The Bampton Beam was published three time a year and delivered free to all households and businesses in Bampton and surrounding villages. Contributions were always welcome, No responsibility was accepted for any errors and the views expressed do not necessarily those of the editor. Bampton Beam was published by Wildman Design Ltd and held the copyright to all information it publishes and on the Bampton Beam website. In this edition James was asking for Funding to keep the Beam going;
Editor: James Wildman. editor@bamptonbeam.co.uk
Contributors – July 2016 Di Bray, Don Rouse, Anna Pitt, Alan Oliver, Nicola Priestly and Robin Shuckburgh.
Special thanks to Sarah Young
Advertising James Wildman editor@bamptonbeam.co.uk
Designed by Wildman Design www.wildmandesign.co.uk
Printed by The Manson Group

Contents July 2016
Letter from the Editor
News Community Shop Reborn Springtime at Rosebank
District Council
Parish council
Local Notices The Bampton Clinic Moonraker Lane
SPAJERS
Letters
Don Rouse’s Ramblings
Interiors with Nicola Priestly
Gardening with Di Bray
Gardening Club
Clanfield history society
Bampton Opera Divine Comedies
Feature: Bampton Weightlifting Club
Wine - Gin time
Review - Biztro
Cookery
Bampton Library
Sports

• Boxing
• Cricket / Football
  West Ox Arts
  Bampton Youth Club
  Social - Shirt Race
  Social - Morris Day
  Social - Flower Festival
  Social - Black Bourton Jazz night
  Crossword
  Bampton School
  Classified advertising
  Useful numbers
  Diary

Advertisers
Abbey properties
AC Smart Tiling
Andrew Money
AR Cook Windows and Doors
Arthur's Attic
Bampton Clinic
Bampton Coffee House
Bampton Folk club
Bampton Garage
Bampton Garden Plants
Bampton Gas
Bampton Papers
Ben Williams Carpentry
Carpet Options
Cotswold Log burners
Graham Newman Computer Services
Grey Gables Garage
Hedge Express
J Wright Plumbing and heating
James Wildman Photography
Marks Kitchen
Martin Drew Chiropodists
Morris Clown
Patrick Strainge butchers
Pitstop
Prestige BuildingsLtd
Rosebank Care Home
The Bampton Clinic
Vickys Holiday Club
Westbrook Framers
The Trout at Tadpole
Matt Shaw Painter

The Bampton Beam was published three time a year and delivered free to all households and businesses in Bampton and surrounding villages. Contributions were always welcome, Bampton Beam was published by Wildman Design Ltd and held the copyright to all information it publishes and on the Bampton Beam website.

Editor: James Wildman editor@bamptonbeam.co.uk
Contributors – July 2018 Di Bray, Don Rouse, Anna Pitt, Nicola Saward, Nicola Priestly and Lucy Tulloch
Advertising: James Wildman editor@bamptonbeam.co.uk
Designed by Wildman Design www.wildmandesign.co.uk
Printed by The Manson Group

Contents July 2018
News The Horse shoe Pub reopens
Freshers’ Fair 65 Clubs and Societies
Letter from
Parish council
Local Notices
Don Rouse’s Ramblings
Interiors with Nicola Priestly
Coaching for Life with Lucy Tulloch
Gardening with Di Bray
Gardening Club
SPAJERS Update
West Ox Arts
Obituary - Tim Tomlin
Meet our new Vicar
Review The Romany Inn
Clanfield WI
Cookery by Anna Pitt
Bampton Library
The Great Shirt Race
Bampton Flower Festival
Bank Holiday Madness
Bampton Clubs and Societies
Diary

