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Pilton Primary School Pupils in the Church Hall around 1950
Peter Bray recalled his earliest memories of Pilton at the age of 5 in 1948. He attended school at Pilton Primary School and had a great time. Mr Claude Dix was the headmaster and among the teacher...
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The Entire Pilton Church School in 1965-1966
The photograph of the entire Pilton School, still in its building next to St Mary's Church, was posted on Facebook in September 2014 by Margaret Menzies. She has identified the teachers as Miss Tu...
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Primary School Maypole Dancing Team 1965
This picture from Keith Laity shows the Pilton Primary School Maypole dancing team all smartly turned out thanks to the guidance of teacher Miss Hill, in the grounds of Pilton House during the Spri...
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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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TREVOR BEER’S BOYHOOD MEMORIES OF PILTON
In 2013, the writer and wildlife artist Trevor Beer wrote his boyhood memories of life in Pilton where he was born in January 1937. He died in June 2017. These memoirs offer a fascinating insight...
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PILTON CHURCH, BARNSTAPLE : UNVEILING OF MEMORIAL WINDOW TO THE FALLEN
On Thursday 27th May 1920, the North Devon Journal reported the unveiling of the memorial west window in the Church of St Mary the Virgin. The memorial to those of the parish who fell in the Great...
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