May 2021 issue 19 of The Lowdown featuring articles about The Bampton Opera and The SPAJERS, Bampton Bush Club, Liz Banham and Hasam Popor the kebab man.

Photographs of the Vesey room in 2003 when the Archive began to use it
This was how the Vesey room looked in 2003 which was the very early days of the Bampton Community Archive. The exhibition photographs appear to be to do with the SPAJERS

29 photographs of Bampton Town Hall from 1860's plus page of descriptions of each photo.

Church Street 1975. Triumph Herald in background

James and Elizabeth Green with their family in Church St. c1904

George Dafter putting up the bunting for the Coronation June 1953

Janette Keyte, Bob Arnold, Josephine Keyte c1955. Bob Arnold was an actor in the long-running radio series, The Archers. He was invited to be the judge for the fancy dress party in the W.I. Hall in 1955

Converted milk float for carrying wine.CBL Electric Vehicles, of Moonraker Lane, Bampton, have been servicing, converting and selling electric vehicles since 1978.

David Elward WWII. Evan David Elward left the coal mines to join the RAF. He arrived at RAF Brize Norton just before the outbreak of WW11. As a sergeant, he was posted to the Far East and saw service in India and Burma. In 1941 , he married Bamptonian Vera Tanner after meeting at a dance in the Village Hall, organised by Mrs. Glenister, wife of the railway Station Master. After the war, David spent the rest of his life in Bampton, the village he loved. He had two daughters with Vera, Jean (Jones) and Janet (Newman).

Lowdown Issue 13 September 2020
The Lowdown started off back in March 2020 as a simple sheet called 'The Bampton Beam Lockdown Lowdown' and consisted of essential information about emergency contacts, Covid- related community activities, and details about the services provided by the wonderful Bampton Aid Network (BAN). – As the first lockdown eased, we dropped 'Lockdown' in the title, increased the pages and greatly expanded the contents.