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George Best and others played charity football at Barnstaple Town in Dec...
Famous Northern Irish footballer George Best visited Barnstaple in December1982 with a group of friends - the George Best All Stars. This photograph shows George, second from the right for those t...
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Reconstruction of Rolle Street (Braunton) Bridge over the River Yeo arou...
In around 1984, the old bridge over the River Yeo, on what is now the B3149 to Braunton, was demolished and rebuilt. This photograph shows the demolition work partly completed by E Thomas Construc...
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Aerial View of River Yeo and Rolle Quay in the late 1980s
This aerial view of the River Yeo and Rolle Quay from the late 1980s shows the Inner Relief Road (completed 1986) and, bottom right, the Civic Centre (foundation stone laid in 1967). In the centre...
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Rolle Quay around 1900
This photograph shows sailing barges moored on the River Yeo at Rolle Quay in around 1900. On the quay you can see the rail link from the Ilfracombe Railway (which ran along the north shore of the...
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A Brief History of Rawle, Gammon & Baker in Pilton : 1850 to date
Rawle, Gammon & Baker, known as RGB, was formed in 1850 when Samuel Rawle, a Barnstaple shipbroker, joined forces with William Gammon, a Barnstaple builder. They set up business as timber impo...
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Rawle, Gammon and Baker - 140 years old in 1990
To celebrate Rawle, Gammon and Baker (now affectionately known to all as RGB) reaching 140 years from its origins in Rolle Quay, Pilton in 1850, the North Devon Journal produced a Special Publicati...
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Award by Diocese of Exeter 'Million for Mission' Fund gets Pil...
Three years on from fitting of a new kitchen in 2009, on 8th August 2012 Pilton Church Hall finally replaced the old domestic cooker with a new range cooker thanks to a grant from the Diocese of Ex...
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The Yeo Dale Hotel
The Yeo Dale Hotel dominates the skyline as you approach the historic area of Pilton from Barnstaple centre. In 1807 the distinctive Georgian frontage was added to the original 17th century house ...
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