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TREVOR BEER’S BOYHOOD MEMORIES OF PILTON
In 2013, the writer and wildlife artist Trevor Beer wrote his boyhood memories of life in Pilton where he was born in January 1937. He died in June 2017. These memoirs offer a fascinating insight...
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Arthur Thorne of Priory Gardens, Pilton with REME in Brussels
This photograph, sent in by Maureen Dark (neé Thorne), is of her father, Arthur Thorne, of Priory Gardens, then Priory Road and later at 123, Pilton Street next to the Yeo Dale Hotel. This was mor...
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Eunice and Susan Andrews in 1951
Eunice Andrews, born 1940, and Susan Andrews, born 1949, are the daughters of Fred and Doris Andrews who lived in Priory Gardens, Pilton. Eunice was married in Pilton Church in 1960 and moved to li...
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Fred and Doris Andrews of Priory Gardens, Pilton
The photograph shows Doris and Fred Andrews of Pilton and was posted on The Pilton Story Facebook page by their grandson Paul Mock in February 2015. Fred Andrews, originally from Crediton, came to ...
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Four Pilton Residents in Priory Gardens in the 1920s
This photograph posted on Facebook by Stuart Ackland shows (left to right) Cath Thorne, Jack Pugsley and Olive Pugsley (his mother) with Arthur Thorne in the front in the late 1920s. Many thanks to...
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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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Aerial View of Pilton about 1933
This aerial view of the village of Pilton was taken around 1933 by Arthur Dennis flying from Chivenor. Particular points of interest are: 1. the Broadgate House Tennis Court, which was reached by...
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