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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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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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View of Bradiford and Pilton from south side of River Taw in mid-19th Ce...
This photograph was taken from the south bank of the River Taw some time before 1874 when the Barnstaple to Ilfracombe Railway was built along the north shore. A number of the clearly recognisable...
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The Reminiscences of Minnie Harding of 8 Pilton Street
Minnie Harding nee Reed was born and brought up in Pilton. Download this document which describes her reminiscences of life in Pilton made in the late 1950s (or possibly the early 1960s). At one ...
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