6 pages magazine produced by group of young people covering news and events in the local Villages Alvescot, Bampton, Black Bourton, Clanfield, Radcot and Faringdon. Published by West Oxfordshire Arts Association Literary panel at Grange Cottage April 1979 costing 15 pence.

6 pages magazine produced by group of young people covering news and events in the local Villages Alvescot, Bampton, Kencot, Filkins, Clanfield. Published be West Oxfordshire Arts Association Literary panel at Grange Cottage April 1975 costing 15 pence.

6 pages magazine produced by group of young people covering news and events in the local Villages Alvescot, Bampton, Kencot, and Stanton Harcourt, Published by West Oxfordshire Arts Association Literary panel at Grange Cottage July 1976 costing 15 pence.

PDF copy of the Service celebrating 40th anniversary of the sharing of St Marys Church with the Roman Catholic Church in the presence of Apostolic Nuncio The most Reverend Antonio Mennini, Contains an interesting account of the history Roman Catholic Services held in Bampton from The Eagle Pub, The Town Hall, and the Old Grammar School before moving to St Mary's

Photos of Mr Hemmings Morris Side at Cumnor in 1983. Bampton Morris are often guests.

Photos taken by Bill Govier showing Easter Bonnet Competiton held on Whit Mondays
Jackie Lewis
Marion Paintin
Janet Newman
Vera Elward
Emma Paintin
Anabelle Newman

Series of Photographs taken early 1980 featuring some of the machinery on display. The photos are described as follows:
BA40FA~1 - Ploughing with teams of 3 bullocks, young boy leading the front bullock and a ploughman on the reins. Each team pulled a single furrow plough.
BA2357~1 - Mr Fred Hornsby at the front of the combine. Fred worked for John Henly on Bampton Deanery farm and in later years for his son Roy. This picture approximately 1980.
BA0C0D~1 - Detail of a traction engine. There would have been one at opposite sides of the field and the implement, such as a plough or potato drill, would be pulled from side to side by the steel hawser seen here under the engine. The engine provided the power to turn the cable drum to wind in the cable. Originally the engine would have been fired by solid fuel but many were later converted to run on oil.
BABDA1~1 - Douglas Read, OBE born 1926 taking part in a ploughing match. Doug got his MBE several years after this picture was taken and it was for services to ploughing. He has was national ploughing match champion more than once and in later years was a judge for the High Cut class at the Fairford, Faringdon, Filkins and Burford Ploughing Match. (Known to many locals as the 3Fs and a B).
BA4883~1 - The driver of a plough being drawn across the field by a traction engine at the Fairford, Faringdon, Filkins and Burford Ploughing match.

Bampton and Weald Ancient History; Bampton Markets; Church of St. Mary; Bampton Schools.

The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year and this issue is from December 2001. The topics covered and advertisers incluce:-

