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East meets West at West Oxfordshire Arts Gallery November 1997
East meets West in a different sense at the Gallery in Bampton Town Hall from November 1st 1997. It's the title of the exhibition featuring the work of Oxford based painter Neil Drury, famed for the vibrant colour of his still life works and...
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21st birthday of the women's section British Legion football match v men
21st birthday celebration of the women's section British Legion with a football match v men. Names include1. Jane Woodley2. Audrey Court3. Freda Bradley4. Betty Collett5. Joan Keyte6. Kath Walker78. Primrose Seacole9. Pat Curtis10. Sharon Fo...
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Workshops organised by West Oxfordshire Art Association July 1997
West Oxfordshire Arts Association organised three workshops.1. A stone carving day held in Pat Elmore's studio in Longcot2. A creative letter workshop with Gerry Glaister for youngsters aged 8-11 and a good grounding in calligraphy.3. Fiddles...
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Oxford Arts Society exhibit in Bampton Town Hall May 1997
The Oxford Arts society exhibited in the Town Hall Gallery because their usual exhibition space in the Westgate Library was no longer available to them. Peter Ross, Norman Hayes, Annabelle Gregory, Neville Crowson and Rebecca Buck were some of th...
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Peter Ross wins the £500 prize donated by Burford Garden Centre April 1997
In April 1997 Peter Ross was awarded first prize of £500 donated by Burford Garden Centre for his portrait of the poet W.H. Auden in the spring painting competition. Seen in one of the pictures are Ernest Rosengard the chairman of West Oxfordshir...
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Hands-on sculpture lesson in West Ox Arts Gallery April 1997
Sculptor Pat Elmore's students held an exhibition in the West Ox Arts gallery and in the picture beginners Adrian Williams and Sally Proctor are seen trying their hand with Pat's guidance.The cutting is from the Faringdon Folly April 1997.
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Art from all over the world at West Oxfordshire Arts Gallery January 1997
Sally Proctor and Denise Davies are seen looking at some of the exhibitions in the January 1997 exhibition in the West Oxfordshire Arts Gallery. All the pieces on display are inspired by the members' travels around the world. Work by some o...
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A workshop for children at West Oxfordshire Arts gallery Nov 1996
In November 1996 West Oxfordshire Arts held a workshop for children on the theme of Guy Fawkes called Sparklers, Rockets and Bangers.The centre's administrator Sally Proctor led the workshop along with Martin Bishop, Margaret Bishop and Clair...
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Vital showcase for amateur artists at West Oxfordshire Arts
Four newspaper cuttings from October 1996 extolling the value of exhibitions for amateur artists at West Oxfordshire Art Gallery. The exhibits include oil and water colour paintings, jewellery, waistcoats and hats, stoneware and embroidery. This...
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Ann Manly & Dennis Harrison exhibition November 2000
This is the flyer for an exhibition by Ann Manly and her husband Dennis Harrison in November 2000. All their paintings were done outside and part of the exhibition is Grand Canal, Venice by Dennis and the other part is Dordogne Vineyard, France b...
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Kathy Scott talks with Ann Manly & husband Dennis Harrison 1992
Kathy Scott from the Oxford Times talked with Ann Manly and her husband Dennis Harrison about their art works. They both love painting outside and despite Ann's failing eyesight caused by diabetes, she kept painting almost to the end of her ...
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Ann Manly & husband Dennis Harrison exhibit 90 pictures 1988
In October and November 1988 Ann Manly and her husband Dennis Harrison exhibited 90 of their recent paintings, half done on location in a very cold Venice.
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Ann Manly & Dennis Harrison, Capturing The Moment. March to April 2012
This exhibition in the West Ox Arts Gallery, in the upstairs of the Town Hall ran from March 11th to April 1st 2012 and was titled 'Capturing The Moment.'In 1973 John Birkhead set up WOA and Ann became its first secretary. Originally WO...
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1980 West Ox Arts celebrates its 7th year with an open air event at Radcot Bridge
To mark its 7th year West Ox Arts held an exhibition of 100 of its 250 local artists' work on the banks of the river Thames at Radcot.The event was in the grounds of the Swan Inn at Radcot and in one picture you can see members Dennis Harriso...
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Street party in Glebelands on the day of the Royal Wedding July 29th 1981 when Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer.
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Donkey Derby in Sandfords Field 2007
Donkey Derby 2007 organised by the SPAJERS and held in Sandfords Field on August Bank Holiday Monday each. The money raised while having fun is to make sure Bampton's pensioners have fun; they are taken to the seaside for a day by luxury coa...
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Elsie Portlock and others in fancy dress.
Elsie Portlock and others in fancy dress.
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Dawn and Tina Mansfield in fancy dress.
