The wedding of Jack Williams and Ethel Tanner circa 1925 or 26. This was Ethel's first wedding From Frank Hudson

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).

Richard Buckingham wrote:-
My great uncle Ernest Christopher Buckingham. Private 9991 Ox & Bucks Light
Infantry. He is mentioned on the Menin Gate memorial.
Brother to Shadrack “Jack” Buckingham who used to live at 1 Spring Cottages,
Weald.
Grampy Jack then named his eldest son Ernest (Josie and John Buckingham’s
dad), and gave my dad Charlie the middle name of Christopher.

Ernie 'Rocky' Hunt doing his bottle dance, looks like in Elephant and Castle Cyril Wheeler and Bill Govier watching.

Shirley Boyce was an Evacuee to Bampton during World War II and has written an interesting account of her time in Bampton staying at a Manor House (Weald Manor?). Which had been divided into flats. She later stayed in Aston. The photo is of evacuated children from Bow, London playing in the grounds of Weald Manor in 1940. Two boys Kenny Howe and Leslie Tucker were billeted in New Road with Mr and Mrs Whighting?

Photograph of William Nathan 'Jingy' Wells with his first, homemade fiddle 1936

Photograph and list of the ladies and men at 21st birthday of the women's section British Legion celebrated with a fun football match v men
21st birthday of the women's section of the British Legion football match v the men's football members. I think there are 28 people in this picture as ever I need help with their names. What year did the Women'ssection of the British L gion take off? If we know that, then we can date this football match?
1.Jane Woodley

2. Audrey Court
3. Freda Bradley
4. Betty Collett
5. Joan Keyte
6. Kath Walker
   7
7. Primrose Seacole
8. Pat Curtis
9. Sharon Foreshew
   11.Joan Pearce
10. Celia Woodley
    13
11. Margaret Jones
    15
12. Jasper Walsh
13. Albert Radband
14. Ken Lomas
    19
15. Richard Snook
    21.Frank Drinkwater
16. Dave Fox
    23
17. Joan Smith (Radband)
18. Ben Tanner
    26
19. Mike Cleaver
20. Ruby Paintin

Women's section British Legion . Photograph of ladies of the British Legion in 1950 together with photographs of crowning of the May queen children parties, carnivals and fetes organised by them And newspaper cuttings reporting on the events, also wedding and funeral announcements some dated 1968 and 1972

The Rouse family in Bampton

Series of Photographs showing The Horse Shoe Inn through the years
Percy Hughes Butchers shop, Horse Fair and Morris Dancing