Pictures
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Iris Pearce dressed in a Home Guard Uniform during the 1939-45 War
Iris Pearce (nee Crook and later Iris Morris) is shown here in the garden of Pilton House dressed up in a Home Guard uniform during the Second World War. Women were not officially allowed in the H...
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National Registration Card of Iris Pearce - World War II until 1951
The National Registration Act 1939 established a National Register which began operating on 29 September 1939 (known as National Registration Day) with a system of identity cards to operate during ...
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Jeremy Thorpe MP receives a buttonhole from Miss Allsop of Pilton House ...
At a May Fayre held at Pilton House on Saturday 13th May 1961, Jeremy Thorpe, MP for North Devon at the time, was apparently the guest of honour. In this photograph he is receiving a buttonhole fr...
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'The Professionals' win the 2012 Big Pilton Quiz
The 2012 Big Pilton Quiz for the beautiful carved wooden question mark trophy made by Mike Taffinder and first awarded in 2011 was won by 'The Professionals' in Pilton Church Hall on Saturday 5th M...
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Stanbury & Sons Victoria Flour Mill on Rolle Quay
This photograph shows the Stanbury & Sons Victoria Flour Mills on Rolle Quay which were demolished some time after 1941. The Mills were located opposite the site where the Barnstaple Civic Cen...
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Watercolour of Lime Kiln at Pottington by William Payne c 1810-19
This scene by William Payne (1760-1830) is of Pottington Lime Kiln, Pilton, Barnstaple, Devon and shows Barnstaple Long Bridge in the background. It was produced using the technique by which Payne...
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Pilton Pantomime Productions 2008 'The Three Musketeers'
In 2008 the Pilton Pantomime, directed by Hamish Patrick, was 'The Three Musketeers'. This was the first time that the Pilton Pantomime had been performed in the Pilton Church Hall. In this pictu...
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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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