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Fenella Gray's history of the Community Shop
This article was written by Fenella Gray in the summer of 2012 where she documents the history of the Community Shop up to that point.In 2008 the Archive made a film about the Community Shop up to that point. For a while, the shop had to close be...
Bampton Community Archive
Some adverts from the July 2012 issue of The Bampton Beam
These are just five of the adverts in the July 2012 issue of The Bampton Beam and are forLittle Westbrook self catering in Bridge StreetA personal trainerPrestige BuildingsBampton GarageS J Cooper, builder
Bampton Community Archive
Bampton celebrates the Diamond Jubilee 2012
Bampton celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II over 4 days at the beginning of June 2012. These are a few of the reports of some of the events which took place.
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A letter marking the closure of Emmies, our Papershop
In May 2012 our papershop known as Emmies, run by Tom and Silvia Papworth closed for the last time. The letter gives a history of the shop, the people who ran it. It documents not only the passing of the papershop but records the very active par...
Bampton Community Archive
Death of Edith Susan Quick nee Sheppard Sept 10th 2020
Edith Susan Quick nee Sheppard died on September 10th 2020. Edie came from a Bampton family of several generations. Her husband John was the principal founder member of the SPAJERS, our charity which creates fun events to raise funds for local s...
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Bampton Meadows to be built, £1.4m of investment from the developer
Bampton Meadows, a new housing development is to be built by Taylor Wimpey at the bottom of Mount Owen Road on the Aston side. Taylor Wimpey have agreed to pay £1.4 million on local amenities.
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WODC agree the government's new proposals on planning would not be right for West Oxfordshire
Councillors across the political spectrum at West Oxfordshire District Council have agreed that changes to the planning system are not suitable for West Oxfordshire.
Bampton Community Archive
Upstairs of the Grammar School to be brought back into use
The staircase to the top floor of the Grammar School was removed in the 1960s when people stood a greater chance of getting to the ground floor by falling through the rotten floor than coming back down the stairs. The Bampton Community Archive me...
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Long Paddock in Weald St for sale
A house and field called Long Paddock in Weald Street for sale, offers in excess of £750,000 wanted
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The Paddocks declared a fire and virus hazard at over crowded caravan site
The Paddocks has permission for 8 plots with one static and one travelling caravan supposed to be on each plot. These articles detail how this has been breached. It also reports on the death of someone at the site who had been placed in a car an...
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 ...
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The bistro in The Market Square, 2012
Many people in Bampton has a lovely meal in Bix Gooddy's bistro at Wheelgate House in the Market Square and were sorry when she felt she had to close it and revert to simply offering bed and breakfast.
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Hanging baskets outside Adrian Simmonds' Store 1983 & 1984
These photographs were taken by Adrian Simmonds and show the wonderful hanging baskets that he always had outside his shop, Bampton Stores. Tim Tomlins prepared the baskets for Adrian which always made the West end of Market Square a delight to see.
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Bampton Fair seen from West end of Market Square
These four photographs were taken by Adrian Simmonds from the upstairs of his shop, Bampton Stores at the west end of the Market Square in 1984
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Morris Dancing in the Market Square by a visiting side
These three photographs are of one of the visiting sides to Bampton in 1985 dancing in the Market Square outside the Village Hall in two pictures and at the West end of the Square in the third picture.
Bampton Community Archive
These three newspaper cuttings are all from 1986 and cover the topics ofthe wedding of Margaret Pullin and Gary CartwrightComplaints about mess and rowdyism after the May Day Fair and much more council newsShirt race with pictures of several young...
Bampton Community Archive
These newspaper cuttings are all from 1985 and cover the topic ofthe wedding of Karen Dowley to Alan Day; Sheena Johnstone to Michael Ellis; Shirley Ann Biles to Charles Reginal Hewer all at Saint Mary's in Bampton350th anniversary of the fou...
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These newspaper cuttings are all from 1984 and topics covered includeJanet Newman gaining her Bachelor of Education degree from Oxford Polytechnic which is now called Oxford Brooks UniversitySaint Mary's Christmas Bazaar with pictures of Hild...
