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Pilton Primary School Nativity Play (Church Rooms 1950)
In 1950, Pilton Primary School, more correctly known as Pilton Voluntary Controlled Primary School, was immediately next the Church of St Mary's - where Pilton Art Group and the David Wilson Partne...
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Pilton Festival Leaflet 2001
This small leaflet was produced by the Committee of the Pilton Green Man Festival in 2001 to encourage people to get involved as sponsors or as volunteers. As well as giving a brief history of the...
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Pilton Glove Factory : A Personal View by Jennie Hobbs
This is a very personal view of Pilton Glove Factory told by Jennie Hobbs who worked there from September 1939 until 1969 when the owners, Dent & Allcroft, closed it down. Jennie started as a ...
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Incumbents of St Mary's Church Pilton since 1600 (with Ashford sinc...
No Dates Name 1 1600-1605 Joseph Smyth 2 1605-1613 Morgan Davies 3 1613-1614 Francis Sharton 4 1614-1616 Nicholas Shukstone 5 1616-1651 Roger Bomcher 6 1651-1681 Joseph Ayres 7 1681-1695 ...
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Pilton Church Seating in Victorian Days
In the past, and in fact right up until the eve of the First World War, members of the congregation in English parish churches paid an annual sum in ‘pew rent’. In return they had reserved seats i...
- from: Margaret.Reed
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Some Memories of St Mary's Church Choir, Pilton in 1970s and 1980s
Richard Westacott was a member of Pilton Church Choir in the 1970s and 1980s - in the days when Eric Ashton was Choirmaster and Rev James West was the vicar. Later he also sang under Choirmaster J...
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May Belles and Wedding Bells in Sixties’ Pilton
Susan Roscoe, age 16, left her family home in Fair View, Pilton, with her parents, one brother and five sisters and emigrated to Australia in1970. In this fascinating note she recounts her time as...
- from: Wendy.Clarke
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Remembering Albert Linacre
In September 2015, Albert Linacre, a long time resident who was instrumental in making Pilton the vibrant community it is today, passed way at the age of 85. Born in Birmingham in 1930, Albert att...
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