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Pilton Festival : The Early Years : A personal view by Ian Thomas
Ian Thomas became Deputy Headmaster of The Bluecoat C.E. Junior School, Pilton in January 1978. In 1982 he got involved in the Rev. Anthony Geering's idea of resurrecting Pilton Festival - an even...
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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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Film of the First Pilton Festival 1982
As the oldest part of Barnstaple, Pilton was granted a charter to hold an annual market by Edward III in the 14th Century. In 1982, the Rector of St Mary's Church - Rev. Anthony Geering - was inst...
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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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Pilton Green Man Festival Programme 2013
This Pilton Green Man Festival Programme for 2013 shows how far Pilton Festival has developed as an event, with music, crafts, food and activities in Pilton Street and also in Rotary Gardens. Wide...
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Mary Spiegelhalter in Victorian dress at the 1993 Pilton Festival
Mary Spiegelhalter nee Harris, born in Barnstaple. Her 19th century dress was very fragile. Her brother-in-law, Eddie Spiegelhalter, lives at the bottom of Pilton Street. Her father-in-law, Cecil...
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The Village of PILTON - Oldest Barnstaple
This document, written by Rev Anthony Geering in the early 1980s, gives a potted history of Pilton. Anthony Geering was vicar of Pilton from 1981 to 1986 and was the instigator of the Pilton Festi...
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Rev Anthony Geering proclaiming at the first Pilton Festival in 1982
This photograph is one of the few good pictures we have found of the Rev Anthony Geering, Vicar of Pilton and the man credited with the idea of the modern Pilton Festival in 1982. The anecdotal ev...
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