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These newspaper cuttings are all from 1982 and the topics covered includeconcern over housing scheme which would mean some tenants losing half their gardensDarby & Joan club, WI Club,Buckland Road to be closed for up to three months while the ...
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These newspaper cuttings are all from 1981 and the topics covered includeMiss Oxford and Bampton May Queen Naomi DelaneyBampton School, Mothers' Union, Wives' Club, Pumpkin Club, Coin (numismatic) clubBampton MummersWest Ox Arts exhibiti...
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These newspaper cuttings are all from 1980 and the topics covered includeMorris dancingOur Youth Club members who took part in a 24 hour table tennis marathonBampton's first junior May Queen Tanya NewlandBampton Fair and Molly Cole's dol...
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These newspaper cuttings are all from 1975. Topics covered includeMorris dancingShirt race won by Frank Piercy with partner John Fox plus a picture of Barry Bowls after the racePumpkin Club grand weigh-inJason Seacole scoring 2 goals at Wembley t...
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These three cuttings are all about a trip from Bampton school to Paris with 39 children. John Coombes (incorrect spelling under the photo in the cutting) was one of the school staff who went with the children. One of the pictures shows Stephen B...
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Cuttings from local papers in 1973
These newspaper cuttings are from local papers in 1973. Topics covered includethe Bingo club, coffee morning in aid of Cancer Research Bampton branch, Darby & Joan Club, jumble sale for the ATCSgt David Sturgis of the 1st Battalion The Royal ...
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These newspaper cuttings, all from local papers are from 1972. Topics covered includethe marriage of Richard Snook to Shirley Cranstonreports from the badminton club, football bingo, the bowls club, SPAJER's pensioners' party, the Darby...
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These 9 newspaper cuttings are all from 1968. The topics covered includeDeputy county surveyor faces a barrage of complaints including roadworks in the Market Square, Village green areas being used as dumping grounds, badly sighted new road signs...
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The Bampton Beam used to be produce three times a year and distributed to every household. This issue is from August 2001. The topics covered and the advertisers are :-ARTICLES AND NOTICESThe Shillbrook Wood by Colin AllportBampton Village HallR...
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The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year and a copy given to every household. This issue is from April 2001. The topics covered and the advertisers include :-ARTICLES AND NOTICESBampton Fire Service – Once Again It’s Crew It Or Lo...
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The Bampton Beam used to be produced 3 times a year and a free copy given to every household. This issue is from August 2000. The topics covered and the advertisers include:-ARTICLES AND NOTICESBampton’s Services See Expansion – weekend social b...
Bampton Community Archive
The Bampton Beam used to be produced 3 times a year and a copy given to every household. This issue is from April 2000 and the topics covered and advertisers include :-ARTICLES AND NOTICESCan We Keep Our Post Office and Bank? Use them or lose th...
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The Bampton Beam December 1999
The Bampton Beam used to be produced 3 times a year. This issue is from December 1999. The topics covered and advertisers include :-ARTICLES AND NOTICESMillennium Bike Path Project by Jo LewingtonBampton Village HallFriends of St Mary’s by Jonat...
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The Bampton Beam used to be produced and delivered to every house three times a year. This issue is from August 1999 and the topics covered and advertisers are:-ARTICLES AND NOTICESA Woodland for Bampton by Colin AllportBampton Village HallFrie...
Bampton Community Archive
The Bampton Beam used to be produce 3 times a year. This issue is from April 1999 and the topic covered and advertisers are:-ARTICLES AND NOTICESThe New Pavilion is OpenThe Recycling BinsBampton Village HallFriends of St Mary’s, BamptonBampton Ma...
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The Bampton Beam was produced about 3 times a year and a copy given to every household. This issue is from April 1998.Articles covered and advertisers includeAmnesty InternationalArchitecture Around BamptonBampton & Aston Meals on WheelsBampt...
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The Bampton Beam December 1997
The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year. This issue is from December 1997. The topics covered and the advertisers are :-ARTICLES AND NOTICESThe Library Needs Your Help – use it or lose it forever…Robert Vesey RoomVision of the ...
