Morris Dancers outside the New Inn (now Morris Clown) date not given. Sonny Townsend is the Clown, and Frank Purslow on melodeon

Newspaper cutting showing Bill Govier , who was the Secretary at the time, pulling a a catapult for a Catapult competition organised by the Pumpkin Club to raise money for the senior citizens of Bampton. It was held in The Morris Clown Pub.

In 1973 the New Inn on Bampton's High Street was re-named The Morris Clown.
It was a very contentious issue because the jester in the Bampton Morris has never been called a Clown, always a Fool. That piece of history cut no mustard with the Brewery, Courage (Central) which is a pity. Now 48 years on, this perceived poorly renaming is hardly ever mentioned but there are still those who feel the name should be corrected.