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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

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

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