The garage in the Market Square was in existence at the start of the C20th when Oliver Onesipherous Collett owned and ran it. Around the middle of the twentieth century it was bought by Len Hughes.
Hughes' Garage was behind Cromwell House with access to it between Cromwell House and the house now called Exeter House
Francis Shergold explains how Reg Hall from Croydon came to play for the Bampton Traditional Morris Men in the late 1950s and he still played for them in 2019.
https://youtu.be/XNBXdTcF_c4
Article written by Keith Chandler about these two Morris Men. Colin and ‘Curly’ (D.J. Titchener) came over to Bampton quite by accident, knowing nothing about its Morris dance tradition. They went into The Jubilee and started chatting to landlord Reg Pratley, telling him what they were interested in. Within a few minutes he was singing to them, mainly snatches, one being ‘Butter and Cheese and All’. He then produced sheets on which the words were written: Peter Kennedy had given them to him! Reg took them across to the Eagle, where Frank Purslow and Francis Shergold used to play in the bar.
Black and White Photo of Morris Dancers outside The Horseshoe Pub. About 1968. Bampton Tradition Morris Men. L-R Son Townsend fool, Jim Buckingham behind Roy Shergold, Frank Daniels, Reg Hall on fiddle, Frank Purslow in glasses, Oliver ‘Jasper’ Walsh, and Bill Daniels. Pete Allam bottom left corner.
Sidmouth 1999 'Flashback' performance. Tony Daniels' Bampton Traditional Morris Men. Sidmouth 1999 "Flashback" performance. Main arena. Back row L-R:- Billy Main, Martin Landray, Gareth Knight, John Grout, Jamie Perry, Joseph Perry, Craig Godwin (elected new squire in 2014) and Jamie Wheeler on melodeon. Front row L-R:- Ray Barratt fool, Cyril Smith and Liam Main
Photos showing Bampton Morris at Churchgate House in 1973, Bob Allison, who was a baker at Constable's Bakery and made the cakes, offering a piece of cake to Anita Saunders.
