Publication produced 3 or 4 times a year
ARTICLES AND NOTICES
Out with the old….in with the new! By Fenella Gray, Editor, Bampton Beam – retirement of the editorial team of The Beam and announcement of new editorial team
Christmas Services at St Mary’s
Christmas Tree Lights Switch-On
Royal British Legion Poppy Service – The War Memorial Sunday 13 November 2011
Bampton Village Hall
Bampton Village Hall Hire Charges
Town Hall and Old School Community Centre Bookings
The Bampton 250 Club list of winners
Candlelit Mozart in St Mary’s 21 December 2011
The Bush Club Needs You! Bush Club Report Volunteers Wanted by Fenella Gray, MBE
Bampton Pre-School Playgroup
News from Friends of Bampton School (FOBS) by Su Allen
Bampton Baby and Toddler Club by Cerian Cooper
Bampton Pre-School News by Karen Easterbrook
The Old School Community Centre…Open for Business!
Letters and Emails to the Editor
A Big Thank You from the Producers, Cast and Crew of Downton Abbey to all the residents of Bampton
Bampton Recreation Ground
The Pavilion
Fun in the Sun – Bampton Tennis Club
Bampton Town Football Club
Bampton Archery Club
Bampton Badminton Club
Christmas Tree Lights Switch-On Saturday 3 December 2011
Rosebank Care Home – Activities at Rosebank
Bampton Library and the Robert Vesey Room
Notice Board
Macmillan Cancer Support
Cancer Research UK – Bampton Branch
Bampton Junior Church
Bampton Bridge Club
Old Birthday Cards Recycled
Bampton Community Archive
Bampton Drop-In
The Queen Honours Volunteer Group – Windrush Valley Amateur Boxing Club
Creative Opportunities for All – The Tryards
Bampton Welfare Trust
The SPAJERs Bonfire Night – Recreation Ground 5 November 2011
Dial-a-Ride
Bampton Ladies Group
New Singing Group
Clanfield and Bampton Historical Society
Oxford Rural Community Council
Bampton Gardening Club
Bampton Community Shop Grants
Sing Along at Friar’s Court with Jeremy Spencer
Bampton Library Rhymetime
Bampton Village Nativity – Thursday 22 December 2011
Windrush Valley Amateur Boxing Club
Residents given opportunity to recycle even more in West Oxfordshire
Easy Kart UK Championship by Patrick Lay
Bampton Community Archive Exhibitions
Out an About – Horse Race Night, Run by Louise and Pip Timmins-Gray
Bampton Gardening Club Annual Show
Thatching and Threshing Machine
Donkey Derby and Fete
Bampton Environmental Watch Group by Ralph Norman, Chairman
Bampton Gardening Club Needs You! By Fenella Gray, MBE, Secretary and Show Secretary
Society for the Protection of Bampton
SPAJERS News by Lynne Pointer
The Bampton Mummers
Josie’s Draw, 11 November at The Horse Shoe
Library and DVD reviews by Toby Hopkins
British Red Cross
Rouse’s Ramblings aka Out of Work Farmer Turned Agricultural Correspondent
Growing Old… The Big Issue, the Dilnot Proposals by Cllr Don Seale, Oxfordshire County Council
Neighbourhood Policing by PC 4623 Rich Barnes, Carteron Police Station
Christmas Gift and Exhibition & Sale in aid of Sightsavers
The Forest Fair at Foxburrow Wood
Crossword
Calendar of Events
LIST OF ADVERTIZERS
Bampton Physiotherapy
Carpet Options, Witney
Parallel Lines – Barbers and Ladies Salon
TAD – Advanced Personal Trainer
Bampton Coffee House
Room 4 Healing - Margaret Chanter
James Wildman Photography
Silver Training – computer lessons
The Bampton Clinic
Paul Farr, Painter and Decorator
John Townsend, Driver Training
The Post Office, Bampton
Martin Drew, Podiatrist/Chiropodist
Computer Clinic – Graham Newman
Gareth Pursey, Carpenter & Cabinet Maker
Danetree Veterinary Surgeons, Faringdon
Janette Cardy Fitness
Upham House Bed & Breakfast
The Morris Clown
The Pitstop and Oxford Carb Services
Country Markets – Masonic Hall, Witney
Prestige Buildings
Crisp Images – photography
Alexander Technique lessons
Trevor Gardner General Carpentry
P C Servicing
Aston Repair Depot
Bampton Cars
Body Talk Beauty Salon
S J Radband Haulage Ltd
Grey Gables Garage
Pellmans, solicitors, Eynsham
Curtain Choice
N Nurden Motor Body Repairs
Oxford Double Glazing, Summertown, Oxford
JTL Embroidery & Printing
Wheelgate House Bed and Breakfast
Patrick Strainge, Butchers
Chrissie’s Creations Hairdressing
Bampton Garden Plants
Bampton Village Window Cleaning Services
Andrew Bowman, Master Thatcher
E Taylor & Son Funeral Directors
Ferndale Preparatory School, Faringdon
Little Westbrook, Bampton, Self-Catering Cottage for two
Landscape Architect – David Chanter
Spring Hair Boutique
The Plough Inn, Clanfield
The Romany Inn
One Property Network – House and Garden Maintenance
David Burton Wedding Photography
W and W Property Maintenance
Sewing Tuition
Riverford Organic Vegetable Boxes
Biztro – lunch and evening meals
Andrew Money Paint Services
Nicky and Vicky Childcare
S J Cooper, general builders
Systems & Solutions – computer shop
Marc Smith Kitchen Designers Oxfordshire
Kernahan Service
Oxlets.com
Electric Vehicles Ltd
French Tuition by Mrs Cerian Cooper
AC Smart Tiling
Domino Menswear, Witney
R Cooper, Builders, Painters, Decorators, Carpentry, Joinery, Dry Stone Walling
Bampton Fax Bureau at Emmies Newsagents
The Appliance Doctor
The Standlake Garage
Wood Hair and Beauty at Carswell Golf Club
The Gym at Carswell Golf and Country Club
Paw Pals
Bampton Garage
The Coach House B&B
Home and Away - home minding service
Cotswold Bed & Breakfast
Graham Hunt, plumbing and heating engineer
Shaun Guard TV Aerial Services
Abbey Properties

