The Pill Box by Simon Rae

The Pill Box

The Light of Winter by Brien O'Rourke

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.

This page gives an outline of when and how the West Oxfordshire Arts Association was formed and how it was to be run initially at least.
Saturday May 26th 1973 was the first day of the first exhibition in the Gallery, the upstairs room in the Town Hall

This booklet was produce by the EFDSS pre 1971 because prices are in old money and the UK went decimal February 15th 1971. It is called The Dancing English.

Folk, dance and song.

WOAA got underway with its first exhibitions in the spring of 1973.
Music, drama and dance, film and photography, literature and art were all represented by different panels with its centre in the Gallery of the Town Hall. The panels would meet in various villages and organise exhibitions, lectures, films and live performances involving both amateur and professional talent.

Work by Michael Brockway, a skilled watercolourist were on show along with
Claerwen Holland, using a fusion of drawing with water colour
Ann Hinds, landscapes
John Birkhead, landscapes and chairman of WOAA
Margaret Ralston, (John's wife) exotically decorative panels of Eastern subjects
G.K. Horner, architectural studies
Anthony Bayes, richly coloured work

A photographic exhibition on trees, not unsurprisingly called 'Forest' was put together by John Gillett the art director of SATES (Southern Arts Touring Exhibition Service).

Admiring the work on display at the Gallery in the Town Hall are Karen Taylor aged 8, Edward Forester-Walker aged 7 and Tom Woods aged 5.
Six local schools took part.
Works included portraits of Mum, the local librarian and nurses as well as embroidery, bird paintings and a large collage.

72 page PDF of the July 2012 Bampton Beam, A free publication produced The Bampton Beam is publ ished, under the auspices of Bampton Parish Council, in March, July and November each year, and is distributed free to all households and businesses in Bampton. Sub-Editor Phillipa Timmins-Gray Sub-Editor Melissa Quarterman Artwork Jo Lewington Treasurer Grace Wilkins
Photography Richard Wilkins
ARTICLES AND NOTICES
Welcome to Summer by Louise Timmins-Gray, Editor
The Bampton Beam Needs Your Help!!
Royal British Legion, Poppy Service, The War Memorial, Sunday 11 November
Village Life
Bampton Zimbabwe Project Fair 2012
Rosebank and the Community Come Together by Mandie Oliver, Activities Coordinator
Society for the Protection of Bampton
Bampton Village Hall
Bampton Library – A Brighter Future for Your Library by Lesley Campbell, Lynne Pointer, Robin Shuckburgh and Jane Wallis BLEST (Bampton Library Events Support Team)
Goodbye Emmie’s by Jane Wallis
Bampton Community Shop: The History by Fenella Gray MBE
SPAJERS Donkey Derby Monday 27 August, Sandfords Field
Bampton Gardening Club News by Fenella Gray
Winning Poem from the Annual Garden Show 2011, ‘The Garden Show’ by Annette Minto
Aunty Beam
Sport – Bampton Badminton Club and Bampton Social Netball
Personal Announcements, Obituaries by Fenella Gray – Jonathan Phillips and Hilda Kent
Congratulations – marriage of James and Victoria Lovell
Letters to the Editor
Emmies – A Big Thank You Tom and Sylvia by Fenella Gray
From Belgrade to Bampton (via Bydgoszcz) by Charles Crawford
Questions Answered by Able Community Care
Bampton Baby and Toddler Group
Rouse’s Ramblings – Summer 2012 (1)
Rouse’s Ramblings Summer 2012 (2)
Rouse’s Ramblings Summer 2012 (3)
Rouse’s Ramblings Summer 2012 (4)
It’s a Pampered Life for Me? By Philippa Timmins-Gray
Arts and Culture – Love in the Time of Twitter – Launch of Short Film Competition for Relate, Oxfordshire
West Ox Arts – Oxfordshire Craft Guild Exhibition
An Extra for Downton Abbey by Ann Flute
Bring the Movies Back to Bampton
The Olympic Bell by David Timmins
Bampton Pre-School Playgroup
Jubilee Special by Janet Rouse
St Mary’s Church Flower Festival
West Ox Arts – Portraits of the Queen - an exhibition in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee at West Ox Arts
Fiddles and Feet – by Janet Rouse
The 60th Bampton Shirt Race (a racer’s perspective) by Toby Hopkins
Safer West Oxon – West Oxfordshire Community Safety
SPAJERs Annual Shirt Race
The 60th Annual Shirt Race by Philippa Timmins-Gray
The Chariots!
Bampton’s Got Talent in the Village Hall by Janet Rouse
British Red Cross
Monday 4 June Morris Dancing
Garlands by Ruth Wheeler
Sobell House Hospice Charity Bookshop
Girls Rugby, the Cherubs, Witney RFC
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Sports Afternoon, Tuesday 5 June 2012 by Graham Haslam
The Barn Dance
Crossword
Get Well Wishes for Annette Minto from the Bampton Beam
Meet the Team at Spring Hair Boutique by Alexandra Tandy
Win a Pamper Session at Spring Hair Boutique
Spot On: Biztro by Amy Atkinson
Slimming World – New Consultant
Faringdon Folly Tower and Woodland
HanneyFest - in support of Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance and Hanney Pre-School
Thames Valley Police – Foundation Degree in Policing
Calendar of Events

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