Handwritten Minutes from the Meetings of the Pumpkin Club held at the Cotswold Grill from January 1976 to June 1977
Club President Countess Munster
Vice President Jim Gascoigne
Chairman Ken Mullis
Vice Chairman Ron Saunders
Secretary Bill Govier
Treasurer Mrs J Taylor
Committee Iris Humphries, Jack Lawrence, Dave Passmore. A Jordan,

The pennant of the 3rd Squadron, 14th Signals Regiment, Bampton, flies over Lundy Island where the men from Bampton Signals camp have gone to operate an amateur radio station.

On July 10th 1996 the Bampton branch of the Women's Institute held a garden party to celebrate their 75th anniversary. People who attended includeElizabeth ChambersRose PittsRona Hughes OwensMidge NewmanJanet HuckJoyce LeeElsie

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

Photograph showing a party of Methodist members going on an outing standing in front of bus.
Names have been added to the second copy as follows
Eva Mary Portlock
Mrs Portlock
Dora Townsend
Mrs Townsend
Ted Kitchen
Mrs Smith and Son
Polly
Aggie Beckett
Mrs Bishop
Cecil Robinson
Bert Whitlock

'Go Thou and Do Likewise' is on the top of the banner of the Friendly Society. On Hospital Sunday the members walked from their headquarters in one of the inns to St Mary's for a service and in this picture, they are seen leaving after the annual service. Before the days of the National Health Service, those who could, paid into 'the club' ie the Friendly Society and if they were ill and could not work, sufficient money was provided for the family to buy food. It was literally a life saver for them. The National Health Service came into being July 5th 1948.
1a Foresters A photograph of the Foresters with their banner outside Oathurst, now called Rosebank Nursing Home. Bampton’s Brass band is with them. People paid into clubs like the Foresters then, if they were unable to work, the club kept them from starving. This was before the welfare state came into being and so these friendly societies were very important.

This report on the Survey & Plan of Bampton was done under the guidance of M W Robinson FRICS MTPI in October 1966. It makes very interesting reading and the conclusions are as relevant today as they were then. The topics covered are 1. Population 2. Situation 3. Character 4. The people 5. Shopping 6. Principal road connections 7. Schools 8. Open spaces 9. Social facilities, Public Services etc 10. Surface water drainage 11. Sewage disposal 12. Water supply and much more. It makes a very interesting read particularly in the light of all the dwellings that have been built here since October 1966, all those being built now (Jan 2017) and those being proposed when considering the access into Bampton has not been improved yet in 1966 one of the conclusions states was that Bampton could not take further development, a by-pass was not possible and no further space for parking other than possibly in Church Street could be made. Houses have since been built on the land in Church Street

On May 21st 2014 the Bampton WI banner was hung in the south wing of St Mary The Virgin.The banner was made by Pat Barratt, second from the right, and shows several aspect of Bampton life, notably the Morris dancing,

Bampton had a brass band in the very early days of the twentieth century. The picture of them playing outside the Town Hall, taken in 1908 was kindly lent to the Archive by Barbara Daw.

December 17th 1902 in aid of The Foresters' Brass Band.