Littabour...
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PILTON WOMEN'S COMMITTEE 1964 EMBROIDERY
The names of members of the so-called Pilton Women's Committee 1964 have been carefully sewn on to a small lace-edged tablecloth (size about 3 feet square) in the style of individual signatures. H...
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50 years of the Parish Nurse in Pilton
Throughout the Victorian years the population of Pilton grew by leaps and bounds as people crowded into Barnstaple from the surrounding parishes in search of work, bringing their families with them...
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