The Bampton Beam was published three time a year and delivered free to all households and businesses in Bampton and surrounding villages. Contributions were always welcome, Bampton Beam was published by Wildman Design Ltd and held the copyright to all information it published and on the Bampton Beam website. Editor: James Wildman: Deputy Editor Alexandra Miller Contributors - March 2014 Su Allen, Mark Edgell, Catherine Wilson, Allie Maybrey, Lisa Lane, Nicola Dew, Don Rouse, Anna Pitt Advertising James Wildman Designed by Wildman Design www.wildmandesign.co.uk Printed by The Manson Group Contact details Bampton Beam Dairy Farm House, Buckland Road, Bampton, Oxfordshire OX18 2AA Tel: 01993 850705 Email: editor@bamptonbeam.co.uk In this edition:- Contents Letter from the Editor News Leaflet and tours help cater for Downton demand in West Oxfordshire Business News Cloke and Dagger Wines Parish Council Village notices Doctors New appointment system in place Obituary Alan Clarke Landlord of the Horseshoe Letters Don Rouse’s Ramblings - Floods Nature News from St Mary’s Health Feature Hay fever Nutrition with Nicola Dew From the Nursery with Allie Maybrey Bampton Gardening Club Feature - Emily O’Keeffe Musical Stage Career Feature – Local Pubs use them or lose them Recipes from the Biztro Library Review - The Bell Bampton Sports Clubs
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Tennis Arts - WOA Youth Club School news Funbeams Social - NSPCC Social - Christmas Fair Flooding Crossword Classified advertising Local businesses Useful numbers Diary
Advertisers Abbey properties AC Smart Tiling AK Timms Alexander Technique Andrew Money AR Cook Windows and Doors Arthur's Attic Bampton Clinic Bampton Coffee House Bampton Folk club Bampton Garage Bampton Garden Plants Bampton Gas Bampton Law Bampton Papers Bampton Physiotherapy Bampton Window Cleaning Ben Williams Carpentry Bertie the Sweep Biztro Carpet Options Cotswold Log burners Folly fabrics Graham Newman Computer Services Grey Gables Garage Hedge Express J Wright Plumbing and heating James Wildman Photography Marks Kitchen Martin Drew Chiropodists Morris Clown Nick Nurden Motor Repairs Patrick Strainge Peter Jobson Blinds Pitstop Prestige Buildings Ltd Rohan Outwear Rosebank Care Home The Bampton Clinic The Trout at Tadpole Vicky's Holiday Club Westbrook Framers
These photos show a selection of businesses that are no longer available to the residents: Angela John Antiques, Health Matters, Barclays Bank, John Temple’s Hardware Shop, The Market Square Garage and Showroom where can be seen the clock that originally graced the Town Hall and The Farmhouse Pantry which had previously been a boutique and before that Mr Money ran his shoe maker and repair shop from that premises.
This shop was originally the premises of Mr Money, Boot and Shoemaker in the High Street. After Mr. Money's retirement, Mrs Francis Henley rented the shop for her daughter , Hazel, to run as a boutique. It was later rented by Mona Wilkins whose daughter also ran it as a boutique. It was finally run by Julia Rouse, daughter of Don and Mary, as The Farmhouse Pantry .
Newspaper article about the cancellation of 2023 Shirt Race, which had been one of Oxfordshire’s most popular social events was cancelled in 2023 , The historic Great Shirt Race at Bampton, organised by the Spajers (the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Junketing) - has delighted hundreds of people annually for seven decades. Cancelled because three committee members had resigned. Don Rouse, one of the organisers still in post, was Master of Ceremonies at this race since 1970. The modern version began in 1953 when village gasman John Quick, farmer Doug Read and fishmonger Paul Bevington dreamed up the idea of a pram race through the streets to celebrate the Queen’s Coronation.
Arthur Hill outside his shop 1983 In 1983 Terry Crowley began taking photographs of people in Bampton who worked here, or were born here, or worked for charities here or any combination.
