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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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Mr William Thomas of Pilton with his wife Miss Pickard of Shirwell
William Thomas, the son of John Davy Thomas of Pilton, was initially a schoolmaster at Shirwell School and at Swimbridge, and then at Heanton where he was the first master of the Board School. He ...
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Rodney, Geoffrey and Max Norman of Pilton in the 1960s
These smart young men are Rodney, Geoffrey and Max Norman of 5 Pilton Street in the early 1960s. Geoffrey used to work at Burton's the Tailors in Barnstaple. Many thanks to Lisa Curtis, the daug...
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The Story of Doris Fisher’s Hairdressing Salon at 27 Pilton Street
This is the story of the hairdressing salon of Doris Fisher at 27 Pilton Street, the first in Pilton. It opened when Doris returned to England from South Africa in 1955, a few years after the deat...
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Mogridge - Hill and Mogridge – Cann Weddings in Pilton (1936 and 1945)
On Saturday 22nd February 1936 the wedding took place at St Mary’s Church, Pilton, between Reginald Charles Mogridge and Violet Phyllis Hill. Both bride and groom lived in Mill Road, Barnstaple. ...
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Doris Fisher, Ladies Hairdresser of Pilton Street
Doris Fisher was a ladies hairdresser at No 27 Pilton Street where she and her trainees beautified generations of women in the front room where once her aunt, Ellen Sanders, ran the Pilton Street P...
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Hamish Patrick – Pilton Leading Light
In December 2014 Pilton lost a leading light with the death of Hamish Patrick. A founding member of Pilton Festival, he was born in London, educated in the USA, trained as an actor and did theatre...
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Shipbuilding in Pilton and Pottington in 18th and 19th Centuries
It is difficult to believe, given how narrow the River Yeo at Pilton is today, that there was once a thriving shipbuilding industry in Pilton dating back to the mid-18th century and lasting beyond ...
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