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Pilton Women’s Institute visit to Ashford Garden Centre at the time of t...
Claire Helliwell sent us this photograph, among others, which document some of the activities of the Pilton Women’s Institute. Her mother, Eileen German (née Sprague), took the photograph. With he...
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Presentation of the Barnstaple Shilling at the Lower Almshouses in 2011
The tradition of the Mayor of Barnstaple presenting coins to the residents of the almshouses in the town just after election to office probably dates back to Henry Gardner Tippett who died in 1795....
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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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Jean Elston and Joyce Thorne on the North Road in 1950
This photograph shows Jean Elston (nee Thorne), left, and her older sister Joyce Thorne, right, by the 'Welcome to Barnstaple' sign on the North Road in 1950. As well as showing the relatively new...
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Pilton Women's Institute Committee in the early 1970s
We think this is the Pilton WI from sometime in the early 1970s. It was formed in 1971 and disbanded in 2012. Back Row – Lucy Marsh, Pam ??, Jean Elston (née Thorne), Audrey Paull, Middle Row –...
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Pilton with Ashford Magazine August 1993 - Pilton Festival Souvenir Issue
In August 1993 a souvenir issue of the Pilton with Ashford (Parish) Magazine, edited by Dr Howard Bluett, was prepared to record the brilliant events of the annual Pilton Festival held in July. It...
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Pilton Women's Institute at Pilton Festival as Puritans probably in...
Probably at the first Pilton Festival in 1982, the Pilton Women's Institute (WI) dressed as Puritans. Here they are seen in Pilton Park. back row, left to right: Kath Ashby, (Joyce Thorne behind)...
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