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Pilton Bridge Garage, Pilton, in the 1960s
This photograph of Pilton Bridge Garage in the 1960s was posted on the Facebook Barnstaple History Page by Terry Loder in September 2013. The garage was built in the 1930s by Charlie Hinxman and h...
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Jane Bartlett outside No 8 Pilton Quay with 'Darkie' the Pomer...
Jane Bartlett (died 1947) is pictured here outside the cottage which was No 8 Pilton Quay until the road improvement scheme at Pilton Bridge caused it and the adjacent No 1 Pilton Street to be demo...
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Captain Charles Pearce of Pilton House on his horse Tupenny during the 1...
This photograph shows Capt Charles Pearce, the son of Charles Pearce Senior, who lived at Pilton House. Charles Pearce Junior was born in 1886, survived service in World War I and died in 1960 at ...
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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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The Story of Engineering at No 12 Pilton Street
In the early nineteenth century No 12 Pilton Street was the site of a malthouse, four houses and a garden. By the 1840s Joseph Laramy from South Molton had established a woolstapling business. Wh...
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12 Pilton Street, the home of Braileys Engineers Ltd
This photo shows the front facade of 12 Pilton Street, the home of Braileys Engineers Ltd, about 1960. Although the house was a business premises it was also home to John Brailey and his sister, Ja...
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Patsy Brown at Pilton Infants' School in the early 1960s
This is Patricia (now Pat) Brown, known as Patsy when she was small, with the Pilton Infants' School donkey called 'Harpsichord Karen'. The photograph was taken in the early 1960s. The new Infant...
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Hobbs and Smith Men at Work in 1960s
This photograph shows a team of men from Hobbs and Smith Builders, who were based in Bradiford on land used in the 1960s to build the houses in what is now Meadow Road. Pictured on the top girder a...
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