These are just five of the adverts in the July 2012 issue of The Bampton Beam and are for

Little Westbrook self catering in Bridge Street
A personal trainer
Prestige Buildings
Bampton Garage
S J Cooper, builder

Bampton celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II over 4 days at the beginning of June 2012. These are a few of the reports of some of the events which took place.

In May 2012 our papershop known as Emmies, run by Tom and Silvia Papworth closed for the last time. The letter gives a history of the shop, the people who ran it. It documents not only the passing of the papershop but records the very active part both Sylvia and Tom have played in Bampton's life, for which those of us lucky enough to have known them, their families and their shop will always be very grateful.

Edith Susan Quick nee Sheppard died on September 10th 2020. Edie came from a Bampton family of several generations. Her husband John was the principal founder member of the SPAJERS, our charity which creates fun events to raise funds for local senior citizens. They include the Shirt Race, Donkey Derby, Josie's Grand Draw and in conjunction with Bampton's fire brigade a wonderful bonfire and firework night. In the past there have been balls in Weald Manor.

Bampton Meadows, a new housing development is to be built by Taylor Wimpey at the bottom of Mount Owen Road on the Aston side. Taylor Wimpey have agreed to pay £1.4 million on local amenities.

Councillors across the political spectrum at West Oxfordshire District Council have agreed that changes to the planning system are not suitable for West Oxfordshire.

The Bampton Beam used to be produced 3 times a year. This issue is from December 2003. The topics covered and the advertisers include:-
ARTICLES AND NOTICES
Save Our Post Office
Renovation Work in the Market Square
Affordable Housing Needs Survey- questionnaire enclosed
Bampton Village Hall
Bampton ‘250’ Club list of recent winners
St Mary’s, Bampton 21 December, St Beornwald’s Day concert, ‘A European Christmas’
Christmas Services at the Methodist Chapel, St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Carterton and St Mary’s Bampton
Bampton Parish Council News by David Hawkins, Chairman
Affordable Housing Survey
Local Plan Comments
More Work Units in Bampton
Market Square Improvements
Traffic Calming Build-outs
Skateboarding on the Tennis Courts
Protective Clothing
Insurance Liabilities
‘No-one’s’ Land – next to No 18 The Pieces
Poor Drainage by the Surgery
Annual Fair
Recycling Bins
Parish Press Briefing September 2003
Free legal advice over the telephone – Community Legal Advice Service
The West Oxfordshire Nightstop and Prevention Project
Strengthening Industry Links – free training for voluntary and community groups
Training Opportunities – free to voluntary sector organisations
Funding for Children’s Projects
Volunteers needed for The League of Friends of the Churchill Hospital
District Councillors’ Reports
Bampton Fire Station by Mark Booty
New Licensing Laws
New Road Proposals
Housing Needs Survey by Jonathan Phillips
Proposed Bampton Housing Site – reply from West Oxfordshire District Council
Courtesy on the Roads
Age Concern Oxfordshire, City and County
Bampton Tennis Club
Memories of Bampton by Bill Gibson
Bampton Library
Letters and emails to the Editor