Advertisers
Abbey properties
AC Smart Tiling
Andrew Money
AR Cook Windows and Doors
Arthur's Attic
Bampton Clinic
Bampton Coffee House
Bampton Folk club
Bampton Garage
Bampton Garden Plants
Bampton Gas
Bampton Papers
Ben Williams Carpentry
Carpet Options
Cotswold Log burners
Cloud Ten Cattery
Buckland Nursery
Graham Newman Computer Services
Grey Gables Garage
Hedge Express
J Wright Plumbing and heating
James Wildman Photography
Marks Kitchen
Martin Drew Chiropodists
Morris Clown
Nick Nurden Motor Body Repairs
Patrick Strainge butchers
Pitstop
Prestige BuildingsLtd
Rosebank Care Home
The Bampton Clinic
Vickys Holiday Club
Westbrook Framers
The Trout at Tadpole
Matt Shaw Painter

The Bampton Beam was published three time a year and was delivered free to all households and businesses in Bampton and surrounding villages. Contributions were always welcome, published by Wildman Design Ltd and held the copyright to all information it published and on the Bampton Beam website.
Editor James: Wildman
Deputy Editor: Alexandra Miller
Contributors - July 2013 Su Allen, Allie Maybrey, Lisa Lane, Don Rouse, Carol Phillips,
Advertising James Wildman Designed by Wildman Design www.wildmandesign.co.uk Printed by The Manson Group
In this edition:
Letter from the Editor: Welcome to new Beam
Review - The Lamb at Buckland
News three peaks Challenge,
Bampton Sports Clubs - Boxing Cricket Football
Letters
Parish Council
Police News
Cookery with the Biztro
Village notices
Arts - High House
Downton Abbey News
Sports
SPAJERS
News from the school
Bampton Opera La Finta Semplice Pride and Pretence
Youth Club
Don Rouse’s Ramblings Carterton Lions, Sandford’s Field and the power of the Beam
Funbeams
Wildlife
Social - Shirt Race
Chimney Meadows Coronation Meadow
Social - Morris Day
News from St Mary’s
Flower festival
From the Nursery with Allie Maybrey
Crossword
Bampton Gardening Club
Classified advertising
Local businesses
Feature - Ray Jackson Musician
Useful numbers
Bampton Library
News and reviews
Diary

Classified Advertisers
R Cooper
Alexander Technique
Patrick Strainge
Bampton Folk club
Rosebank Care Home
J Wright Plumbing and heating
The Bampton Clinic
Abbey properties
James Wildman Photography
Marks Kitchen
Bampton Coffee House
Carpet Options
Bampton Garden Plants
Ben Williams Carpentry
Bampton Gas
Morris Clown
Hedge Express
Vickys Holiday Club
Prestige BuildingsLtd
Andrew Money
Graham newman Computer Services
Westbrook Framers
Martin Drew Chiropodists
AC Smart Tiling
AR Cook Windows and Doors
Bampton Papers
Bampton Garage
CR Hooper
Little Westbrook
Andrew Bowman
Bartlett’s Bicycle
Nick Nurden Motor Body
Shaun Guard
Home and Away
Graham Collett
Gordon Giltrap
Biztro
The Coach House

The Bampton Beam was published three time a year and delivered free to all households and businesses in Bampton and surrounding villages. Contributions were always welcome, No responsibility was accepted for any errors and the views expressed do not necessarily those of the editor. Bampton Beam was published by Wildman Design Ltd and held the copyright to all information it publishes and on the Bampton Beam website. No content could be reproduced or distributed without the consent of the Editor
In this edition:
Letter from the Editor
News
The Bush Club District Council Parish Council Local notices Letters SPAJERS
Don Rouse’s Ramblings Becky Box challenge Interiors with
Nicola Priestly
Gardening with Allie Maybrey
Local societies Wildlife and nature Gardening Club
Feature: An everyday sort of classic - part two
Wine
Review - La Bobina
Recipies from the Biztro
Bampton Library
West Ox Arts
Bampton Sports Clubs
– Cricket
– Football
Funbeams
Youth Club
Bampton School
Social – Fireworks
Social – Ploughing Match
Social – Donkey Derby
Social – Barn Dance
Crossword
Classified advertising
Useful numbers
Diary