Dawn and Tina Mansfield in fancy dress having just passed the Elephant and Castle Inn. Note pre-decimalisation prices of the ice cream. 1d was 1 penny and 240 pennies made £1.
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Bush Club outing to have tea at Horace Holifield's in Ramsden in 1999.
Bush Club outing to have tea at Horace Holifield's in Ramsden in 1999.Horace did a huge amount for many charitable organisations and kitted out his home and garden to enable groups of about 40 to have a lunch or tea there and Horace would ent...
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Tea at Lavender Place Flats, 1997
Tea at Lavender Place Flats 1997. Left to right:- Daisy Gill, Laura Turnham, Joan(or real name Beryl) Smith and one other lady.Sadly, the flats are to be pulled down and all the residents have been told to find somewhere else to live. At this mom...
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Barn Dance held in St. Mary's Church in 2003.
This was a barn dance held in Saint Mary's in 2003 to help raise funds for the church. Bampton is lucky to have kept its retained fire service and the firemen and women very kindly move the pews both before and after the event. The Woodpeck...
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Jack and Godfrey Horne in fancy dress in 1924
Jack and Godfrey Horne in fancy dress in 1924.Godfrey Horne was killed in action in France. He was in one of the Guards regiments in WWII
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Shirt Race outside The Lamb in the Market Square c1959
The contestants in the Shirt Race are at The Lamb Inn in the Market Square. This Inn was known locally as The Tree because there was a very large Ash tree in the garden.Notice the British Railways timetable on the wall. The Bampton and Brize Nor...
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The Old Forge and neighbouring properties
To the right of Cromwell House as seen from the road is The Old Forge, which was as its name suggests the site of a forge at one time but is now a private house, partly in Cheapside and partly in Church Street.Cromwell House may have got its name ...
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Call to fund a national memorial for our Ox & Bucks D-Day heroes. Autumn 2015
Witney Gazette, autumn 2015. Call to fund a national memorial for our Ox & Bucks D-Day heroes. Fitting tribute: The design for the memorial to the 2nd Battalion D Company of the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry’s heroic Pegasus Bridge operation ...
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Vera Elward aged 8 year old with her class c1930
This is a class photograph taken about 1930. Vera Elward was then Vera Tanner and she is the blond girl centre front. The remaining 27 pictures are of each child with their name underneathBack row L-R Arthur Beckley, George Bunce, Ronnie Peachy ...
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The Bampton WI banner is housed in St Mary's May 21st 2014
With the rather sad demise of the Bampton branch of the WI the lovely banner, made by Pat Barratt, was officially welcomed and hung in Saint Mary's in Bampton. One picture shows the diminished group of ex Bampton members attending the little...
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Nan and George Dafter visiting his brother Bernard in the USA
Bernard Dafter used to live at Home Farm in the High Street. The farm buildings were behind the house and he rented land north of New Road when there were not houses north of the road. Bernard and his wife Phyllis Jean nee Sillman emigrated to t...
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George Dutton, Bill Mathews and his son Billy and Billy's grandmother
Dutton the grocery shop also contained a bank and when the bank became Midland Bank and moved to a property next-door-but one, George moved out of the shop to run the bank full time and sold the grocery business to Bill Mathews. In the photograph...
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Pauline Weston and her sister dressed as the Bisto Kids in a fancy dress competition in the late 1950s
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Fete at Weald Manor to raise funds for new floor in St Mary's
This is a newspaper article from the Oxford Times June 10th 1960 which talks about the fete held at Weald Manor by kind permission of Mrs A.M. Colvile and her son Major R.A. Colvile. It was to raise funds for the renewal of part of the floor insi...
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Bampton children on the church wall waiting for the bride & groom to come out of church
These children are sitting on the church wall passing time waiting for the bride and groom to come out of the church. The children includeKen LomasStan RadbandEllen CurtisPatricia and Pauline HooperSusan Hunt.
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Bill Daniels and his school class c1944
This is a school photograph of a class probably taken in 1944.Pupils named on the photograph includeFred BishopFred BrooksBill DanielsBrian SaddlerBob HuntDennis GreenBrian BarnettIvy WhitlockAmelia WrightDiane SaddlerJacqueline NicholsonDoreen Cl...
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Bampton Town Football club 1918-1919 season
This is a picture of Bampton Town's football club in the 1918-1919 season.The man in the stripped top next to the man in the bowler hat is Bill Hudson.
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A meeting of Radley College Beagles at Ditchley Farm, Lew. 2003.
A meeting of Radley College Beagles at Ditchley Farm, Lew. 2003.
