SPAJERS: Shirt Race and Donkey Derby Photographs
- BCA - 2024.6871
- Item
- 1953
43 assorted photographs from Shirt Race and Donkey Derby taken over the years, showing how the people of Bampton have enjoyed these events since 1953.
Janet Westman
SPAJERS: Shirt Race and Donkey Derby Photographs
43 assorted photographs from Shirt Race and Donkey Derby taken over the years, showing how the people of Bampton have enjoyed these events since 1953.
Janet Westman
Bampton Traditional Morris Men, Letter re: Jingy Wells Death
Photograph of the letter sent to Rose Wells from Douglas Kennedy, Director of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, Cecil Sharp House, referring to the death of Jingly Wells who was Rose's Grandfather.
Dated 30th November 1953
Janet Westman
Nik Stanbridge
Bowls Club dinner, February 1954
Trav Gordon, Francis Shergold, Mrs Gordon, Bessie Townsend, Ann Shergold
Nik Stanbridge
Fete with children in fancy dress c1954
This picture shows children in fancy dress as part of the fete, probably 1954, which took place mostly at Weald Manor although this picture is taken outside the Town Hall.
Bampton Community Archive
This newspaper cutting from the Oxford Mail of 1955 covers the 3rd Great Shirt Race to be held in Bampton, the first one being part of the celebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
Bampton Community Archive
Shirt Races in 1955, c1965 and 1989
These three pictures show the Shirt Race over several years. The first race ever took place in 1953 to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. All the contestants wore long night shirts hence the name.
The children's race is seen by the bridge in Buckland Road. In those days the race started by The Swan Inn just beyond the bridge on the left.
In later years, the night shirts were done away with and with fewer and fewer prams available, the modes of transport have varied and the costumes are now so good there is a competition before the races to judge the best one.
Janet Rouse
Poster for the Witney to Fairford railway line
A British Railways Poster for the Witney to Fairford line including information on goods carried and some of the personnel who worked on the railway at Witney. They include station master S. V. Jones, chief goods clerk F. G. Law, supervisory goods foreman S. Wiltshire and ganger J. Thomas (permanent way.)
Bampton Community Archive
WI Children's Christmas Party 1956
Long before the days when everyone had a TV and many IT toys and gadgets, the WI Christmas Party was much enjoyed my many children. This group photo was taken 1956 at a Christmas party given by the WI.
Bampton Community Archive
Bampton Traditional Morris Men 1956
Dancing outside the Wheatsheaf in 1956 Roy Shergold fooling
Janet Westman