Photograph taken circa 1950 outside The Swan, Bampton, with Traction Engine ‘Pandora’ and David Hunt, John Bond, John Quick and Emmie Sollis
Bojangles, our village hairdressing salon expands
Bampton Welfare Trust
Bampton Environmental Watch Group by Ralph Norman
Notice Board
The Bush Club
Bampton Welfare Trust
Bampton the Way it Was, written by Mrs Freda Bailey
Unusual handmade Christmas gifts and crafts sale held by the Transrural Trust
Christmas Concert in aid of Bridewell Organic Gardens
Bampton Youth Centre
Old Birthday Cards Recycled
Out and About – photographs of The Gardening Club Autumn Show, The Gardening Club Goes to Scotland – A Week in Inverness, Remembrance Day and Children in Need Day
The Children’s Society
Bampton Bridge Club
Bampton Ladies Group
Bampton Exhibition Foundation
Cancer Research – Bampton Branch
Feel Good Factor – Volunteer Link-up
The Carers Centre
Bampton French Book Club
Useful Telephone Numbers
Bampton Museum exhibitions
The Bampton Gardening Club – AGM and Proposed Outings for 2004
The Trophy Winners of the Autumn Show
BBC Radio Gardeners’ Question Time – Witney Corn Exchange
The Bampton Classical Opera by Gilly French
Shillbrook Wood by Colin Allport
Out of Work Farmer Turned Agricultural Correspondent by Don Rouse
Spajers News by Don Rouse
The Bampton Mummers
Society for the Protection of Bampton
West Ox Arts, various exhibitions
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Robert Vesey Room Opening Hours
All Jigged Out – an evening of foot-tapping music by Celtic jazz-funk band
The WOA Stair Lift Appeal
Gallery Life Drawing Classes
Bampton Primary School by Richard Pitt, Parent Governor
Slow Living, A New Society for Bampton
Crossword
Town Hall Bookings
Calendar of Events
WODC Holiday Refuse and Recycling Collection Timetable
Samantha Dickson Research Trust Appeal
LIST OF ADVERTIZERS
Matthew Shaw – Handyman
Roger F J Kerswill Photography
Pellmans, solicitors, Eynsham
Systems & Solutions – computer shop
Gray’s Taxis
The Morris Clown
Cotswold Bed & Breakfast
The Appliance Doctor
Bampton Fax Bureau at Emmies Newsagents
Philippa Rayne, osteopath, Fiona Farmer physiotherapist and Lesley Mellin, reflexologist and aromatherapist
E Taylor & Son, Funeral Directors, Carterton
Curtain Choice
The Pitstop and Oxford Carb Services
The Robert and Doris Watts Residential & Nursing Home, Carterton
W I Markets, Masonic Hall, Witney
N J Woodley, building maintenance
Temples, DIY, Ironmongery, Paint, Wood, Cement, Sand, Gravel, Toys, Gifts and Candles
A Simmonds, The Old-Fashioned Village Store
Andrew Bowman, Master Thatcher
Tony Hughes, scissor sharpening
DIY Livery, Calais Oak Farm, Bampton
A Bonner, Carpenter/Handyman
Grange Photographic
The Post Office
The Cotton Club
The Horseshoe Inn
Patrick Strainge, Butchers
Bampton Cars
Danetree, veterinary surgeons, Faringdon
N Nurden Motor Body Repairs
P & S Builders
Lynwood Leisure Buildings Ltd
Personal Training – Gail Booth
Oxford Double Glazing, Summertown, Oxford
Grey Gables Garage
Londis, community shop
Logs for sale ring George
Witney Lakes Resort
Domino Menswear, Witney
R Cooper, Builders, Painters, Decorators, Carpentry, Joinery, Dry Stone Walling
The Standlake Garage
Bojangles Hairdressers
Bodytalk, remedial sports massage
Abbey Properties Estate Agents
The Romany Inn
Electric Vehicles Ltd

