The Bampton Beam used to be produced and delivered to every house three times a year. This issue is from August 1999 and the topics covered and advertisers are:-ARTICLES AND NOTICESA Woodland for Bampton by Colin AllportBampton Village

The Bampton Beam used to be produce 3 times a year. This issue is from April 1999 and the topic covered and advertisers are:-ARTICLES AND NOTICESThe New Pavilion is OpenThe Recycling BinsBampton Village HallFriends of St Mary’s

The Bampton Beam was produced about 3 times a year and a copy given to every household. This issue is from April 1998.Articles covered and advertisers includeAmnesty InternationalArchitecture Around BamptonBampton & Aston Meals

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.

This cutting is from April 1983 and records the basic details from the AGM of the group of five churches which are Clanfield, Bampton, Lew, Aston and Shifford. The vicar was Andrew Scott and he had just completed his first year

This peaceful scene is of an Ayrshire cow enjoying standing in the stream behind The Grange. It must have been taken fairly early in the twentieth century; by 1945 these cows were not often seen where they had once been bred

Workhouse yard in Weald was a row of 6 cottages, two faced the road and four went at right angles away from the road. The two which faced the road were demolished at least as early as 1968.

St Mary The Virgin Steeple can be seen very clearly from Sandford Field. There are more cottages between the field and the church than exist today. The one on the left is Sandford and has been much enlarged since this picture was taken.

These newspaper cuttings, all from local papers are from 1972. Topics covered include:

• the marriage of Richard Snook to Shirley Cranston
• reports from the badminton club, football bingo, the bowls club, SPAJER's pensioners' party
• Drew Warren hitting a cow
• another death from the Wood Green School crash (Alec White)

Vera Elward aged 92 took a flight in a microlight to help raise money for the restoration of the beautiful pipe organ in St Mary The Virgin Church in Bampton. Vera ran the Sunday School for over 20 years and has always worked for the church