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The Battle of Manning's Pit
John Norman of Pilton recounts the story of the Battle of Manning's Pit, Pilton, Barnstaple, Devon, around Tutshill Woods against the Bradiford Gang as told in a poem written by his cousin Brian No...
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Film of the First Pilton Festival 1982
As the oldest part of Barnstaple, Pilton was granted a charter to hold an annual market by Edward III in the 14th Century. In 1982, the Rector of St Mary's Church - Rev. Anthony Geering - was inst...
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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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Pilton Festival 1982 by Clifford Davies
Clifford Davies of Pilton made a 33 minute long film of the first Pilton Festival in 1982. In 2009, the Festival Committee arranged for it to be transferred it from the original Super8 film with t...
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Film of Pilton Festival 1982 with added soundtrack (this version now rem...
This archive item is based on the Super8 film, taken by the late Clifford Davies in 1982, of the very first Pilton Festival in Barnstaple, North Devon in the United Kingdom. In 2012 it had a new s...
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Film of Pilton Playgroup 1985
In 1985 Howard Bluett filmed the Pilton Playgroup in Pilton Church Hall. We have successfully transferred the 30 minute video to digital and with the help of Anne Chapman we have managed to identi...
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The Start of Pilton Festival in 1982
The Pilton Festival in Barnstaple, North Devon, started in 1982 as a result of the arrival of the Rev. Anthony Geering as Vicar of Pilton Church. With Ian Thomas, Albert Linacre, Noel Harley and m...
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The Pilton Story : An introduction to a Local Community Heritage Project
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...
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