Pierre Bovington, the son of Yvette is welcomed back home from the Falklands War in 1982. In the photograph are

1. Herbert Lock, son of Bill
2. Ron Hickman – butcher
3. Henry Willis
4. Betty Lock
5. Yvette Bovington
7. Pierre, Yvette’s son back from Falklands
8. Billy Mathews
9. Jane Willis
10. Mrs Betty Hickman, the butcher’s wife

Witney Gazette August 2014. WODC vows to fight the study showing that the area should build 13,000.
The council in August 2014 was still updating its local plan and that has left the whole area open to speculators to build large estates in areas that are known by locals to flood and where local doctors' surgeries are already so full it can take 3 weeks to get an appointment.
There is far more detail in the article.

The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year. This issue is from April 2002. The topics covered and the advertisers include:-

ARTICLES AND NOTICES
Parish Council and District Council Elections 2nd May 2002
Photograph of flooding and Morris Dancers outside the Elephant and Castle 1932
Bampton Riddle
A Skateboard Park for Bampton?
Bampton Village Hall
Bampton ‘250’ Club list of winners
Blood Donor Session Cancelled – by Susan Phillips
Grand Plant Sale
Bampton Methodist Chapel by Linden Burley
The Burford Singers
Magpie Lane Concert in aid of Friends of St Mary’s
The Secret Gardens of Bampton by Ian McLintock
Easter Church Services at St Mary’s
Bampton Parish Council News by David Hawkins, Chairman
Village College
Support for the Post Office
Town Hall – Lift for Disabled
Parking on Pavements
Do Fouling
Golden Jubilee Celebrations
Council Tax Increases
Oxfordshire Special Conservation Award (OSCA) Success
Market Square Improvements
West Oxfordshire District Council News by Jonathan Phillips, District Officer
New Pavilion Manager – Ray Willis appointed
Parish Assembly Meeting
Bampton Classical Opera 19th and 20th July 2002
Farmers’ Market, Monday 6 May 2002
New Bus Timetables
A Bampton Museum? By Jo Lewington
Letters and emails to the Editor
The Bampton Recreation Ground
Bampton-in-the-Bush Cricket Club
The Pavilion
Bampton Youth Football Club
Bampton Archery Club
Short Mat Bowls
Bampton Town Football Club
The Horseshoes Football Club
Bampton Gun Club
Bampton Weightlifting Club
Bampton Badminton Club
Bampton Archery Club
Bampton Tennis Club
Society for the Protection of Bampton
Parent Partnership Oxfordshire
Could you be a Citizen Advocate?
Learning Grant Scheme
Sobell House Hospice Charity
Volunteer Link-Up
Age Concern, Oxfordshire
Remembrances of My Service in the US Army Part1: Panama to Bampton by Dick Ford, US Army 1941 – 1945
May Garlands by Ruth Wheeler
Spajers News by Don Rouse
Minor Injuries Unit at Witney Community Hospital
Notice Board
Still Too Fast – speeding cars
Macmillan Cancer Relief, Bampton, Faringdon and Carterton
The Children’s Society
Bampton Ladies Group
The Cancer Research Campaign
Bampton Youth Centre by Colin Allport
The Bush Club
Flower Guild of St Mary the Virgin, Bampton
Bampton Welfare Trust
Bampton Exhibition Foundation
Bampton Bridge Club
Community Lunches
Bampton Websites
Useful telephone numbers
Out and About – photographs of Bampton and the Bampton Gardening Club
Shillbrook Wood by Colin Allport
Answer to the riddle on front page – photograph of Francis Shergold and Fred Lomas
Thames Travel Bus Timetable
Letters to Auntie Beam
The Gardening Page by Edie Bindweed
The Gardening Club News
Out of Work Farmer Turned Agricultural Correspondent by Don Rouse
Two Very Committed Women of Bampton by Fenella Gray – Hilda Kent and Margaret Howes
Bampton Golden Jubilee Celebrations
David Cameron MP – advice centres across West Oxfordshire
Postwatch Representative – voice of the consumer, Derrick Millard
Bampton Spajers Golden Jubilee 50th Shirt Race
A Decade of Bampton Classical Opera by Gilly French and Jeremy Gray
The Bike Project by Jo Lewington
The Cookery Corner by Gilly French – entertaining on a budget
West Ox Arts
New West Ox Arts Administrator – Abigail Ballinger
Medieval In Minds – Alison Merry and Friends
North Oxfordshire College, Banbury, Exhibition
Exhibitions in the Robert Vesey Room, Bampton Library
An Eye on the East – Hugh Sowden
Gallery Life Drawing Classes
Oxfordshire Arts Week – Open Studio
Crossword
Town Hall Bookings
Calendar of Events
WODC Environmental Services

LIST OF ADVERTIZERS
Oxford Double Glazing, Summertown, Oxford
Grey Gables Garage
Londis, community shop
Garden Trading Company
The Morris Clown
Bampton Fax Bureau at Emmies Newsagents
Cotswold Electronics, TV, Video, Audio, Microwave repairs
Lynwood Leisure Buildings Ltd
Bampton Cars
The Horseshoe Inn
N Nurden, Motor Body Repairs
Patrick Strainge, Butchers
Philippa Rayne, osteopath, Fiona Farmer physiotherapist and Lesley Mellin, reflexologist and aromatherapist
Danetree, veterinary surgeons, Faringdon
E Taylor & Son, Funeral Directors, Carterton
Curtain Choice
N J Woodley, building maintenance
Temples, DIY, Ironmongery, Paint, Wood, Cement, Sand, Gravel, Toys, Gifts and Candles
A Simmonds, The Old-Fashioned Village Store
Andrew Bowman, Master Thatcher
Tony Hughes, scissor sharpening
The Pitstop and Oxford Carb Services
The Elephant & Castle
The Robert and Doris Watts Residential & Nursing Home, Carterton
Pellmans, solicitors, Eynsham
The Flower Mill
Foxbury Farm, Brize Norton
The Appliance Doctor
Little Chicks Childminders
Live-in Home and Pet Minding Service – Jacqueline and Merv
Don Rouse Cars
Abbey Properties Estate Agents
The Romany Inn
Electric Vehicles Ltd
Domino Menswear, Witney
R Cooper, Builders, Painters, Decorators, Carpentry, Joinery, Dry Stone Walling
The Standlake Garage
Bojangles Hairdressers
Bodytalk, remedial sports massage