Elsie Portlock and others in fancy dress.
Elsie Portlock and others in fancy dress.
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Dawn and Tina Mansfield in fancy dress.
Dawn and Tina Mansfield in fancy dress having just passed the Elephant and Castle Inn. Note pre-decimalisation prices of the ice cream. 1d was 1 penny and 240 pennies made £1.
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Dramatic Society present 'Barnet's Folly' by Jan Stewer March 10th, 11th & 12th 1937
This is the program for a play put on by the Bampton Dramatic Society March 10th, 11th and 12th 1937. The play was called 'Barnet's Folly' by Jan Stewer. It was put on in the W. I. Hall (which is now called the Village Hall.)
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The Life and Work of Tony Page 1928 to 2015
The Eulogy by Tony Page's son Martin, gives a full account of his life. For us in Bampton Tony was in at the beginning of the Bampton Community Archive and did all the printing for the charity up to his death.
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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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Jack and Godfrey Horne in fancy dress in 1924
Jack and Godfrey Horne in fancy dress in 1924.Godfrey Horne was killed in action in France. He was in one of the Guards regiments in WWII
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Cast and program of WI Drama Group; 'The Plot Thickens' and 'Babes In The Wood'
The Bampton WI Drama Group under Hilda Pickard put on many plays and pantomimes which were always brilliantly done and greatly enjoyed.
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An ox roast in Corn Street, Witney, probably to celebrate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee 1897
When Rose Gerring died, aged 89, the Archive was given a box full of all sorts of things that were in her house. This photograph was taken in Corn Street, Witney and the people are celebrating a special occasion
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When Lloyd Hughes Owens created a series of albums in the late 1970s and early 1980s there were people alive who could remember seeing Fred Able in Bampton with his little cart, two donkeys and his dog.
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