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When Lloyd Hughes Owens created a series of albums in the late 1970s and early 1980s there were people alive who could remember seeing Fred Able in Bampton with his little cart, two donkeys and his dog.
Bampton Community Archive
A letter marking the closure of Emmies, our Papershop
In May 2012 our papershop known as Emmies, run by Tom and Silvia Papworth closed for the last time. The letter gives a history of the shop, the people who ran it. It documents not only the passing of the papershop but records the very active par...
Bampton Community Archive
1983 Shirt Race and Morris Dancing
This newspaper cutting is about the Shirt Race and the Morris Dancing in Bampton at the late May Bank Holiday in 1983. Ian Baker 6 and Ivan Lomas 8 won the fancy dress aspect of the Junior Shirt Race. Reg Hall with his fiddle is seen enjoying a ...
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Shirt Race and Morris Dancing Whitsun 1985
Over the Bank Holiday weekend at Whitsun 1985. Ian Baker and Ivan Lomas won the fancy dress competition held prior to the Shirt Race. Reg Hall enjoyed a pint between playing on the Monday. Terry Rouse danced in as the fool outside the Horse Shoe.
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Rumworth and South Downs, guest sides 1986
May Bank Holiday 1986 the two visiting sides with Bampton Traditional Morris Men under squire Francis Shergold were Rumworth also called Manley Morris and South Downs. Most of these pictures are of Rumworth, the last two are South Downs.
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Steam engines stop in Bampton November 4th 2006
On a lovely sunny November day in 2006 a group of Steam Engine enthusiasts stopped off in Bampton, Bridge Street to partake of some refreshment.In 2019 John Wharton told me ..."The steam engines were taking part in the Remembrance Road Run or...
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A bus shelter created opposite Duttons in Bridge Street
This bus shelter was created about 2003. Only if the rain was blowing from behind did it give any shelter. Drivers are very inconsiderate blocking the bus stop for the buses. It was in use for only a few years when the route was changed and the...
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1986 British Legion Fete, two of the floats
Carnival Queen from Bampton C of E School for the British Legion fête, 1986, Bridge Street and another of the floats.
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Mr & Mrs Hill & son Arthur Hill's antique cum bric-a-brac shop in Bridge Street
Mr & Mrs Hill ran an antique shop in Bridge Street which was later taken over by their son Arthur. It became a bric-a-brac shop. Many items were put outside on display each week and Arthur was always ready and willing to talk with people. L...
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Emmie Papworth was one of the post ladies in Bampton for many years while her brother George owned and ran the papershop opposite the Wheat Sheaf Inn in Bridge Street. In this picture she is outside a house in Bridge Street.Other posties in Bampt...
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Mrs Frances Money and her husband Percy, a shoemaker
The photograph of Mrs Money was probably taken about c2000.The ones of her husband in his workshop in Bridge Street were taken in the 1960s. Their grandson Andrew Money still lives in Bampton and is a painter and decorator.Percy's daughter i...
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Floods through the years in Bampton 1932 to 2010
These pictures show flooding in Bampton and Weald from 1932 to 2010. Weald Street, Cheyne Lane, Bridge Street, Buckland Road, Aston Road, the site now Cala Homes! and more.The rain and floods of Whitsun 1932 did not stop the Morris men from danci...
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All but one of these pictures are of Mr & Mrs Hill's antique shop which was next door to the Horse Shoe Inn. It became Arthur Hill, their son's shop. There was also an antique shop in the Market Square between the garage and the WI...
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Bridge Street first half of C20th
This picture postcard shows Bridge Street from opposite Sherbourne Villas looking east. The nearer pub is the Wheat Sheaf which became the Post Office in 1972. The thatched pub is the Elephant & Castle. The barn on the angle of the turn int...
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Tree branches being cut back on Bridge Street May 9th 2011
Tree branches were cut back away from cables and the street lamp on Bridge Street May 9th 2011
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Roy Shergold & Terry Rouse August 31st 2009
After enjoying the afternoon at the Donkey Derby in Sandfords Field, Roy Shergold and Terry Rouse enjoyed a good natter while sitting on the bridges and watching the world go by while having a good laugh.
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Newspaper cutting showing Arthur Hill's antique shop July 8th 1960
Arthur Hill took over the running of the family antique shop from his parents. Over the years it became much more a bric-a-brac shop and requests for anything seen in the window which was not easy to get at was met with 'My executors will ge...
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Old newspaper pictures of The Talbot and The Elephant & Castle
This newspaper cutting was found in a book in a second hand book shop. There is nothing to suggest the date but a fire destroyed the thatch on the Elephant & Castle about 1956 so it is earlier than that. It was given a slate roof when it was...
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Two aerial photographs; The Horse Shoe Inn and Bridge Street & Church View
These are two aerial photographs; one is looking down on the Horse Shoe Inn and the other one covers Bridge Street and Church View and a slightly wider area of both streets. Bridge Street and Church View are part of Weald
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Bampton Traditional Morris men dancing early 1970s to 1989
1972 photograph of the Bampton Traditional Morris outside the Horse Shoe with Roy and Francis Shergold, Pete Allam, Cyril Smith and Frank Daniels. Black and white picture of the side outside the Talbot in 1973 with Frank Daniels, Ray Borrett, Fra...
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This black and white photograph of Castle View farmhouse was taken about 1880. The lady standing in the garden may be Mary Plaster. The main gateway entrance has been bricked up now and moved farther to the right. The step to the little side ga...
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Castle Farm farmhouse (now called Castle View)
Castle Farm farmhouse (now called Castle View)
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