FESTIVAL PEOPLE
REMEMBERING NOEL HARLEY
In April, we lost a dear friend in Dr Noel Harley. Along with his 
wife Pet (right), Noel was a stalwart of community life here in Pilton and was a founder member of the re-incarnation of Pilton Festival. Noel was the inspiration behind many of us who are involved in a broad spectrum of activities today, all of us fueled by his enormous sense 
of fun and touched by his generosity of spirit. Speaking of spirit, if you keep your eyes peeled, you might just spot Noel’s uproarious Festival tights, dancing in the breeze from a favoured tree! Here he is (far left) appearing in the brilliant Canterbury Tales in the garden of The Chichester Arms in 2004. With him are (left to right) Bev Neighbour, Vinney and Richard Stevens.
COSTUMES & POTS BY ALBERT LINACRE
Albert Linacre, who is a long term resident of Pilton and runs the Festival Office in the Pilton Pottery in Pilton Street, has been a driving force behind the Festival for many decades. As well as organising the Festival Parade he is also the man who makes many of the costumes with the help of a group of local men and women. And if you want a Green Man to put on your wall, his pottery offers lots of options.
You can see Albert riding in a coach in the Procession, waving majestically to the crowds and giving out Programmes. In this photograph you can see him making several hundred metres of red and yellow bunting to decorate Pilton Street in 2009.