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The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year. This issue is from August 1997 and the topics covered and the advertisers are :-ARTICLES AND NOTICESFire Station Threatened? Bampton Fire Station could close if more recruits cannot be f...
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The Bampton Beam used to be produced 3 times a year. This issue is from August 1996. The topics covered and the advertisers include:-ARTICLES AND NOTICESCircling the Square – one-way system for the Market Square. Beauty versus Business and What...
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The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year and given to every household. This issue is from April 1996 and the list of topics covered and advertisers are:-ARTICLES AND NOTICESBush Centre saved, five year planMeet the new vicar – Revd...
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Granny Poole from Workhouse Yard, Weald
Workhouse yard in Weald was a row of 6 cottages, two faced the road and four went at right angles away from the road. The two which faced the road were demolished at least as early as 1968. Today, the remaining 4 cottage have been knocked into t...
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Blackbird nests in a letter box - early 1970s
During a time when the post boxes were emptied by our local postmen and women who went about on a bicycles, Mr Cannons found a bird had laid her eggs in the letterbox at Bampton and Brize Norton railway station. All the post office men and women ...
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AGM of St Mary's plus Clanfield, Aston, Lew and Shifford churches
This cutting is from April 1983 and records the basic details from the AGM of the group of five churches which are Clanfield, Bampton, Lew, Aston and Shifford. The vicar was Andrew Scott and he had just completed his first year as the vicar here....
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Ayrshire cow in a stream behind The Grange
This peaceful scene is of an Ayrshire cow enjoying standing in the stream behind The Grange. It must have been taken fairly early in the twentieth century; by 1945 these cows were not often seen where they had once been bred as a general purpose ...
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St Mary The Virgin seen from Sandford Field
St Mary The Virgin Steeple can be seen very clearly from Sandford Field. There are more cottages between the field and the church than exist today. The one on the left is Sandford and has been much enlarged since this picture was taken.
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Vera Elward aged 92 takes microlight flight to raise funds for St Mary's church organ
Vera Elward aged 92 took a flight in a microlight to help raise money for the restoration of the beautiful pipe organ in St Mary The Virgin Church in Bampton. Vera ran the Sunday School for over 20 years and has always worked for the church in on...
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Bampton Traditional Morris Men, May Bank Holiday 2003
All these pictures of the Bampton Traditional Morris Men were taken on May Bank Holiday 2003. Dancers include John Shuker, David Townsend, Martin Landray, Cyril Smith, Billy Main, fool Ray Borrett and musician Reg Hall.
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Bampton Traditional Morris Men dancing at Bampton House
This picture shows 5 young dancers and a their musician at Bampton House in Bushey Row, probably in 1986. The dancers seen visually left to right are Martin Ferguson, Paul Townsend, Craig Godwin, Cyril Smith (not a youngster) and Joe Perry with J...
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Advert & calendar for the Horse Shoe Inn 1969
This is a calendar and advert for the Horse Shoe Inn by Maurice and Rene Wiggins
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Jean & Peter Elliot and Maurice & Rene Wiggins
This post card shows a picture of Jean and Peter Elliot who owned and ran the Talbot Inn in the Market Square on the left and Maurice and Rene Wiggins who ran the Horse Shoe Inn seen on the right.
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William Nathan 'Jingy' Wells playing the fiddle in 1923
William Nathan 'Jingy' Wells danced, fooled and played the fiddle for Bampton Morris from the late nineteenth century and well into the twentieth.In this picture he is seen with his fiddle.The hat, waistcoat, trousers and socks (odd sock...
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Drawings of Cyril Smith and Francis Shergold by Alan Beers
These two sketches were done by Alan Beers in 1990 and given to Bob West, who has kindly allowed the Archive to scan them. They are of Cyril Smith and Francis Shergold. Francis was squire of the Bampton Traditional Morris Men and Cyril had also ...
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Craig Godwin & Jamie Wheeler receive a tankard for 25 years with Bampton Tradition Morris Men
On Spring Bank Holiday Monday 2003 Jamie Wheeler and Craig Godwin received their tankard for 25 years dancing and playing for the Bampton Traditional Morris Men. By this year Jamie was playing for them while very occasionally stepping in to do a ...
