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Joyce and Charlie Parsons and their son Richard probably in 1960s
This photograph shows Joyce and Charlie Parsons and their son Richard. They lived at 38 Pilton Street next door to Sister Bates who lived at 39 Pilton Street. Charlie, who had driven tanks in Wor...
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Albert Thorne of Pilton during World War I
This photograph, sent in by Maureen Dark, shows her grandfather Albert Thorne, second from the right, during World War I. Albert Thorne, known as Bert, lived at 7 Priory Gardens, was a bellringer ...
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The Men from Pilton Parish who fought in the Great War 1914-18
This plaque names the three hundred and forty men of Pilton Parish who fought in the Great War 1914-18 and came home. They are commemorated in the South Porch of St Mary’s Church. The thirty-ni...
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The Men from Pilton Parish who died in the Great War 1914-18
This plaque names the thirty-nine men of Pilton Parish who fought and lost their lives in the Great War 1914-18 and are commemorated below the West Window of St Mary’s Church. The simple but effec...
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Wedding of Betty Parkhouse and Patrick Crook in the mid 1950s
This photograph is of the wedding of Betty Parkhouse and Patrick Crook in the south porch of Pilton Church in the mid-1950s. The only other person so far identified is Maureen Dark (neé Thorne) on...
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Fred Thorne
Fred Thorne and his wife, Kate (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 K...
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Kate Thorne (neé Gunningham)
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...
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Golden Wedding of Mr & Mrs George H Ackland of Fair View, Pilton, on...
Mr George Ackland & Mrs Bessie Ackland of 59 Fair View, Pilton, celebrated their Golden Wedding on Thursday 11th August 1938 and this article in the North Devon Journal of that date recorded th...
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