Advertisements
Abbey properties
AC Smart Tiling

AK Timms
Alexander Technique
Andrew Money
AR Cook Windows and Doors
Arthur's Attic
Aston Potteries
Bampton Clinic
Bampton Coffee House
Bampton Folk club
Bampton Garage
Bampton Garden Plants
Bampton Gas
Bampton Law
Bampton Papers
Bampton Physiotherapy
Bampton Window Cleaning
Ben Williams Carpentry
Bertie the Sweep
Biztro
Carpet Options
Cotswold Log burners
Folly fabrics
Graham newman Computer Services
Grey Gables Garage
Hedge Express
J Wright Plumbing and heating
James Wildman Photography
Marks Kitchen
Martin Drew Chiropodists
Morris Clown
Nick Nurden Motor Repairs
Patrick Strainge
Peter Jobson Blinds
Pitstop
Prestige BuildingsLtd
Rohan Outwear
Rosebank Care Home
The Bampton Clinic
The Four Paws Pet Hotel
The Trout at Tadpole
Vickys Holiday Club
Westbrook Framers

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The Bampton Beam community magazine produced 3 or 4 times a year
ARTICLES AND NOTICES
The Great Fly-Posting Saga
The Beam Team – Time for a Change?
Bampton Village Hall
Bampton Village Hall Hire Charges
The Bampton 250 Club list of winners
Movies on the Move in Bampton Village Hall
Christmas Services – St Mary’s and Methodist Chapel
Bampton Parish Council News by Brenda Sapsford, Clerk to the Parish Council
Mercury Close Playing Field
Old School Building and Bush Centre
Station Road Chicane
Buckland Road Traffic Calming
Grass Cutting
Emergency Response Plan
Tadpole Bridge
Bampton Flooding Update by David Hawkins
Flood Meeting 18 September in Village Hall
Conclusions
The South-East Plan for Housing 2006 – 2026 by Cllr Don Seale, Oxfordshire County Council
There is no Crime in Bampton!
Police Report by PC Richard Barnes and PCSO Angela Alford
Vandalism – the Scourge of the Recreation Ground by Graham Haslam
Bampton Welfare Trust
Bampton’s Memorials to the Dead of the First World War by Sarah Wearne
Dedicating the War Memorial in the Market Place 15 September 1920 – photograph
Alec Miller’s St George and Dragon – photograph
Wall Tablet in St Mary’s – photograph
Remembrance Sunday November 9th 2008
Witney Veg & Worms, Starnham Meadow, Ducklington
Bampton Archive – Exhibitions 2009
Letters and Emails to the Editor
Library DVD Reviews by Toby Hopkins
Bampton Environmental Watch Group by Ralph Norman, Chairman
Daphne Pullin – expression of sympathy on her death
Focus on Acupuncture by Laurence Lemoine, The Bampton Clinic
The Bampton Recreation Ground
New Storage Shed Play Wall: Vandalised
A Very Important Notice if You Use the Recreation Ground – Using the Skatepark and Insurance Liabilities
Bampton Weightlifting Club
Bampton Badminton Club
Bampton Archery Club
The Horseshoe Football Club Sunday League Football
The Pavilion
Bampton Town Football Club Looking Back…and Forwards by Andy Squires, Junior Club Secretary
The Under 8s Team – photograph
Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action
Bampton Community Shop by Fenella Gray
Notice Board
Makers Are You Interested?
Cancer Research UK – forthcoming events
The Bampton Bush Club
Christmas Fair in aid of St Mary’s Roof Appeal
Bampton Junior Church
Dial-a-Ride
Bampton Drop-In
Old Birthday Cards recycled
Bampton Village Nativity Monday 22 December at St Mary’s Church
Exercise Classes – Oxfordshire Age Concern
Clanfield Historical Society Programme 2008/9
Clanfield Baby and Toddler Group
Bampton Village Hall Committee looking for new Secretary
Bampton Gardening Club – Dates for your Diary
Bampton Junior Church by Alison Bardsley
The World of Bats – Berks, Bucks Oxon Wildlife Trust – Village Hall 11 March 2009 at 7.30 pm
Grace – poem by Emma Woolfenden
Bampton Library is not just a Library
West Ox Arts, Exhibitions, Christmas Bazaar, Sculpture Show, Workshops and Talks
Robert Vesey Room at Bampton Library
SPAJERs News by Don Rouse
Mummers 2008
Message in a Bottle Scheme
Oxfordshire Craft Guild’s Christmas Selling Exhibition Returns to The Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock
How to Avoid the Hazards of Christmas by Fiona Farmer
News from Bampton C of E Primary School by Alison Bardsley – with photographs
Bampton Pre-School News by Alexandra Miller – with photographs
Society for the Protection of Bampton
NAG Talk by Moira Blackledge
Town Hall Bookings
Out of Work Farmer Turned Agricultural Correspondent by Don Rouse
Crossword
Calendar of Events
West Oxfordshire District Council Environmental Services Holiday Refuse and Recycling Collection

