Our Stories
Ken Burton
Joan Waynes notes on village people
Audio Interviews
Helen Hofton interviews
- Miss Vera Davis of Pirton Grange
- Clare Baines Memories of life in Pirton
- Hilda Hanscombe
- Jack Burton
- Vic Burton
- Derek Cook
- Betty Huckle
- Margot Anderson
- Aubrey Reynolds
- John Thrussell talking about life in Pirton
Video Interviews
Village life
Clare Baines of Bannisters talking about the formation of a Pirton Orchestra
Vera Thrussell talking about her early life in Pirton
Vera Thrussell talking about medicine in Pirton before the NHS
Vera Thrussell talking about Cromwell Terrace
Derek Cook talking about the Fox public house
Derek Cook talking about cattle droving at Walnut Tree Farm
Derek Cook talking about the Pirton milkman in the 1930s
Derek Cook talking about Pirton’s water supply
Nora Lake talking about living at Wrights Farm in the 1940s
Nora Lake talking about washday at Wrights Farm
Nora Lake talking about cooking at Wrights Farm
Dick Woodward talking about West Lane Farm
Dick Woodward talking about straw burning
Rene Burton talking about her first job
Rene Burton talking about her early married life
Zoe Burton talking about fieldwork
Zoe Burton talking about Turners shop in Burge End
Ken Burton remembers his early life
Shirley Houghton nee Males talking about living at the 12 Apostles
Shirley Houghton talking about moving to Pollards Way in the 1950s
Shirley Houghton talking about village workers
Pete Lake talking about his childhood
Pete Lake talking about shoots in the village
Pete Lake talking about farming
Pete Lake talking about field names in the parish
Ruby Thrussell talking about living in Terry Villa
Ruby Thrussell talking about school in the 1940/50s
Ruby Thrussell talking about the Thrussell family
Sally Lake and Barbara Chamberlain talking about their early life in Pirton
World War Two
Fiona Anderson talking about her father Squadron Leader Mike Anderson DFC
Clare Baines remembers World War Two
Ken Burton talking about the Second World War in Pirton
Rene Burton talking about being a land girl in World War two
Derek Cook talking about Pirton army cadets
Nora Lake talking about rationing after WW Two
Vera Thrussell talking about her job in the RAF
Margot Anderson talking about training at Camberley with the Queen