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Derek Dixey home on leave during his National Service
Derek Dixey was one of four brothers and one sister and in this picture he is seen in military uniform at home on leave in Bampton in the 1950s
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This newspaper cutting from the Oxford Mail of 1955 covers the 3rd Great Shirt Race to be held in Bampton, the first one being part of the celebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. The race was started by firing a double barrel...
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May Queen, Tina Sarahs turning into Church View in 1965
The procession including the May Queen, Tina Sarahs and her attendants turning into Church View in 1965
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These adverts are all taken from the November 2010 issue of The Beam.1. Trevor Gardner, General Carpentry, fitted kitchens & bedrooms, door fitting, new locks, painting & decorating.2. Bampton Fax Bureau. Call in and send a fax message, ...
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'Father and Dart' in 1890. Picture donated by RHC Davies. The name of 'Father' is not known
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Sales brochure for Weald Manor 1880 and again 1886
Sale notice for Weald Manor on June 4th 1880 and another sale noticeFreehold & Tithe-Free pasture & arable land for sale August 2nd 1886
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W Payne & Son, Great Western Railway Co Agents, Bampton and Lechlade.
W Payne & Son, Great Western Railway Co Agents, Bampton and Lechlade. Cab & Omnibus Proprietors, horses, brakes, carriages etc for hire. Cartage contractors and furniture removers. Chief office The Hill, Witney Oxon. Railway depots Bampton...
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Bampton Football team late 1950s
This picture was taken in the late 1950s or very early 1960s. The names of the people are all printed on the photograph and includeTony AllamJohn MarstonVernon CannonsTed HardingGeoff WilsonJim SweetinghamJim BartonGeorge DafterChris TimmsFred Mi...
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Coach outing from Bampton c1933
This was a coach out from Bampton with many members of the Green family, all named on the photograph
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Lloyd Hughes Owens encouraged some of his past pupils who had left school to form the 'Old Bamptonians hockey team.'Going from left to right, they are1. Monica Newman2. Janette Keyte3. Gail Govier4. Jean or Sally Addison5. ?6. Bernadette...
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Francis George Shergold in 2002 & his obituary in the Guardian January 2009
This obituary was in The Guardian newspaper January 13th 2009. Francis was born on January 31st 1919 and died on November 27th 2009. The article was written by Derek Schofield.
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Cast and program of WI Drama Group; 'The Plot Thickens' and 'Babes In The Wood'
The Bampton WI Drama Group under Hilda Pickard put on many plays and pantomimes which were always brilliantly done and greatly enjoyed.This shows the cast members of Babes in The Wood and The Plot Thickens, two short plays done either side of the ...
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'Jack and The Beanstalk' by Bampton WI Drama Group January 1965
'Jack and The Beanstalk' was a pantomime put on by the Bampton WI Drama group and produced by Hilda Pickard in January 1965.
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'One Hour To Dusk' and 'Poor Mr Shakespeare' by Bampton WI Drama Group 1966
'One Hour To Dusk' was a thriller performed before the interval and the light-hearted 'Poor Mr Shakespeare' afterwards, by the Bampton WI Drama Group produced by Hilda Pickard.All the WI Drama Group plays produced by Hilda were...
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The Witney Gazette March 11th 2015 mentioned photographer Barry Dale and potter Crabby Taylor who held their show 'Secrets Disclosed' in the West Ox Arts Gallery upstairs in the Town Hall.
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John Jaques from Bampton has been made chairman of the Under 30s Farmers' Club
Witney Gazette March 11th 2015 notes that John Jaques from Bampton has been made chairman of the Under 30s Farmers' Club.John is no relative of Sue Jaques who used to own and run the shop that is now a private dwelling called No4 Town House o...
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Peter Davis and his exhibition in the Old Grammar School about Witney Airfield 2015
Witney Gazette June 24th 2015.Peter Davis from Church Street put on a detailed and very interesting exhibition for the Bampton Community Archive in the Old Grammar School, Church Close about the Witney Airfield. The only suggestion of an airfield...
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St Mary's choir sing Evensong at Lichfield Cathedral April 18th 2015
On Saturday April 18th 2015 the choir from St Mary The Virgin, Bampton went to Lichfield Cathedral to sing Sung Evensong. Choir master and conductor David New, organist on the day for the choir was John Ridgway.Gentleman left to right Andrew Hiche...
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The wedding of George Frederick Lomas and Lillian Frances Ody at St Mary The Virgin, Bampton c1938. They lived in Belgrave Cottages, Church Street until the late 1990s when Fred, then a widower moved to a bungalow in Manor View. They are both bu...
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Hughes' Garage in Cheapside in 1966
The garage in the Market Square was in existence at the start of the C20th when Oliver Onesipherous Collett owned and ran it. Around the middle of the twentieth century it was bought by Len Hughes and it's interesting to note that he left th...
