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Charles Pearce's 'Song of Victory'
This newspaper cutting from the North Devon Journal Herald reports the death of Mr Charles Pearce of Pilton House at the age of 88 in December 1945. As well as being Mayor of both South Molton and...
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VE or VJ Day Street Party in Abbey Road 1945
This party in Abbey Road, which was then only 10 years old and still a cul-de-sac, has already been included in the archive as a VJ Day Party (Victory over Japan on 15th August 1945) but this sligh...
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Charles Pearce of Pilton House
This photograph, which dates from around the end of 19th century, is of Charles Pearce Senior, born 1858, who lived in Pilton House until his death in 1945 . Charles Pearce was a Churchwarden of S...
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Children's Fancy Dress Competition (Second Group) on Victory in Eur...
On VE (Victory in Europe) Day, 8 May 1945, at the end of World War II, a fancy dress competition was held for the children in Pilton House grounds. The children, where known, are: back row (l. to...
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Children's Fancy Dress Competition (First Group) on Victory in Euro...
On VE (Victory in Europe) Day, 8 May 1945, at the end of World War II, a fancy dress competition was held for the children in Pilton House grounds. Mary Passmore (second from right on front row) w...
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Victory Celebrations at Pilton Glove Factory 1945
Four employees of the Pilton Glove Factory are here celebrating victory at the end of the Second World War in 1945 in what is now Rotary Gardens, Pilton. The new North Road (built 1938) can be seen...
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Abbey Road, Pilton, Street Party for V-J (Victory over Japan) Day August...
To celebrate victory over the Japanese in 1945, following the explosions of 6th and 9th August 1945, when the United States dropped atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, V-J Day or Victory over Jap...
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VE Day Celebration Fancy Dress Party in Pilton House Grounds
On VE (Victory in Europe) Day, 8 May 1945, at the end of World War II, Jennie Hobbs (left) and Mary Passmore (right) took part in the fancy dress celebrations at Pilton House. Mary won 3rd Prize a...
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