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Peter Newcombe of Fair View in 1962/63
This photograph was taken in 1962 or 63 in the area between the houses of Fair View and the River Yeo where the Fair View Car Park is in 2014. We understand it was then called Murray Fields. The ...
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The View from Pilton House at Christmas in 1916
This photograph shows the surprising view from the grounds of Pilton House looking south across the valley of the River Yeo at Christmas 1916. At that time, Rotary Gardens do not exist - they were...
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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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Mary Passmore's grandparents cottage in Pilton Street
Mary Passmore's grandparents - Jane and William Bartlett - lived at 8 Pilton Quay (behind the cottage at the front which is 1 Pilton Street) here in the cottage at the foot of Pilton Street. The vi...
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Phyllis Allen feeding the ducks in Pilton Park on the banks of the River...
At the age of 82, Phyllis Allen of 123 Pilton Street found herself with a court order against her to stop feeding the ducks from the River Yeo. It was judged that they were creating a traffic haza...
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Summer Concert of Words and Music in Pilton Church during 2008 Festival ...
Over 130 people attended the Summer Concert of Words and Music organised by THE FRIENDS OF PILTON CHURCH on the evening of Pilton Festival in July 2008. They heard a brilliant mixture of words (wr...
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Reconstruction of Rolle Street (Braunton) Bridge over the River Yeo arou...
In around 1984, the old bridge over the River Yeo, on what is now the B3149 to Braunton, was demolished and rebuilt. This photograph shows the demolition work partly completed by E Thomas Construc...
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Quay reflections on days of fishing in the 1950s by Sylvia Mullen (neé P...
"Growing up with parents who had a passion for fishing it was hardly surprising that we children would follow. Before these adventures along the river beds could take place some rag worm (bait) ha...
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