Albert Townsend at his Castle View farm, Bridge Street
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Albert Townsend at his Castle View farm, Bridge Street
Nik Stanbridge
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Albert Townsend at his Castle View farm, Bridge Street
Albert Townsend at his Castle View farm, Bridge Street
Nik Stanbridge
Albert Townsend (on left, Frank Hudson's grandfather) at market (I think Abingdon)
Albert Townsend (on left, Frank Hudson's grandfather) at market (I think Abingdon)
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Albert Townsend with his 2nd daughter Gladys Amy Townsend in Blackpool
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Albert Townsend's horse drawn carriage service which he ran from Castle View Farm on Bridge Street. He particularly took people to and from Bampton railway station which was about 2 miles outside Bampton on the edge of what is now RAF Brize Norton. He was very enterprising having one of the first, if not the first lorries in Bampton which he used to collect coal from the station for selling. This lorry would be scrubbed spotless, seats fastened to the floor and the children from the Methodist Sunday school taken for a day trip to Savernake Forest for a treat once a year. He also farmed, first keeping pigs behind the Elephant and Castle when he had the license there and then with other farming aspects when he moved across the road to Castle View Farm.
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Albert Townsend with his pony and trap
Albert Townsend with pony & trap. He bought the Elephant & Castle in 1911 then moved across the road when he bought Castle Farm in 1939 where he raised pigs. He also ran a coal deliver business, collecting the coal in bulk from Brize Norton and Bampton railway station in a once of the first lorries ever owned by someone in Bampton. He used a beautiful horse drawn vehicle as a taxi taking people to and from the station and was basically a true entrepreneur.
Nik Stanbridge
Albert Townsend's model 'T' lorry in front of Elephant and Castle
Albert Townsends model 'T' lorry in front of Elephant and Castle
Nik Stanbridge