Special Edition for 75th Anniversary of VE Day. Articles about how people celebrated VE Day at the end of the War 2 in and around Oxford.

Photos of the Military Funeral of Jason Mackie held in St. Mary's Church Bampton on 4th June 2009.
Reverend Philip Francis took the service. PDF includes letter of condolence from Prince Philip, Captain General Royal Marines. and a letter from the Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and the order of service.

Soldier in Military Uniform
possibly Ernest Daniels

Shirley Boyce was an Evacuee to Bampton during World War II and has written an account of her time in Bampton staying at a Manor House (Weald Manor?). Which had been divided into flats. She later stayed in Aston. The photo is of evacuated children from Bow, London playing in the grounds of Weald Manor in 1940. Two boys Kenny Howe and Leslie Tucker were billeted in New Road with Mr and Mrs Whighting?

Mary Shergold talks about her experiences as a parlour maid and joining the Land Army in WW2

Brigadier Rupert Crowdy talks about his life in the Indian army on the North Western Frontier in the 1930s

Albert Chambers talks about how he was evacuated from London to Bampton in 1939

An interview with Alice Puttock by Jo Lewington about her childhood and her experiences in WW2. Alice was born in Bampton in Rose Cottage in 1917.

The photograph shows Alice Puttock (nee Brooks) and younger sister Kathleen.

Ruth Wheeler and Edie Quick Talking About Evacuees in WW2

Ruth Wheeler, schooldays, Christmas, birthdays, food, clothes, games

Edie Foreshew Recalls Her Childhood, Early Work And The War.

Image is wedding picture Edie Bishop & Harold Foreshew