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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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Len Lake
These photographs are of Len Lake during World War II. He was clearly in the RAF. After the war he had a butcher's shop with his wife Blanche at the Pilton end of Boutport Street. They later lived...
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James Edward Blacksell 1912 - 1987
Margaret Reed, Barnstaple historian, has written here about James Edward Blacksell, sometimes known as 'Blackie', who was a Barnstaple teacher and headmaster, a national promoter of the Arts, an im...
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Pilton West and Shirwell Home Guard during World War II
Back during World War II, about 70 years ago, these men served in Pilton West and Shirwell Home Guard. This photograph was published in the North Devon Gazette and Advertiser on 4th April 1996 in ...
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The 1939-1945 Shirwell Home Guard on Pilton Bridge
This photograph, which was posted on Facebook by Terry Priscott, shows soldiers of Shirwell Home Guard during World War II sitting on the parapet of the new Pilton Bridge. The bridge was built in ...
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National Registration Card of Iris Pearce - World War II until 1951
The National Registration Act 1939 established a National Register which began operating on 29 September 1939 (known as National Registration Day) with a system of identity cards to operate during ...
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Children's Fancy Dress Competition (Second Group) on Victory in Eur...
On VE (Victory in Europe) Day, 8 May 1945, at the end of World War II, a fancy dress competition was held for the children in Pilton House grounds. The children, where known, are: back row (l. to...
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Children's Fancy Dress Competition (First Group) on Victory in Euro...
On VE (Victory in Europe) Day, 8 May 1945, at the end of World War II, a fancy dress competition was held for the children in Pilton House grounds. Mary Passmore (second from right on front row) w...
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