The Bampton Beam - July 2005
TRAFFIC CALMING '· BUILD OUT SAGA CONTINUES David Hawkins
Hilda Kent Does Us Proud! The Hilda Experience!! Written by Fenella Gray
The Annual General Meeting took place in the Village Hall Monday, 9th May 2005
BAMPTON PARISH COUNCIL NEWS
Bampton Pre-School Playgroup Building Appeal
MUSIC IN COUNTRY CHURCHES' CONCERTS
HRH Prince Charles visit to Bampton
BAMPTON CLASSICAL Opera
THE BAMPTON RECREATION GROUND
The Great Annual Shirt Race
Lets get Bampton Fit
Out of Work Farmer turned Agricultural Correspondent Don Rouse
Bampton Village Hall
BAMPTON PARISH COUNCIL NEWS
Adoption of Rosemary Lane/ Primrose Lane –
F R E E Directory of Community Transport
Neighbourhood Police Team
Free Legal Advice For Community Groups
Bampton Pre-School Playgroup Building Appeal By Clare Rednall
Sharon Foreshew Tribute
The gardening Page Green Garden Waste Trial to Start
SPAJERS NEWS

Advertisers
Abbey Properties
A Simmonds
Andrew Bowman, Master Thatcher
Bampton Cars
Comp Tech Computer Services
Cotswold Bed & Breakfast
Cotton Club
Curtain Choice
Danetree Veterinary Surgeons, Faringdon
Domino Menswear, Witney
E Taylor & Son Funeral Directors
Larchwood Cattery
Electric Vehicles Ltd
Fiona Farmer Physiotherapist
Grange Photographic
Grey Gables Garage
John Townsend, Driver Training
Leofric Smith
N J Woodley, building maintenance
N Nurden Motor Body Repairs
Parallel Lines – Barbers and Ladies Salon
Patrick Strainge, Butchers
Pellmans, solicitors, Eynsham
R Cooper, Builders, Painters, Decorators, Carpentry, Joinery, Dry Stone Walling
S J Cooper, general builders
Systems & Solutions – computer shop
The Bampton Clinic
The Pitstop and Oxford Carb Services
Witney Lakes
Bojangles
Piggotts School of Dance

