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.
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Part of Brize Norton and Bampton railway station
Part of Brize Norton and Bampton railway station
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Payne's horse drawn carriage at Bampton Station 1908
Payne's horse drawn carriage at Bampton Station 1908
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Signal box at Brize Norton and Bampton station
Signal box at Brize Norton and Bampton station
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Steam engine 9654 at Bampton & Brize Norton station
Steam engine 9654 at Bampton & Brize Norton station
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Steam engine and three coaches coming into Brize Norton and Bampton railway station. Lew Barrow can be seen in the distance
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The part of Brize Norton and Bampton station where the coal used to be delivered
The part of Brize Norton and Bampton station where the coal used to be delivered. It was sacked up from here or collected loose in a lorry to be sacked up elsewhere.
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Witney Gazette of November 17th 1922 recounts the Armistice Day proceedings
Witney Gazette of November 17th 1922 recounts the Armistice Day proceedings
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