Bampton Traditional Morris Men
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- 1973
Bampton Traditional Morris. Frank Daniels older brother of Bill in 1973. outside Town Hall
Janet Westman
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Bampton Traditional Morris Men
Bampton Traditional Morris. Frank Daniels older brother of Bill in 1973. outside Town Hall
Janet Westman
William 'Bill' Lock. Builder. c1972
Part of Terry Crowley's memories of people who took an active part in the life of Bampton
William ‘Bill’ Lock, Church View. Builder C1972
Nik Stanbridge
Bampton Traditional Morris Men 1970
Black and white photo of Morris dancers taken in 1970 in Deanery Gardens
Left to right, on extreme left Roy Shergold fool, Bill Daniels, centre
of picture Frank Daniels, Terry Rouse, Dave Rose’s face just seen on
the right.
Janet Westman
Bampton Traditional Morris Men 1970
B/W Photo of Morris Dancers Dancing in the grounds of the Deanery in 1975. A young Tony Daniels nearest the camera.
Janet Westman
Imperial medal for George Dafter. Feb 16th 1968
Part of Terry Crowley's memories of people who took an active part in the life of Bampton
George Dafter. George was a postman in Bampton for 28 years which earned him the Imperial Service Medal; he retired in February 1968. He spent 6 years with 6 M.U. at RAF Brize Norton before the PO.
Nik Stanbridge
Bampton Traditional Morris Men 1968
Black and white photo of Morris dancers taken in 1968 in Ireland
Janet Westman
Bampton Traditional Morris Men 1958
Bertie Clark. Fiddle rear Harry Hampton (fool) Peter Alum, George Hunt, Bobby Wells cake
Bertie (1877.-1958) was another Bampton Morris fiddler, but unlike Wells
was not born into the tradition. He was brought up in London, where he worked at a railway depot
in Camden Town. He had some violin lessons, and played in the railway staff orchestra. Sometime
before the Great War he moved to Carterton, the village next to Bampton. When in 1926 Jinky Wells
had a falling-out with his Morris side, and went off to form his own, Bertie Clark was invited to be
fiddler for the original Bampton Morris; he initially learned the tunes from Cecil Sharp’s published
manuscripts (presumably relations with Wells were such that he wasn’t going to teach them to
Bertie himself!) Recordings of his playing made in 1958 appear on Rig-a-jig jig; dance music of the
south of England from Topic Records’ "Voice of the People" collection. A listen to his playing is very
instructive. At the time he would have been 81 years old, was quite likely well out of practice and
possibly arthritic.
Janet Westman
Bampton Traditional Morris Men 1956
Dancing outside the Wheatsheaf in 1956 Roy Shergold fooling
Janet Westman
Shirt Races in 1955, c1965 and 1989
These three pictures show the Shirt Race over several years. The first race ever took place in 1953 to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. All the contestants wore long night shirts hence the name.
The children's race is seen by the bridge in Buckland Road. In those days the race started by The Swan Inn just beyond the bridge on the left.
In later years, the night shirts were done away with and with fewer and fewer prams available, the modes of transport have varied and the costumes are now so good there is a competition before the races to judge the best one.
Janet Rouse
Bampton Traditional Morris Men 1951
Black and white photo of Morris dancers taken on 1951
outside Elephant and Castle,
Janet Westman