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The Life of Richard Ackland, Royal Marine, 1790 - 1872
The Life of Richard Ackland, Royal Marine, 1790 - 1872 This document tells the story of Richard Ackland, born in Shirwell in 1790 to John and Catherine Ackland. He was a Blue Marine from 1810 until...
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The 2004 Pilton Panto ‘Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves’
The January 2004 Pilton Panto ‘Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves’ was the 8th Pilton Panto of the modern era. This one was again presented in the skittle alley of the then Chichester Arms in Pilton S...
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The 2002 Pilton Panto ‘Peter Pan’
The February 2002 Pilton Panto ‘Peter Pan’ was the 7th Pilton Panto of the modern era. This one was again presented in the skittle alley of the then Chichester Arms in Pilton Street, now the Green...
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The 2000 Pilton Panto ‘Dick Whittington and his Cat’
The January 2000 Pilton Panto ‘Dick Whittington and his Cat’ was probably the 4th Pilton Panto of the modern era, although we lack programmes from earlier ones to verify that fact. This one was pr...
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When The Voice UK came to The Reform Inn, Pilton, in 2018
The Reform Inn, Pilton The Voice UK is a Saturday night television talent show which started on the BBC in 2012 and moved to ITV in 2017. Without going into the details, the idea is that talent is...
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Remembering Sapper Harry Fry-Vicary 154113 284th Army Troop Company of t...
Harry Fry-Vicary was born in 1897 to William and Adelaide Fry-Vicary and lived on The Rock, Pilton. Before enlisting in 1916 he was a cabinet maker at the Barnstaple Cabinet Works. In France he w...
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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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Trevor Beer MBE, Writer and Wildlife Artist, 1937 - 2017
Trevor Beer, the well-known Devon writer and wildlife artist, was born on The Rock, Pilton, in January 1937 and died in June 2017. He went to Pilton School next to St Mary’s Church and his boyhood...
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