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The 1982 Map of Pilton for First Festival
In 1982 a limited edition (of 200) of an illustrated map of Pilton was prepared by J Kemp for the first Pilton Festival. This is a scanned copy of No 2 given to The Pilton Story by Albert Linacre....
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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 Sign of The Three Tuns in Barnstaple
The Three Tuns was once a very popular pub on Barnstaple High Street and was marketed as "the oldest tavern in the oldest street in the oldest borough in Britain" - not completely true but a good s...
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Film of Pilton Festival 1982 with added soundtrack (this version now rem...
This archive item is based on the Super8 film, taken by the late Clifford Davies in 1982, of the very first Pilton Festival in Barnstaple, North Devon in the United Kingdom. In 2012 it had a new s...
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The original flyer of The Pilton Story
The flyer portrayed our hopes for the archive, showing pictures of Pilton and Bradiford, past and almost present, but all intriguing, with a trail to some of the topics we hope will be dramatised a...
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Hobbs and Smith Men at Work in 1960s
This photograph shows a team of men from Hobbs and Smith Builders, who were based in Bradiford on land used in the 1960s to build the houses in what is now Meadow Road. Pictured on the top girder a...
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The Turnpike Roads of Pilton 1763 – 1879
This short article by local Pilton historian Margaret Reed tells the story of the Turnpike Trust created in Barnstaple in the 18th Century and how this affected the roads in Pilton. Nationally roa...
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An Evacuee Comes To Bradiford, 1940
Born in 1935, the young John Onslow was evacuated from Croydon to Devon in 1940, during the Second World War. The photograph shows him with his host family, Mr. and Mrs. Ridd. Gwen and Harold Ridd ...
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