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Pilton Church Choir Outing in about 1956
This photograph shows members of the Pilton Church Choir on their annual outing, in about 1956. The members have been identified as follows: Back row (left to right): Jim Brannam, John Norman, Te...
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Boyhood adventures and Mannings Pit
A reunion in the Reform Inn brought back many memories for boyhood friends from Pilton, Bobby Furse, George Challacombe, John Norman and his cousin, Brian Norman. Among the reminiscences were long...
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Brian Norman - Boy sailor
Brian Norman, now of Braunton, tells how as a Pilton boy he'd spend some of his school holidays in the late 1940s sailing out of Pilton Quay with his grandfather, Captain George Coates, on voyages ...
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Snowballs in Pilton 1948
Pilton lads playing in the snow during the hard winter of 1948 in the garden of Brian Norman (pictured left) of 41A The Rock. The others (l-r) are his cousin, John Norman (formerly of 61, Littabour...
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Box carting through Pilton
Some of Pilton's 'old boys' remember their childhood racing box carts, or pram-wheel buggies, from Maer Top to the bottom of Pilton Street in the days when there was no traffic and only the risk of...
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The Poem of The Battle of Manning's Pit
This is the text of the poem by Brian Norman which is read by his cousin John Norman. It can be found at the end of this link: http://vimp.thepiltonstory.org/youtube/The-Battle-of-Mannings-Pit/b41...
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The Battle of Manning's Pit
John Norman of Pilton recounts the story of the Battle of Manning's Pit, Pilton, Barnstaple, Devon, around Tutshill Woods against the Bradiford Gang as told in a poem written by his cousin Brian No...
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