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Bampton Community Archive seeks information about wells

BCA - 2021.2592
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2014

The Bampton Community Archive is trying to get a list of all the wells that used to be in Bampton. It was the late 1950s before there was mains water to the village. If sufficient information can be gathered an exhibition on wells in Bampton will be put on.

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Stephen Payne relaxing to watch the Morris Dancing

BCA - 2021.2578
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2007

Stephen Payne relaxing while enjoying watching the Bampton Morris Men on Bank Holiday Monday.

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Bird's nest inside a letterbox

BCA - 2020.2450
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circa 1960

A bird was found to have made its nest inside the letterbox at Bampton and Brize Norton Railway station by Mrs Emmie Papworth who along with Mr F G Cannons was a post lady in Bampton about 1960. It was thought to be a member of the tit family and was disturbed only once while the eggs were being hatched.

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Bampton residents organise a mass clean-up around Bampton

BCA - 2019.2182
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July 2018

The people of Bampton always pull together when push comes to shove. Residents got fed up with the litter about the paths and lanes and organised a mass clean-up. This article gives much more detail about it.

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Blackbird nests in a letter box - early 1970s

BCA - 2020.2497
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early nineteen seventies

During a time when the post boxes were emptied by our local postmen and women who went about on a bicycles, Mr Cannons found a bird had laid her eggs in the letterbox at Bampton and Brize Norton railway station.

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