Black and White Photo of Morris Dancers outside The Horseshoe Pub.
About 1968. Bampton Tradition Morris Men. L-R Son Townsend fool, Jim Buckingham behind Roy Shergold, Frank Daniels, Reg Hall on fiddle, Frank Purslow in glasses, Oliver ‘Jasper’ Walsh, and Bill Daniels. Pete Allam bottom left corner.

Copy of the 2016 Dance Programme for the day and listing the visiting teams for the evening. Starting at 8.30 at the old playing field New Road and finishing with Street Dancing. Squire is Craig Godwin
Bushey House
Grey Barn
Blackthorn Cottage
The Horseshoe
Westbrook House
Weald Manor
Ham Court
Mill Green
Sandfords
Kilmore House
Churchgate House
The Deanery
Cobb Housae
The Romany
The Talbot
Lavender Place Flats
Bampton House
Grayshot House
Morris Clown
Gothurst

Photo of the 1966 team outside the Horseshoe Pub

Horse Shoe, 1910. Two ladies and a dog in the doorway

Percy Hughes butcher's shop next to the Horse Shoe before it was rebuilt

Scene of the horse fair in Bridge Street outside the Horse Shoe Inn and the butchers shop run by J Clark. It must have been taken well before 1925 because the Horse Shoe was gutted by fire that year and in 1925 it was owned by Percy Hughes who also had the butchers shop with his name over the door and on the east side of the building. Hurdles placed over the ground floor windows were to stop the horses from sticking their heads through the windows. Horses with a white spot on their rumps have been sold.

Photograph of the Horse Fair looking west down Bridge Street. Percy Hughes was the licensee and he also had the butcher's shop next to the Horse Shoe inn. There was a devastating fire at the inn in 1925 and the building was gutted and rebuilt in its present position. Note the window protection of hurdles to stop the horses putting their heads through the glass. White discs on the horses' rumps show they have been sold. There is a large group of horses tethered outside the high wall that faces Church View. Note the car outside the butchers shop.

Horses in Bridge Street outside the Horse Shoe

Scene of the horse fair in Bridge Street outside the Horse Shoe Inn and Percy Hughes' butchers shop. It must have been taken before 1925 because the Horse Shoe was gutted by fire that year. Hurdles placed over the ground floor windows were to stop the horses from sticking their heads through the windows. Horses with a white spot on their rumps have been sold.

The Bampton Traditional Morris Men nearly always held their annual Morris Party in the Village Hall. These are pictures of their party and a session in the Horse Shoe. Photos by Bob West