Closure of the Oxford - Witney - Fairford railway line June 16th 1962 Page 1

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Emigrants leaving Bampton in 1913 Henry Arthur Green, Stan Solly and Percy Hughes bound for Canada surrounded by a group of well-wishers who went to Bampton Station with them to wish them God Speed. 'Harry' Green joined the 4th Canadian Mounted Riffles Battalion when war broke out. He died on June 2nd 1916 at Ypres. His name is on the Menin Gate and on his parent's grave in Bampton.

In 1937 Bampton railway station was renamed Brize Norton and Bampton Station. As the station is just in the catchment of Brize Norton village, it was only right and proper.

Bampton and Brize Norton railway station with engine number 9654 at the station

Bampton and Brize Norton Railway station seen in the 1960s. Sadly the station and the Witney to Fairford line closed as part of the Beaching cuts in the early 1960s. Strictly speaking, the station is just outside Bampton and in Brize Norton and it was a good 40-minute walk from Bampton. Several Bampton people ran a taxi service, in the early days by horse and carriage.

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.

Engine 9653 at the end of the platform by the signal box at Brize Norton and Bampton railway station