There was a time when our local post men and women cycled round to both deliver and collect letters. There was a letterbox at Bampton and Brize Norton railway station and it was here a blackbird's nest was discovered inside the box. Great care was taken when emptying the box and in the end, the birds hatched and fledged.
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.
Bampton Shirt Race. The entrants are getting their drink at The Lamb Inn in the Market Square. This pub was pulled down in 1960 so this race must have taken place in the 1950s. Notice the British Railways timetable poster on the wall on the right for trains from Bampton and Brize Norton station.