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TREVOR BEER’S BOYHOOD MEMORIES OF PILTON
In 2013, the writer and wildlife artist Trevor Beer wrote his boyhood memories of life in Pilton where he was born in January 1937. He died in June 2017. These memoirs offer a fascinating insight...
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Trevor Beer MBE, Writer and Wildlife Artist, 1937 - 2017
Trevor Beer, the well-known Devon writer and wildlife artist, was born on The Rock, Pilton, in January 1937 and died in June 2017. He went to Pilton School next to St Mary’s Church and his boyhood...
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Quay reflections on days of fishing in the 1950s by Sylvia Mullen (neé P...
"Growing up with parents who had a passion for fishing it was hardly surprising that we children would follow. Before these adventures along the river beds could take place some rag worm (bait) ha...
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Pathfield Garage
The cars date these Abbey Road scenes to the late 1950s (motor enthusiasts will recognise a Hillman Minx Series III which was produced from 1958). The pictures were taken outside Pathfield Garage b...
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Barnstaple in Bloom Winner 2009 - Best Community Garden - Lower Almshous...
In 2009 the spledid gardens of the Lower Almshouses, Pilton won First Proze in the Britain in Bloom Best Community Garden Section. This success came after gaining a Second in 2006, a Third in 2007...
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Children Clearing Smoky House Lane in Spring 1974
This photograph shows a group of children who helped clear Smoky (or Smokey) House Lane in the Spring of 1974. They were led by local naturalist Trevor Beer (third from left). For those who don't...
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Haymaking on Pathfield in about 1926
This photograph, probably taken on Pathfield, shows C W Lewis and J Parsons making hay in about 1926. It was displayed in the 'Pilton Then & Now' Exhibition held in Pilton Church in 2008 but i...
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Lynbro Road Ladies' Silver Jubilee Football Team
The ladies of Pilton's Lynbro Road played a Pilton men's team at Manning's Pit on the occasion of the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977, according to Claire Helliwell, who presented this picture to th...
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