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The Medieval Market in Pilton Street during the first Pilton Festival in...
As part of the first Pilton Festival of the modern era, held in June and July 1982, a Medieval Market was held in Pilton Street on Saturday 24th July. This is a scene from that day. This link will...
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Pilton Festival, reported in the North Devon Journal Herald on July 8th ...
This picture is of the full page spread about the first Pilton Festival in the modern era published in the North Devon Journal-Herald on 8th July 1982. The centrepiece article by Graham Andrews ca...
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When a doctor sold herbs to keep the plague at bay : July 1982
This is a transcription of an article by Graham Andrews which was the centrepiece of a full page spread in the North Devon Journal-Herald on Thursday 8th July 1982 about the very first Pilton Festi...
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NEW PARISH ROOMS IN 1906 FOR £1,100
This report is taken from the North Devon Gazette of 9th January 1906. “The delightful old parish of Pilton, Barnstaple, has been enriched by the provision of a fine new premises, to be known as t...
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The Curlicue Times No1 in 1987
Thirty four years ago in 1987 an exciting project came to Pilton. Funded by Beaford Arts to celebrate its 21st birthday, and with enormous support from many local companies, the Horse and Bamboo Th...
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Pilton New Year Parade 2001
Back in the day, Pilton Festival organised New Year’s Eve Parades in Pilton Street. For a few years these popular events were organised by members of the Festival Committee. The use of silver in ...
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The Unicorn Coffee House, Pilton, opened in 1887
The Unicorn Coffee House on Pilton Street opened in 1887 in what is now Pilton Church Hall. The event was reported in the North Devon Journal of 3rd November. Colonel and Mrs. Hibbert of Broadgate...
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BARNSTAPLE AND NORTH DEVON HORSE SHOW at Pilton Lawn in July 1877
The following is a report of the Barnstaple and North Devon Horse Show, held at Pilton Lawn in July 1877, in the Somerset County Gazette of 14th July 1877. From reports in other years, this seems ...
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