The Stores known as Simmonds, seen in 1984 with Adrian Simmonds' van outside.
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The Stores known as Simmonds, seen in 1984 with Adrian Simmonds' van outside.
Nik Stanbridge
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The Stores known as Simmonds, seen in 1984 with Adrian Simmonds' van outside.
The Stores known as Simmonds, seen in 1984 with Adrian Simmonds' van outside.
Nik Stanbridge
Mrs Clark in her shop doorway, High Street
The lovely black and white photograph shows Mrs Clark in her shop doorway. The shop was in the High Street on the north side almost opposite Bovington's wet fish shop.
Bampton Community Archive
In the 1970s Fleur de Lys was a hair salon owned by Margaret Roberts. It is in Bushey Row. There were several owners after Margaret and it was later a video rental shop, a shop selling twee things for gardeners and a Physiotherapy Centre. Now it sells pottery (2021)
Bampton Community Archive
Fenella Gray writes about the Bampton Community Shop
Originally called the Bampton Charity Shop, it had a name change and a legal status changed to enable it to donate monies to other charities in Bampton. Apparently a charity cannot give money to another charity and Trevor Milne-Day gave his time to deal with the legal matter of the change. In this article Fenella Gray talks about the history of the shop from its inception in 2004.
Bampton Community Archive
Bird's nest inside a letterbox
A bird was found to have made its nest inside the letterbox at Bampton and Brize Norton Railway station by Mrs Emmie Papworth who along with Mr F G Cannons was a post lady in Bampton about 1960. It was thought to be a member of the tit family and was disturbed only once while the eggs were being hatched.
Bampton Community Archive
Mrs Roger from Brook House, Bridge Street
Mrs Rogers lived in Brook House on Bridge Street where she sold sweets and newspapers. Bampton is 18 miles from Oxford and 18 from Swindon and somehow, Mrs Brooks managed to get a sugar allowance during WWII from both Swindon and Oxford which enabled her to make and sell lots of sweets.
Brook House is the one on the left of the picture, across the road.
She is on the left in this picture with Mr and Mrs Albert Townsend from across the road at Castle View Farm. They are standing just inside the wall of the farm.
Bampton Community Archive
W Payne & Son, Great Western Railway Co Agents, Bampton and Lechlade.
W Payne & Son, Great Western Railway Co Agents, Bampton and Lechlade. Cab & Omnibus Proprietors, horses, brakes, carriages etc for hire. Cartage contractors and furniture removers. Chief office The Hill, Witney Oxon. Railway depots Bampton, Chipping Norton and Lechlade. The remains of one of their ads in black lettering can be seen on the side of their house which was Castle View in Bridge Street.
This advert is in the 1911 Kelly's Trade Directory
Bampton Community Archive
Invoice from M Long & Sons funeral directors to Mr Alex Townsend for Mrs Elizabeth Townsend's burial
Invoice from M Long & Sons funeral directors to Mr Alex Townsend for Mrs Elizabeth Townsend's burial
Nik Stanbridge
A History of P & L Bovington by Simon Bovington
Simon Bovington has written out a brief history of P & L Bovington - Paul and Les - and the fish shop in the High Street
Bampton Community Archive
An advert for Prestige Buildings, based at Ampney Orchard. Chris Baker for building work and design.
An advert for Prestige Buildings, based at Ampney Orchard. Chris Baker for building work and design.
Nik Stanbridge