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This was Gala Day at Tickhill in Yorkshire. Bampton Traditional Morris Men, Squire Francis Shergold were three of the dance sides invited to take part along with Yorkshire Ladies side Yorkshire Chandaliers and the now disbanded Broadstone Morris ...
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1983 Shirt Race and Morris Dancing
This newspaper cutting is about the Shirt Race and the Morris Dancing in Bampton at the late May Bank Holiday in 1983. Ian Baker 6 and Ivan Lomas 8 won the fancy dress aspect of the Junior Shirt Race. Reg Hall with his fiddle is seen enjoying a ...
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Pumpkin Club grand weigh-in 1983 October 14th
The Pumpkin Club used to raise funds to distribute amongst the senior citizens of Bampton. Sadly, over the years fewer and fewer people had the time to help run it and in the end, it folded.Amongst other things, they held a grand weigh-in in Octo...
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1983 Easter Bonnet competition
Ruth Wheeler nee Shergold was instrumental in keeping the Easter Bonnet competition in Bampton going for several years along with the Pumpkin Club. This newspaper cutting is from 1983. There are three lovely pictures of Deborah Bradbury from th...
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This Indenture on Vellum records :-A Release from William Thomas and Hester his Wife of Lands in Bampton Oxfordshire to Francis Sims Dated the Thirteenth day of June 1735.
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Proposed changes to the Village Hall May 1980
These plans were produce by Richard Money showing a proposed extension and improvement to the Village Hall, which used to be the WI Hall, in May 1980
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Donkey Derby in Sandford Field 2019
The Bank Holiday Monday in August 2019 was a beautiful hot and sunny day and the Donkey Derby was extremely well attended.
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Poster for a talk by Professor Roger Jones
The Friends of St Mary's have recently been arranging a series of 3 talks, one in Feb, March and April to raise funds for the church. This poster was for the Feb 2018 talk entitled"The Graveyard Shift: surgery and body snatching at Guy&...
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The Bampton Beam used to be produced and given to every household three times a year. This issue is from April 1997. Articles covered and advertisers are:-BAMPTON BEAM APRIL 1997ARTICLES AND NOTICESYes To The Pavilion – vote on plans to build a ...
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Yew Tree Cottage in Buckland Road for sale c1968
This advert is for the sale of Yew Tree Cottage in Buckland road, about 1968 and the asking price is £6,3000
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The Bampton Beam December 1996
The Bampton Beam used to be published 3 times a year and distributed to every household. This issue is from December 1996. The articles covered and advertisers include:-ARTICLES AND NOTICESMarket Square – As You Were – plans to introduce a one-w...
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Doris June Cleaver. Funeral service program
We are here today to Celebrate the Life of:My Wife of 61 YearsDoris June CleaverJuly 1936 – October 2020 * * *Doris was a true Bamptonian, the daughter of local builder and part time firem...
Bampton Community Archive
The Bampton Beam used to be produced 3 times a year and a free copy given to every household. This issue is from August 1996 and the articles covered and the advertisers include :-ARTICLES AND NOTICESCircling the Square – one-way system for the M...
Bampton Community Archive
The Bampton Beam used to be produced 3 times a year and a free copy given to every household. This issue is from April 1996 and the topics covered and the advertisers include:-ARTICLES AND NOTICESBush Centre saved, five year planMeet the new vica...
Bampton Community Archive
Journey of our National School to becoming a Grade II listed building March 1st 2001
In 1989 Mr Geoffrey Fowler, then the County Councillor for Bampton Division of Oxford, began the process of trying to get the National School in Church View listed as a "building of architectural and historic interest." Sadly, Mr Fowler...
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Rev. Andrew Scott's tour in Europe after he retired from Bampton & Clanfield churches
Rev. Andrew Scott retired from being a vicar, the vicar of Bampton and Clanfield in 1996. With the monetary gift from parishioners he went on a tour of Europe and this is his diary of that holiday.
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Folk songs written out by Ada Tanner in 1926
These folk songs were written out in a little note book by Ada Tanner in 1926. It is not easy to find such things written between the war years.
