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Eric Sanders : 1919 - 2015
This archive item tells the story of some of the family and long life of Eric Sanders who was born in Pilton in April 1919 and who lived in many different places around Devon - Barnstaple, Brayford...
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May Belles and Wedding Bells in Sixties’ Pilton
Susan Roscoe, age 16, left her family home in Fair View, Pilton, with her parents, one brother and five sisters and emigrated to Australia in1970. In this fascinating note she recounts her time as...
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Bluebells at a Pilton Parish Hall Concert Party in 1936
This photograph of Bluebells in a Concert Party in Pilton Parish Hall dates from 1936. It was given to The Pilton Story by Betty Shapland (née Braunton), then age 10, who is a resident of Pilton H...
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May Queen and Entourage at the May Fayre, Pilton House, around 1966
This photograph shows another of the May Fayres which seem to have been held at Pilton House many years ago. This is thought to be about 1966. We have so far identified the following on it: Davi...
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May Fayre, Pilton House around 1966
This photograph shows another of the May Fayres held at Pilton House during the 1960s. This one is about 1966 and is the first one we have in colour. A black & white picture from the same Fay...
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The Village of Pilton filmed in about 1960
In 2013 The Pilton Story was given a 7 minutes silent film - probably from a Super 8 - of scenes around Pilton. These included the view from Bull Hill House, and shots of Pilton Street, the North ...
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Maypole Dancing outside Pilton House during the early 1960s
This photograph, taken on the lawn of Pilton House in the 1960s, most likely in 1961 or 1962, shows maypole dancing, probably at the annual May Fayre which was held there. This picture was posted ...
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Rotary Gardens' Tree Trail Board 2013
As part of improvements carried out by North Devon Council in the first half of 2013, three information boards were erected in Rotary Gardens, one at each corner, in July 2013. One set out 'The Cr...
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