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Dora Townsend sitting on a pig

Dora Townsend sitting on a pig

  • BCA - 2021.3067
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  • 1927

Dora Townsend as a child sitting on a pig, 1927 when she lived at the Elephant and Castle. Her parents were Albert and Mary Elizabeth Townsend and she had older sister Ethel and Gladys and a brother Albert who was always known as either Son or Sonner

Nik Stanbridge

Albert Townsend with his pony and trap

Albert Townsend with his pony and trap

  • BCA - 2021.3102
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  • 2021

Albert Townsend with pony & trap. He bought the Elephant & Castle in 1911 then moved across the road when he bought Castle Farm in 1939 where he raised pigs. He also ran a coal deliver business, collecting the coal in bulk from Brize Norton and Bampton railway station in a once of the first lorries ever owned by someone in Bampton. He used a beautiful horse drawn vehicle as a taxi taking people to and from the station and was basically a true entrepreneur.

Nik Stanbridge

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