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Robert Colvile jnr, a year after losing his wife
Robert Colvile jnr, born to Major Robert and Rosemary Colvile of Weald Manor talks in the article about losing his wife Andrea a year ago to a rare liver disease called autoimmune hepatitis. He has two small boys were at the time of Andrea's...
Bampton Community Archive
Hand written Bampton Morris Music 1926
This music score was kept by Ada Tanner in 1926 but there is no way of knowing if she wrote it out. The tunes are for four Morris dancesNutting GirlRose TreeOld Tom Oxford or Old MollyJockey to The Fair
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Music score for Bampton Morris tunes compiled in 1926
This music score of Bampton Morris Dance tunes was kept and covered by Ada Tanner in 1926. It was passed on to her daughter Vera Elward who has now passed it to her daughter Janet Newman. The dance tunes listed areThe Flowers of EdinburghThe Mai...
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In the Dec 28th 1926 issue of the Oxford Times an article was written about Mummers in Oxfordshire and at the end of it, the words used by the Bampton Mummers was printed.Also in 1926, perhaps as a correction to the wording printed in the newspape...
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Dr Alan Cole's life story in his own words
Dr Alan Cole came to practice in Bampton in 1959 and was here long enough to have in some cases, looked after three generations of a family. He was 90 in 2020. His life story covers a part of world history that will not be repeated and makes a f...
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The Bampton Beam December 1995
The Bampton Beam used to be produced 3 times a year. This issue is for December 1995 and the topics covered and advertisers include :-ARTICLES AND NOTICESPast achievements of and future plans for the Bampton Beam, retirement of the editor, Susan ...
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The Bampton Beam used to be published three times a year. This issue is from August 1995 and the topics covered and the advertisers include :-ARTICLES AND NOTICESEducation in Jeopardy - financial cuts and government testing programmeBampton Prima...
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Bampton Traditional Morris Men, May 2018
The first picture shows the dancers of the Bampton Traditional Morris Men who were out dancing on May 28th 2018.Two dancers were unable to dance that day, Martin Landray who broke his ankle two days earlier when taking part in the Shirt Race and G...
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History of Thatched Cottage in Church St by Terry Crowley
Terry Crowley, the father of Rosemary Linnet Sanguine, bought Thatched Cottage in the early 1960s and set about doing some research on the dwelling, which is one of the oldest in Bampton. This pdf documents his findings.The excavation carried out...
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Funeral service for Rosemary Linnet Sanguine on Jan 16th 2018
Rosemary Linnet Sanguine was born on March 13th 1940 and she died on Christmas Day, December 25th 2017.Linnet lived in Thatched Cottage in Church Street after she inherited it from her father, Terry Crowley. Linnet was a great supporter of the Ba...
Bampton Community Archive
The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year and this issue is from April 1995. Topics covered and advertisers include :-A service worth saving – Bampton Fire BrigadeBampton Street Fair – Bampton Pumpkin Club May Day Bank Holiday, VE D...
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The Bampton Beam was produced three times a year and given free to every household. This issue is from April 1990. Topics covered and the advertisers include:-“Edith, what’s going on upstairs in the Town Hall?”Art and CraftsBampton Environmental...
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The Bampton Beam December 1998
The Bampton Beam used to be published three times a year and a copy given to every household. This issue is from December 1998 and the topics and advertisers covered included:- The Bampton BeamVolume 13 No.3August 1998 Pg. No. Summary of Content ...
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The Bampton Beam was produced three times a year and a copy given to every household. This issue is from August 1998 and the topics covered and advertisers include:-August 1998 Pg. No. Summary of Content 1 One article on page one.FIRE!! EMERGENCY...
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The Bampton Beam December 1994
The Bampton Beam was a publication given to every household and usually there were three publications per year. This one is from December 1994.Topics and notices covered and the advertisers includeEvery contribution counts! Aim to raise £250,000...
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The Bampton Beam was produced about 3 times a year and this copy is from August 1994.Topics, notices and advertisers include1994 Focus on Local Government1994 – D-Day AnniversaryHistory of Bampton Town HallThe Domesday BookBampton’s Benefactors, B...
