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SOUVENIR PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AND FESTIVITIES FOR THE CORONATION IN 1953
At the time of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2nd June 1953, the Borough of Barnstaple organised a programme of Events and Festivities in celebration between 29th May and 6th June. This d...
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Stall for the Barnstaple Hard of Hearing Club at Pilton Festival
Among the many charities which took stalls at Pilton Green Man Day, or Pilton Festival as it was known back in the day, was the Barnstaple Hard of Hearing Club. This photograph from Mary Passmore ...
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Underneath the Arches with Helen Chugg and Marion Sanders
At an early Pilton Festival event of the 1980s or 1990s, Helen Chugg (left) and Marion Sanders are running a stall under the archway leading to St Mary’s Church, Pilton, for people to decorate Euro...
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Barnstaple Station Fire Brigade Christmas Dinner 1963
Until 1965 Barnstaple Fire Station was located at the Barnstaple end of Pilton Causeway. This photograph shows some of those attending the Barnstaple Station Fire Brigade Christmas Dinner in 1963....
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Roy Barnes in the last open top fire engine in North Devon in 1963
This photograph, from about 1963, shows Fireman Roy Barnes of Warwick Terrace, Yeo Vale, at the wheel of the last open-topped fire engine in North Devon. It is leaving the fire station at the end ...
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Eric Roy Barnes : Admiralty Driver and Pilton Fish and Chip Shop Proprietor
This document is the Identification Card for Drivers of Naval Transport Vehicles of Seaman Eric Roy Barnes who was based on HMS Europa for the period September 1945 to March 1946 when he was probab...
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Pilton Church Flower Festival on Healing in 1985
In July 1985, Pilton Church organised a Flower Festival on the theme of ‘Healing’. This programme, including a map of the route to be followed in the church, took the visitor through the different...
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What were The Twelve Curlicues of Pilton?
Thirty two years ago 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 Theatre fr...
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