Media

Kate Thorne and her husband Fred (see separate entry) Thorne were the parents of Jean (Elston) and Joyce Thorne and grandparents of Kevin Elston, Lynne Treloar, Anne (Humphreys), Richard Elston and...

This is a short film introducing The Pilton Story, this community heritage project based in the village of Pilton, part of the North Devon town of Barnstaple. It was made by Siegfried (Siegy) Jerr...

This photograph from around 1933 comes from a collection of photographs belonging to Ernest Lemon, born in Barnstaple in1920 which was posted on Facebook by his son Bob Lemon in June 2014. The pre...

Tony Sumners posted this photograph of the Bradiford V E Day 1945 Party on Facebook. His mum, Phyllis Elizabeth Sumners, is in the picture to the left of the nurse at the front. It was a fancy dr...

Back during World War II, about 70 years ago, these men served in Pilton West and Shirwell Home Guard. This photograph was published in the North Devon Gazette and Advertiser on 4th April 1996 in ...

Rain on the day meant that the Fairview VJ Day Street Party in August 1945 had to be held at the Queen Anne Building on the Strand, now the Barnstaple Heritage Centre. People identified in the p...

This photograph, which was posted on Facebook by Terry Priscott, shows soldiers of Shirwell Home Guard during World War II sitting on the parapet of the new Pilton Bridge. The bridge was built in ...