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Mrs Vera Elward raises almost £3,000 for St Mary's church organ fund
Vera Elward was 92 when she flew in a microlight to help raise funds for the restoration and enhancement of the organ in Saint Mary The Virgin Church in Bampton. Vera always gave much of her time and love for the church. She ran the Sunday schoo...
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Horace Holifield of Safe Ride in Ramsden was a wonderfully generous man. He created an outer building with a kitchen and invited many groups to have tea or lunch there and he had a very good electric organ inside and would entertain people with i...
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Bowjangles entertain in the Village Hall
For several years, two shows a year were put on in the Village Hall and this flyer is for one of them. It was for Bowjangles who gave a wonderfully skilful and funny evening's entertainment in the Village Hall Saturday September 29th 2012.
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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...
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Bell Cottage briefly visible from the Market Square
This picture is of Bell Cottage which was visible briefly across the Market Square after Market Square Garage was completely removed and before Thornberry Flats were built on the site. The people living in the cottage at the time couldn't wa...
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Trojan Tourer 1924 model owned by Doug Read.
A photograph of a Trojan Tourer 1924 model owned by Doug Read. Douglas Read OBE driving, passengers David Hunt, Bill Bullock, Geoff Hunt.
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Tea ticket for Horticultural Society
This ticket for a tea was found in a pile of bits and pieces when clearing out a garage. Teas were sold to raise funds for the Bampton Horticultural Society. The cost was 6 pence in old money - 6d - so pre decimalisation of February 1971.
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Bampton with Clanfield Church AGM
This article is about the AGM of the Bampton with Clanfield and Aston, Lew and Shifford church AGM. The vicar was Rev. Andrew Scott and this was his first year here. Alan Keef was elected secretary. Hilda Pickard was electoral roll keeper, Tim ...
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A view of St Mary's across Sandford Field
This picture shows the spire of St Mary The Virgin Church in Bampton seen across Sandford field. It was taken early in the twentieth century. Today, a hedge obscures the view of the houses in the foreground but not all still exist.
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Bampton Traditional Morris Men 2003
A few photographs taken of the Bampton Traditional Morris Men dancing on Spring Bank Holiday in 2003.Musician Reg HallDancers Jonny Shuker, Toby Perry, Cyril Smith, Billy Main and Martin Landray. Ray Borrett the fool dancing the fool's jig.
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Shirt Race and Morris Dancing Whitsun 1985
Over the Bank Holiday weekend at Whitsun 1985. Ian Baker and Ivan Lomas won the fancy dress competition held prior to the Shirt Race. Reg Hall enjoyed a pint between playing on the Monday. Terry Rouse danced in as the fool outside the Horse Shoe.
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Pumpkin Club Grand Weigh-in 1983
The annual weigh-in for the Pumpkin Club, October 14th 1983. John Buckingham aged 21 had the heaviest pumpkin at 142 lbs. John Simpson and Ron Bateman both from Radio Oxford were weigh-masters. One pumpkin was found to have concrete in the midd...
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Easter Bonnet competition 1983
A newspaper cutting about the Easter Bonnet competition held in Bampton in the forecourt of the Jubilee Inn. The judges were Jean Judge from Radio Oxford and Don Bradbury of the Horse Shoe. Debra Bradbury won first prize. The Pumpkin Club organ...
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Spring Bank Holiday Morris Men 2003
Francis Shergold's side, the Bampton Traditional Morris Men on Spring Bank Holiday. Craig Godwin and Jamie Wheeler got their tankards for 25 years of dancing with the side, presented at Weald Manor.This was the last year Rod Stradling was on...
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Sunday practice at the Horse Shoe 2001
The Sunday before Bank Holiday Monday the Morris sides in Bampton have their last practice. In these photos the Bampton Traditional Morris side can be seen in the garden of the Horse Shoe, their headquarters at the time. People include Reg Hall ...
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These are the young dancers in Francis Shergold's side 1980, the Bampton Traditional Morris Men. They include Keith Rouse, Jamie Wheeler and Craig Godwin.
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