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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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River Taw Bathing in the 1920s
Learning to swim in the 1920s meant plunging into the River Taw. This picture shows Barnstaple schoolboys under the guidance of a teacher from Pilton whose name we will verify before including it ...
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Miss Allsop of Pilton House is presented with a Paignton crab on 15th Ju...
Miss Allsop of Pilton House is shown here receiving the Paignton crab won by Barnstaple from the Mayor Mr Clark on behalf of the residents of Pilton House. It is dated 15th June 1955. We would l...
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Pilton School Rugby Stars of 1979
This story from the North Devon Journal tells how the 'ton-up' team of rugby stars from Pilton School were so good they scored more than 100 points on three different occasions while beating Bidefo...
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Pilton Cricket Club Membership Card, 1965 Season
This is the membership card for Pilton (Barnstaple) Cricket Club of John Norman for the 1965 season. At that date the club was situated in Pottington Road. John was the Fixtures Secretary. The s...
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Celebrations in the Chichester Arms in the late 1960s
This photograph, provided by Maureen Dark, is understood to show a winning Shove Ha'penny team in the Chichester Arms (now the Green Man Bar & Bistro), probably in the late 1960s. It was poste...
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On Saunton Sands about 1959
This photograph, from Harold Murch, was taken on Saunton Sands about 1959. Harold commented that "we always cycled there - far fewer cars etc. then, so a lot safer on the road." He identified the...
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Barum Colts 1955-56
This photograph of the Barum Colts XV of 1955-56 has come to The Pilton Story. Given that the age of colts rugby is late teens, 16 - 19 years old, these young men will now be in their late 70s if ...
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