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The Start of Pilton Festival in 1982
The Pilton Festival in Barnstaple, North Devon, started in 1982 as a result of the arrival of the Rev. Anthony Geering as Vicar of Pilton Church. With Ian Thomas, Albert Linacre, Noel Harley and m...
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Pilton Festival receives cheque from Barnstaple Town Council in 2010
In March 2010 Pilton Festival received very generous funding of £1,000 from the Barnstaple Town Councillors for Pilton Ward to assist the running and ensure the continuity of the Festival. Presenti...
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PILTON FESTIVAL - THIRTY YEARS ON!
A world of 30 years ago was re-visited in Pilton, Barnstaple, with the showing of a film of the first Pilton Festival in Pilton Church Hall on Friday 27th January. The right to hold a street market...
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Pilton Festival Monks 1982
The first volunteers to play the part of monks in the Pilton Festival Pageant, July 24 1982. l-r Ron Thorne, Ken Thompson, Jack Watts (partly hidden), Rev Edgar Tiller, Reg Norman (the Prior) and R...
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Hamish Patrick – Pilton Leading Light
In December 2014 Pilton lost a leading light with the death of Hamish Patrick. A founding member of Pilton Festival, he was born in London, educated in the USA, trained as an actor and did theatre...
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The 1991 Pilton Festival and the Amadeus Mozart Pageant
The 1991 Pilton Festival, as advertised in the Pilton with Ashford Magazine in July of that year, was held from 19th - 21st July. The programme included: 'A Floral Tribute to Europe over the week...
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Pilton Green Man Festival : A Gallery of Black & White Images from t...
This 14 minute film of black and white photographs of the early Pilton Festival, some of them before it was actually a Green Man Festival, was given to The Pilton Story by Tony Palmer of Yeo Vale. ...
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The Last 'King' of Pilton 1982
The first Pilton Festival was a two month series of events in June and July of 1982, and as part of the festivities a 'King' was proclaimed on the day of the Medieval Market and Historical Pageant ...
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