LIST OF Advertisers
Body Talk
Parallel Line – Barbers
Electric Vehicles Ltd
N J Woodley, building maintenance
The Morris Clown
Wheelgate House Bed and Breakfast
A Simmonds, The Old-Fashioned Village Store
PC Servicing
Tony Hughes, scissor sharpening
S J Cooper, general builders
Systems & Solutions – computer shop
E Taylor & Son, Funeral Directors, Carterton
Andrew Bowman, Master Thatcher
W and W Property Maintenance
Comp Tech Computer Services
Paul Simmons, Painting & Decorating
Ferndale Preparatory School, Faringdon
The Bampton Clinic
Animals at Home – Complete Pet Service
Roger Kerswill, Photography
Curtain Choice
The Post Office
Mayfield & Guy Building Contractors Ltd
Bampton Coffee House
Patrick Strainge, Butchers
Martin Drew, Podiatrist/Chiropodist
TVE Local Hire Centre – East Challow
Danetree, veterinary surgeons, Faringdon
Healing with Homeopathy, Margaret Chanter
The Plough Inn, Clanfield
Bampton Cars
Odessa Wharf – London Thameside Apartment Available
John Townsend, Driver Training
Cotswold Bed & Breakfast
Domino Menswear, Witney
R Cooper, Builders, Painters, Decorators, Carpentry, Joinery, Dry Stone Walling
The Standlake Garage
Aston Community Bus
Bampton Garage
The Coach House, College Farm B&B
Riverford Organic Vegetable Boxes
Bampton Physiotherapy
Upham House Bed & Breakfast
Bampton Tack Shop
One Property Network – House and Garden Maintenance
Foot Health Practitioner – Belinda Billinge
N Nurden Motor Body Repairs
The Cotton Club
Grange Photographic
Fred Olsen Cruises
Aston Repair Depot
The Romany Inn
Andrew Money Paint Services
Carl Thompson Plumbing
Bourton Vale Window Cleaning Services
Bampton Fax Bureau at Emmies Newsagents
The Appliance Doctor
Grey Gables Garage
Pellmans, solicitors, Eynsham
Oxford Double Glazing, Summertown, Oxford
Marc Smith Kitchen Designers Oxfordshire
The Pitstop and Oxford Carb Services
Country Markets – Masonic Hall, Witney
The Robert and Doris Watts Residential & Nursing Home, Carterton
Spring Hair and Beauty
French Tuition – Mrs Cerian Cooper
AC Smart Tiling
Carpet Options, Witney
Abbey Properties
Tara Tripp Hearing Care
S J Radband Haulage Ltd

