It’s the season for lighting torches, burning Guys and turning the Devil's Stone

This month in North Devon we’ll host processions and carnivals, we’ll light torches and roll barrels in much the same way as the generations before us.

Bonfire of tyres, Hatherleigh, 7 November 1973

Documentary photograph by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive © Beaford Arts

Street scene with torch bearers, Torrington, 2 November 1974

Documentary photograph by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive © Beaford Arts

Wide angle street scene with torch bearers, Torrington, 2 November 1974

Documentary photograph by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive © Beaford Arts

Cameraman held aloft - filming events, Torrington Fair, 2 November 1974

Documentary photograph by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive © Beaford Arts

Viking torch bearer, Torrington Fair, 2 November 1974

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Burning tyres, Viking silhouette, Torrington Fair, 2 November 1974

Documentary photograph by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive © Beaford Arts

Burning skeleton of Viking ship, Torrington Fair, 2 November 1974

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Animal being roasted, Torrington, 2 November 1974

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Woman selling candy floss, Torrington Fair, 2 November 1974

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Turning the Devil's Stone, Shebbear, 5 November 1974

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Turning the Devil's Stone, Shebbear, 5 November 1974

Documentary photograph by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive © Beaford Arts

Turning the Devil's Stone, Shebbear, 5 November 1974

Documentary photograph by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive © Beaford Arts

Policemen watching the carnival procession at night, Hatherleigh, 6 November 1974

Documentary photograph by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive © Beaford Arts

Carnival procession at night with burning torches, Hatherleigh, 6 November 1974

Documentary photograph by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive © Beaford Arts

Carnival procession at night with burning torches, Hatherleigh, 6 November 1974

Documentary photograph by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive © Beaford Arts

Documentary photograph by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive © Beaford Arts

Carnival parade, women dressed as constellations, Hatherleigh, 6 November 1974

Documentary photograph by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive © Beaford Arts

Money stall at the carnival, 6 November 1974

Documentary photograph by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive © Beaford Arts

People watching night procession from window, Hatherleigh, 6 November 1974

Documentary photograph by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive © Beaford Arts

Burning tar barrels being pulled through the street at night, Hatherleigh, 6 November 1974

Documentary photograph by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive © Beaford Arts

Burning tar barrels being pulled through the street at night, Hatherleigh, 6 November 1974

Documentary photograph by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive © Beaford Arts

Guy in village street - Guy Fawkes, Ashreigney, October 1975

Documentary photograph by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive © Beaford Arts

Guy in village street with children - Guy Fawkes, Ashreigney, October 1975

Documentary photograph by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive © Beaford Arts

Burning tyres, Hatherleigh Carnival, November 1975

Documentary photograph by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive © Beaford Arts

Burning tyres, Hatherleigh Carnival, November 1975

Documentary photograph by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive © Beaford Arts

Bandsman adjusting young boy's outfit in carnival parade, Hatherleigh, November 1975

Documentary photograph by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive © Beaford Arts

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