The Bampton Beam was produced three times a year and a copy given to every household. This issue is from August 1998 and the topics covered and advertisers include:-August 1998 Pg. No. Summary of Content 1 One article on page one.FIRE!! EMERGENCY!!FIRE!!
The Bampton Beam was a publication given to every household and usually there were three publications per year. This one is from December 1994.Topics and notices covered and the advertisers include Every contribution counts! Aim to raise £250,000
The Bampton Beam was produced about 3 times a year and this copy is from August 1994.Topics, notices and advertisers include1994 Focus on Local Government1994 – D-Day AnniversaryHistory of Bampton Town HallThe Domesday BookBampton’s Benefactors
Horace Holifield of Safe Ride in Ramsden was a wonderfully generous man. He created an outer building with a kitchen and invited many groups to have tea or lunch there and he had a very good electric organ inside and would entertain people
For several years, two shows a year were put on in the Village Hall and this flyer is for one of them. It was for Bowjangles who gave a wonderfully skilful and funny evening's entertainment in the Village Hall Saturday September 29th 2012.
This ticket for a tea was found in a pile of bits and pieces when clearing out a garage. Teas were sold to raise funds for the Bampton Horticultural Society. The cost was 6 pence in old money - 6d - so pre decimalisation of February 1971.
A few photographs taken of the Bampton Traditional Morris Men dancing on Spring Bank Holiday in 2003.Musician Reg HallDancers Jonny Shuker, Toby Perry, Cyril Smith, Billy Main and Martin Landray. Ray Borrett the fool dancing the fool's jig.
3 Newspaper cuttings from the Witney Gazette Aug 8th 1930. The first is a lengthy and interesting report on the annual flower show held in the grounds of Weald Manor. The second lists some of the winners of all the different classes
William Kimber, who played for Heading Quarry was a friend of Bampton Morris. His side danced at Mrs Birch's Sandfield Cottage in Headington and her son-in-law was staying.