Publication produced 3 or 4 times a year
ARTICLES AND NOTICES
New Station Road Chicane
Bampton Parish Council Christmas Tree Lights Switch-On, Saturday 5 December
Royal British Legion Poppy Service, The War Memorial, Sunday 8 November
Bampton Village Hall
Bampton Village Hall Hire Charges
Town Hall and Youth Centre Bookings
The Bampton 250 Club list of winners
Movies on the Move in Bampton Village Hall
Christmas Services at St Mary’s and Methodist Chapel
Bampton Parish Council News by Fred Gray, Parish Council
Youth Centre and Bush Club
Buckland Road 7.5 T Environmental Weight Limit
Town Hall
War Memorial
Bampton Post Office News
Planning Development Control
Bampton Environmental Watch Group by Ralph Norman, Chairman
How to Protect Your Community and Its Traditions by Fire Fighter Andy Lloyd
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service Vision
Notice Board
Your Methodist Church Needs Just a Little Bit of You
Cancer Research UK, Bampton Branch, Forthcoming Events
The Bampton Bush Club
Christmas Tree Festival, Bampton Methodist Church, 5 and 6 December
Christmas Singalong, 6 December at The Talbot Inn
Bampton Community Shop Grants by Fenella Gray
Makers Are You Interested?
Bampton Junior Church
Dial-a-Ride
Bampton Drop-In
Old Birthday Cards Recycled
Bampton Baby and Toddler Club by Cerian Cooper
Bampton’s Village Nativity, Tuesday 22 December – meet inside St Mary’s Church
Bampton & Burford Children’s Centre and Free Toy Library
Bampton Bush Centre
Spiers & Boden and Faustus in Concert at St Mary’s Church for charity
Arabian Nights – Burford School 24 – 27 November
Clanfield Baby and Toddler Group
Oxfordshire Craft Guild
Bampton Pre-School News by Alexandra Miller
Christmas is Coming – Dreading It? by Christina Moss
A Corpse at St Andrew’s Chapel – a medieval mystery set in Bampton by Mel Starr – book available from WOA Gallery
Letters and Emails to the Editor
Bampton Fair – a poem by Vera Elward
Bampton Archive News
The Bampton Recreation Ground
The Pavilion
Bampton Town Football Club
Bampton Weightlifting Club
Bampton Badminton Club
Bampton Archery Club
The Horseshoe Football Club Sunday League Football
Bampton-in-the-Bush Cricket Club by Martin Landray, Chairman
Adult Cricket and Junior Cricket (Ages 5 – 16)
A Very Important Notice if You Use the Recreation Ground – Using the Skatepark and Insurance Liabilities
Bampton Fire Crew Annual National Firefighters Benevolent Fund Charity Carwash
Bampton Welfare Trust
Bampton Gardening Club
Daisy by Fenella Gray – in memory of Miss Daisy, Jo Lewington’s dog who passed away
The Bampton Mummers 1948 – 2008 by Don Rouse
West Ox Arts
Exhibitions in the Gallery
The Robert Vesey Room at Bampton Library
Workshops
Life Drawing Sessions
WOA Membership
Gallery Stewards
Password Security from the Computer Clinic by Graham Newman
Fun and Fitness on the Ball by Tricia Knight, Bampton Physiotherapy
Society for the Protection of Bampton
Out of Work Farmer Turned Agricultural Correspondent by Don Rouse
SPAJERS News by Don Rouse
Crossword
Bampton Library is not just a Library, Robert Vesey Room
Calendar of Events
West Oxfordshire District Council Environmental Services Holiday Refuse and Recycling Collection