ARTICLES AND NOTICES
Yes! The Mosaic’s Coming to Town by Sally Proctor, Administrator for WOA Gallery
Design for the mosaic by Ros Wates to be installed in May 2002 and unveiled 4 June 2002
Bampton Village Hall
Saving Our Services by Jonathan Phillips, District Councillor
Bampton ‘250’ Club list of winners
Bampton Parish Council News by David Hawkins, Chairman
Golden Jubilee Plans
Bampton to Oxford Bus Service
West Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011
Litter
Booster Packs for Mobile Phones
Changes on the Allotments
Wish List for Recreation Field
Market Square Mosaic
New Books on Bampton – Bampton Folklore by John Blair and Bampton – The Way it Was by Freda Bradley
The Bampton Website
Start-Up and Expansion Rate Relief Grants – West Oxfordshire District Council
Society for the Protection of Bampton
Bampton Recreation Ground
Bampton Archery Club- Summer of Success by John Hill, Chairman
Bampton-in-the-Bush Cricket Club
Bampton Youth Football
Bampton Tennis Club
Bampton Archery Club
Short Mat Bowls
Bampton Town Football Club
The Horseshoes Football Club
Bampton Gun Club
Bampton Weightlifting Club
Bampton Badminton Club
The Pavilion
Shillbrook Wood by Colin Allport
WODC News by Jonathan Phillips, District Councillor
Fly Posting
Has your car reached the end of its life?
A Thank You to Carers
Elections May 2002
National Poetry Day
Harvest Festival
Schools Clubs
Friends of Bampton School
Letters and emails to the Editor
Volunteer Reading Help
A Challenge for the First Year of the Millennium – West Oxfordshire Citizen Advocacy
Witness Service – Oxford Magistrates’ Court
BT Services
Age Concern, Oxfordshire
Bampton Environmental Watch Group by Margaret Bruce-Mitford
Bike Path Update
Notice Board
HSBC Banking Hours
Bampton Welfare Trust
Bampton Bridge Club
Bampton Exhibition Foundation
West OX Arts Bilbao Trip
Bampton Badminton Club
Bampton Ladies Group
The Bush Centre
Charity Christmas Concert in aid of Bridewell Organic Gardens
The Flower Guild of St Mary the Virgin, Bampton
Cancer Research Campaign – County and Western Dance
Bampton Classical Opera
Our and About this Autumn – a selection of photographs
Annual Pumpkin Club Weigh-in
SPAJERS Donkey Derby
Children in Need Day – the Fire Service and HSBC support
Francis Shergold drawing the raffle
Minor Injuries Unit at Witney Community Hospital
Orinoco – the Oxfordshire scrapstore
Community Lunches
Youth Club
Bampton Websites
Bampton Methodist Chapel by Linden Burley
Bampton 150 years ago by Jonathan Phillips
Advertisement for Administrator for West Ox Arts
Christmas Services during December at St Mary’s and the Methodist Chapel
Thames Travel Bus Service 18 Timetable
Stagecoach Bus Service 19 Timetable
Out of Work Farmer Turned Agricultural Correspondent by Don Rouse
Spajers News by Don Rouse
Donkey Derby, What’s to come in 2002, Josie’s Draw and The Mummers
The Cookery Corner by Gilly French
The Gardening Page by Edie Bindweed
The Gardening Club News
West Ox Arts – crafts for Christmas, exhibitions and life drawing classes
Words of the Century by Jimmy Symonds
Robert Vesey Room, Bampton Library
Crossword
Town Hall Bookings
Calendar of Events
WODC Environmental Services – Holiday Refuse Collection Timetables

LIST OF ADVERTIZERS
Ceramics, Picture & Frame Restoration – Angie Bell
Patrick Strainge, Butchers
Philippa Rayne, osteopath, Fiona Farmer physiotherapist and Lesley Mellin, reflexologist and aromatherapist
Danetree, veterinary surgeons, Faringdon
Curtain Choice
Don Rouse Cars
The Gingerbread Kitchen – classes for 4 year olds and upwards
The Pitstop and Oxford Carb Services
The Robert and Doris Watts Residential & Nursing Home, Carterton
Pellmans, solicitors, Eynsham
Community Care
Oxford Double Glazing
The Appliance Doctor
E Taylor & Son, Funeral Directors, Carterton
The Flower Mill
Grey Gables Garage
Londis, community shop
Walton Accountants
Foxbury Farm, Brize Norton
N J Woodley, building maintenance
A Simmonds, The Old-Fashioned Village Store
Temples, DIY, Ironmongery, Paint, Wood, Cement, Sand, Gravel, Toys, Gifts and Candles
Andrew Bowman, Master Thatcher
Tony Hughes, scissor sharpening
Domino Menswear, Witney
R Cooper, Builders, Painters, Decorators, Carpentry, Joinery, Dry Stone Walling
The Standlake Garage
Bojangles Hairdressers
Bodytalk, remedial sports massage
Wychwood Design – furniture
Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company
Abbey Properties Estate Agents
Cotswold Electronics, TV, Video, Audio, Microwave repairs
Bampton Fax Bureau at Emmies Newsagents
Electric Vehicles Ltd

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.