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BCA - 2021.2543
Title
Funeral of Tom Smith aged 59 in 1969
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- September 1969 (Creation)
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one newspaper cutting
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Tom Smith was the son of a gypsy Queen and for 1969, the number of people and cars who came to his funeral was a very memorable affair. To this day, locals call the bend just outside Bampton on the Bampton to Brize Norton Road 'Hoppy's Corner.' It's on the right leaving Bampton just after passing the allotments.