The Bampton Beam was published three time a year and delivered free to all households and businesses in Bampton and surrounding villages. Contributions were always welcome, No responsibility was accepted for any errors and the views expressed do not necessarily those of the editor. Bampton Beam was published by Wildman Design Ltd and held the copyright to all information it publishes and on the Bampton Beam website. No content could be reproduced or distributed without the consent of the Editor. In this edition: News Bampton Bush Club Bampton Library Bampton Opera Bampton School Bampton Youth Club Classified advertising Coaching for Life with Lucy Tulloch Cookery Diary District Council Don Rouse’s Ramblings Gardening Club Gardening with Di Bray Interiors with Nicola Priestly Local Notices Obituary - Jill Tweed Obituary - Tim Tomlin Parish council Review The Bell Inn SPAJERS Update Sports Useful numbers West Ox Arts Wine with Robin Shuckburgh Advertisers Patrick Strainge Bampton Folk club Rosebank Care Home J Wright Plumbing and heating The Bampton Clinic Abbey properties James Wildman Photography Marks Kitchen Bampton Coffee House Carpet Options Bampton Garden Plants Ben Williams Carpentry Bampton Gas Morris Clown Hedge Express Vickys Holiday Club Prestige BuildingsLtd Andrew Money Graham newman Computer Services Westbrook Framers Martin Drew Chiropodists AC Smart Tiling AR Cook Windows and Doors Bampton Papers Bampton Garage
Photograph taken in 2002 at the Morris Dancing, shows Mary Gerring, Pat Preston, Ruth Shergold, Hilda Kent in the crown watching. Seated on the grass are a group of Cubs.
Dutton the grocery shop also contained a bank and when the bank became Midland Bank and moved to a property next-door-but one, George moved out of the shop to run the bank full time and sold the grocery business to Bill Mathews.
6 Pages article about Francis Shergold written by Keith Chandler Francis Shergold resigned as Squire of the Bampton Morris in November 1995, after an astonishing 60 years as dancer with the side - 45 of those as Squire. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the EFDSS in 1996 as had the former Squire, 'Jinky' Wells, some 38 years before. With the rebirth of MT, it seemed an appropriate time to commission an article on Francis, as he assumed the mantle of Honorary President of the side. At 79, he continued to participate in all the side's activities, including the dancing at times, Keith Chandler's article follows Francis' career through to the 1980s,
Photograph of The wedding of Rose Sollis to Arthur Gerring. Arthur farmed land on the lower east side of Mount Owen Road, on the south side of Aston Road and on both sides of Buckland Road.
Photos of the Shirt Race in 2024, Copy of programme and 34 photographs showing the amazing fancy dress and the crowds enjoying the event, which happens every year on Whit Saturday and is organised by the SPAJERS.
Leslie grew up in Bampton where his father , Jack Harrison , was a butcher for many years. His first butcher's shop was in Pear Tree Cottage in the High Street and he moved from there to run his shop in the right hand side of what became Adrian Simmond's shop, on the Market Square.
On August 16th 1940 RAF Brize Norton was bombed by 2 German aircraft. Nos 1 and 3 C-type hangars plus 46 aircraft were destroyed or written off. Possibly the most spectacular attack on any British airfield during WWII. One civilian, Frederick Harden from Witney aged 61 was killed. On the same day 6 Irish civilian workmen were killed in the raid on RAF Stanton Harcourt which was under construction.