Bampton Aid Network BAN
On 10ᵗʰ March 2020, a fortnight before the first COVID lockdown, Jess Egerton, a Bampton
resident, emailed Trevor Milne-Day, Chair of The Society for the Protection of Bampton, “We
should make up a bunch of volunteers who would do shopping, run errands, or pick up
prescriptions”. Within a week the infrastructure was in place with a cohort of 60+ helpers, a
mobile phone with a dedicated number, and protocols drafted. All those things and more began
to be performed by the willing team.
Piers Foster created a website over a week-end with links to government and medical advice,
details of services BAN offer, and local shops and services that are open for business.
Two other residents, Annie and Robin Jenkin, formed a brigade of home-cookers to provide
free meals to all in need of a lift, no matter what age.
Volunteer dog-walkers and people with the time to chat (a service called TalktoBAN) stood
ready to help and soon Adam Lethbridge and Sue Greenwood gathered together and edited the
first of an intended weekly newsletter “Lockdown Lowdown” to more than 1,500 people.
If you lived in Bampton and needed help then you were invited to call 07946 192638 or go to
www.bampton-network.co.uk (website and number no longer active)
The support group was “put into hibernation” on Friday 18ᵗʰ September 2020, with the home-
cooked meals service continuing. BAN was temporarily resurrected with the second national
lockdown on 5ᵗʰ November 2020. By the end well over 700 jobs had been undertaken.
Thanks to the kind generosity of Ben and Manja Uglow a drinks party for all the volunteers
was held on Friday 23ʳᵈ July 2021 to say thank-you and celebrate the substantial lifting of all
restrictions.
Out of the cohort of volunteers was formed a separate group who assisted the Surgery at the
mass vaccinations which started in January 2021 when the Pfizer/BioNTech and AstraZeneca
vaccines became available. These vaccinations have continued to Spring 2023.
TMD 30/07/23

Witney Gazette article "People now no longer want to go into care homes any more!" dated July 2020
Home manager Jane Roberts runs two care homes in the area Rosebank in Bampton and Churchfield in Cassington

Article By Fran Way @OxMailFranW Reporter dated 30th April 2020
Britain is 'past the peak' of coronavirus - but we can't come out of lockdown until we're sure it wouldn't risk a second spike, the PM said.
A total of 674 more deaths have been recorded since yesterday in all settings.
But the peak has been passed, Boris Johnson said.
Speaking in this afternoon's press conference, he likened the coronavirus crisis to a 'tunnel' we've passed through and we can now see 'the sunshine.'
He says he will set out next week a plan for how we get back to work and school. But five key tests must be met before we come out of lockdown.

Oxford Mail article by Fran Way dated 30th April 2020 announcing May Morning festivities had been cancelled amid the coronavirus lockdown, but revellers could still take part in spirit by holding events at home and sharing them online.
The event has been going on for hundreds of years with celebrations kick-starting at 6am with the traditional singing of Hymnus Eucharisticus by choristers atop Magdalen College tower, followed by lively peels of bells. Strict rules ban mass gatherings and forbid people leaving their homes without a valid reason, such as going to work, food shopping or getting exercise.

Newspaper article by Trainee reporter Gergana Krasteva about Oxfordshire cadets congratulating Tom Moore on his 100th birthday
dated 30th April 2020. Captain Tom Moore raised £28 million for the NHS by walking 100 laps of his garden, He was later knighted.

Exclusive article by Fran Way Reporter @OxMailFranW for Oxford Mail dated 1st May 2020 entitled Desperate housewives struggling to make ends meet in the coronavirus lockdown are selling sex online to survive. In the past two weeks, more than 60 explicit adverts have been posted on the buying and selling site Craigslist by women and men in Oxfordshire ‘looking to have some fun’ and ‘desperately trying to make some extra money’. An investigation by the Oxford Mail can now reveal the seedy ‘underworld’ of
the county still ticking during coronavirus lockdown.

Newspaper Article by David Lynch about OXFORDSHIRE’s tourism businesses are losing hundreds of millions of pounds a month because of the coronavirus lockdown,Experience Oxfordshire, an organisation which promotes tourism in the county, warned of massive losses in a report into the economic shock of the pandemic and lockdown, which has forced most businesses to close.
It said the local tourism economy had already experienced ‘significant losses’ of between £112.5m and £137.5m per month.