On Monday, May 29th, Bampton's three Morris sides danced throughout Bampton keeping alive a tradition that is several hundred years old. The leaflet was produced for sale at 50p to help people find any of the three sides at any time in the d...
Bush Club outing to have tea at Horace Holifield's in Ramsden in 1999.Horace did a huge amount for many charitable organisations and kitted out his home and garden to enable groups of about 40 to have a lunch or tea there and Horace would ent...
The members of the Bush Club were treated to a wonderful horse-drawn open carriage ride one October day in 2018. Members and helpers include :-Joyce Cotter, Pam Broughton, Mollie Jones, Sadie RoseRobin & Pip Shuckburgh with grandchildren Huxl...
Jenny Chaundy took her camera to Bush Club a couple of times to record most of the member in 2015 and 2016. They include :-Alan & Rosie PittsBob TapsellChristine CypherClare EdwardsConnie FraserDavid JonesDavid WashingtonDenise SturgesDoreen ...
Hilda Kent had many talents and one was to create the most delightful scenes in the foyer of the Bush Club when it was held in the unprepossessing Horse building. Every Wednesday she would create a display on the table and surrounding two walls a...
These 4 pages list the YouTube web address of the filmed interviews done by the Bampton Community Archive. They are with Dave Rose with Terry Rouse bellringing; Vera Elward talking about Busby's department store; A History of St Mary's ...
"Bampton Bush Centre was started in 1985 for the older residents of Bampton. Now, 2017, over thirty years later it has developed into a lively, flourishing social and lunch club open to anyone of any age locally to enjoy a bit of friendly co...
In 1983 Terry Crowley began taking photographs of people in Bampton who worked here, or were born here, or worked for charities here or any combination. It was before the days of digital photography so it was unusual for someone to think to recor...
The Bush Club is run entirely by volunteers and is self funding. A whole host of people give their time freely. Any senior citizens who are not able to get tot he Club are given a lift to and from the centre which is in Church View, purpose buil...
In January 2011 work started to build a New Bush Club on to the old National School in Church View in readiness to demolish the Horsa buildings at the back of the school which had been home to the Bush Club since it began in 1985. At the front a ...
For many years Peter Lewis was the caretaker for the old National School in Church View including the Horsa Buildings. He did a wonderful job and on Bush Club day he always had the heating on in good time to warm up the building and tables and ch...
This picture shows the western aspect of the old National School before the Horsa classrooms off camera to the left and behind me were demolished to build houses. An extension was added to the western side of the school for the Bush Club and alte...
Bush Club members who came for the day centre on January 30th 2008 plus some of the helpers. The day centre is run entirely by volunteers and members pay a small amount for the hot lunch and drinks.
Each summer, Major Robert and Rosemary Colvile invited the Bush Club members to have a tea party at Weald Manor. If the weather was kind they'd be outside, if not they went indoors. A walk around the beautiful gardens was always enjoyed.
Major Robert and Rosemary Colvile generously hosted a tea party for Bush Club members each year and if the weather was kind they sat outside. These photograph were taken on a visit in June 2001. The members really enjoyed their change of scene a...
These photographs were taken inside the Bush Club in its very early days. The club started in 1985. The Horsa building along Sandford field was had a kitchen and dining tables and members went into the other Horse building before and after lunch
Hilda Kent used to produce the most delightful table decorations in the foyer of the old Bush Club when it was in the Horsa building. They were in the foyer and gave such a warm welcome when going into the old building. People would go across ea...
At least once in the summer the people who run the Bush Club - all voluntary work - organise an outing for the members and Wednesday July 3rd the members were taken into the Cotswolds.
Horace Holyfield in Ramsden has been a wonderful supporter of the Bampton Bush Club. He invited members to lunch many times and had a kitchen and dining room set up specially for such groups. These photographs record one happy lunch had there by...
These four photographs were kept by Francis and Ann Shergold and show Francis and Ann and Francis's sister Ruth Wheeler plus Hilda Kent, Kate Wylie, many other Bush Club members and Horace Holyfield who was giving them tea at his home in Rams...