LIST OF ADVERTIZERS
Martin Charles Double Glazing
A Simmonds, The Old-Fashioned Village Store
Prestige Buildings
The Pitstop and Oxford Carb Services
Country Markets – Masonic Hall, Witney
The Robert and Doris Watts Residential & Nursing Home, Carterton
Patrick Strainge, Butchers
S J Cooper, general builders
Systems & Solutions – computer shop
John Townsend, Driver Training
Spring Hair and Beauty
French Tuition – Mrs Cerian Cooper
AC Smart Tiling
Carpet Options, Witney
Bampton Garage
The Coach House B&B
Casio Oven Clean
Grey Gables Garage
Pellmans, solicitors, Eynsham
Oxford Double Glazing, Summertown, Oxford
Marc Smith Kitchen Designers Oxfordshire
S J Radband Haulage Ltd
The Romany Inn
The Plough Inn, Clanfield
Roger Kerswill, Photography
Curtain Choice
The Post Office
Bradley Health and Beauty
Bampton Coffee House
Upham House Bed & Breakfast
Bampton Cars
One Property Network – House and Garden Maintenance
Plumbing 4Her
N J Woodley, building maintenance
The Morris Clown
Wheelgate House Bed and Breakfast
Home and Away - home minding service
Cotswold Bed & Breakfast
Atkins Property Maintenance
Janette Cardy Fitness
Tony Hughes, scissor sharpening
Graham Hunt, plumbing and heating engineer
Foot Health Practitioner – Belinda Billinge
N Nurden Motor Body Repairs
Bampton Physiotherapy
E Taylor & Son Funeral Directors
Andrew Bowman, Master Thatcher
W and W Property Maintenance
Comp Tech Computer Services
Paul Simmons, Painter and Decorator
Ferndale Preparatory School, Faringdon
Andrew Money Paint Services
Carl Thompson Plumbing
Bourton Vale Window Cleaning Services
Bampton Fax Bureau at Emmies Newsagents
The Appliance Doctor
Riverford Organic Vegetable Boxes
Body Talk
Parallel Line – Barbers
Electric Vehicles Ltd
The Bampton Clinic
Animals at Home – Complete Pet Service
Domino Menswear, Witney
R Cooper, Builders, Painters, Decorators, Carpentry, Joinery, Dry Stone Walling
The Standlake Garage
Aston Community Bus
Martin Drew, Podiatrist/Chiropodist
Computer Clinic – Graham Newman
TVE Local Hire Centre – East Challow
Danetree Veterinary Surgeons, Faringdon
Room 4 Healing - Margaret Chanter
The Cotton Club
Grange Photographic
Fred Olsen Cruises
P C Servicing
Aston Repair Depot
Abbey Properties
Aston Building Co

This is the Bampton Directory for 2008. It lists all the services, clubs, societies and organisations to be found in Bampton along with the contact details.For the second time there are no advertisers.

This is the Bampton Directory published in 1993. It lists all the services, clubs, societies and organisations to be found in Bampton along with the contact details. Advertisers who support the publication are :-
Spar, grocery shop
Electric Vehicles
Farmhouse Hotel & Restaurant, Lew
Rouse Pianos, keyboard lessons, piano tuning, soloist available
Elephant & Castle Inn, plus accommodation
Steve Rees, plumbing & heating
Bampton Cars, short and long distances
Centre for complementary medicine
A Simmonds, bread, cakes, general groceries, toiletries, pet food
L A Wootton, visiting chiropodist
Martin Drew, chiropodist
Cancer Research Campaign
Girobank
Bampton Driving School
Day & Partners, veterinary surgeons
Hazel & Phil Shaw, B&B
Boarding Kennels
M H Thomas, building landscape gardens, fencing, supplier of cut flowers
A P Sykes, B F Sinson & Associates, Dental Surgeons
Emmies, newsagent, tobacconist, confectioner
A Garage Door Associates, supply, fit, automation, repairs etc
C L Baker, extensions, porches, conservatories, UPVC fascia & guttering
The Cotton Club, natural fabrics
Countryman Building Ltd., builders & property maintenance
Frank D Stanger, solicitor
N Woodley, building maintenance, extension, roofing, electrical, plumbing
Romany Inn, accommodation, restaurant
Andrew Bowman, master thatcher
Bubbles, dog grooming
McKenzie Brown, domestic & commercial heating, plumbing, electrical work
J Temple, hardware, DIY, fancy goods, toys
K J Mullis, plumbing and heating
P Lewis, electrician
R Cooper, builder, painter, carpentry, general repairs, dry stone walling
E Taylor & Son, funeral directors, Carterton & Witney
Health Matters, shop, homeopathic remedies, health foods, cosmetics, perfumes