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A brief history of the education at Weald Manor
A brief history of Weald Manor• An Academy for young gentlemen is mentioned in 1790• Followed by John Beechey's Mansion House Academy in 1815 which moved into Weald Manor in the 1820s and closed in the late 1850s. In 1830 it was called a &#...
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The Life and Work of Tony Page 1928 to 2015
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. It was through Tony's shea...
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Bampton National School class photo 1922
This photograph, taken in 1922 according to the date on the bottom right corner, is of a class at Bampton National School in Church View. It is sad that we don't know the names of any of the children in the picture. The picture was lent to t...
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Brigadier Rupert Crowdy celebrated his 105th birthday March 13th 2015
Brigadier Rupert Crowdy OBE served in the army in India and Burma and afterwards he organised the 'shipping' of coal into Berlin during the Berlin Siege. In 1962 he was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Queen.
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This article appeared in the Memory Lane section of the Witney Gazette March 4th 2015. It recalls a time when local residents lost patience waiting for Oxfordshire County Council to organise cleaning of the road-sides. So the council and other l...
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Bampton Morris Dancers from 1894 to 1950
2f. Castle farm. Barn or railway carriage in the farmyard behind the visiting Headington Quarry Morris dancers in 1949. George Hunt is the fool.2k. Jingy Wells with Bertie Clark, Bill Kimber, Sam Bennett and several named Bampton people.2o. Ear...
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WI March meeting, theme 'A Russian Evening' 1972
A newspaper cutting from 1972 reporting on a WI meeting in March where the theme of the evening was 'A Russian Evening.'A new member was welcomed and Jean Howell agreed to be their representative at the AGM in London at the Albert Hall ...
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Newspaper report on several clubs in Bampton 1972
This newspaper cutting from 1972 which talks about the events at several clubs in Bampton.The Women's Institute and Women's Legion trip to RAF Brize Norton.Badminton Club.Numismatic SocietyDarby & Joan ClubSchool Fete
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1971 - WI Golden Jubilee year for Bampton
In 1971 The Bampton branch of the Women's Institute celebrated its Golden Jubilee. This newspaper cutting reports on some of the activities.
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Service in the Market Square, early C20th
I was given these to pictures in digital format when I took over being Archivist, with no indication of who lent them to the Archive to scan, what the occasion was or the date. If anyone can help please contact the Archive via the link on the fro...
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A little information about Constables the Bakery in the Market Square
Some questions were put by Janet Rouse to Janet Newman about Constables the Bakery on the west side of the Market Square. Tony Allam's name should have been spelt with an A not a U.
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Men beginning to set up one of the rides at the Bampton Fair in the Market Square c1960s
Men beginning to set up one of the rides at the Bampton Fair in the Market Square. Date not known but possibly 1960s
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Horses and hounds at the Bampton Carnival in 1961 in Sandfords field
Horses and hounds at the Bampton Carnival in 1961 in Sandfords field
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Five views of Bampton on one postcard - late 1960s
A postcard with 5 views of Bampton including The War Memorial, the South side of the Market Square, south east aspect of St Mary The Virgin, The Highmoor Brook having gone under the road by Brook House and Town Hall with Market Square Garage in th...
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Church View looking north to St Mary's, late 1960s
A view along Church View in the late 1960s with St Mary's at the north end. Not a car in sight which is something you won't see now unless Downton Abbey are filming here.
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An airmail letter from B Howse in Christchurch New Zealand to Mrs Townsend at Ashtree farm in Weald April 1969. Mrs Townsend was originally the widow Mrs Sollis from The Swan.
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Invoice for household items from Cook & Boggis August 24th 1923
An invoice from Cook and Boggis of Witney August 24th 1923 for achest of drawers,2 bedroom chairs,1 wash stand,1 bowl and 1 bucketfor the total sum of £4 7s 5d four pounds thirty seven pence and a half penny.This was lent to the Archive to copy by...
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Leaflet produced January 1st 1947 regarding wild birds
Leaflet produced January 1st 1947 regarding wild birds. It states which are protected all the time, some at certain times of the year and which birds' eggs may not be taken. By virtue of the Wild Birds Protection Acts 1880-1939 and an order ...
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An invoice from R Oakey & Sons Ltd Haulage Contractors and Cattle Conveyors. A load of tied straw from Mr R Smith's farm in Highworth to Ashtree farm in Weald Street. February 10th 1960 Cost £3.Alec had a 7-acre field in Welcome Way on ...
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Invoice to Alec Townsend for burial of his wife Elizabeth Ann May 24th 1963
This is an invoice to Mr Alex Townsend of Ash Tree farm in Weald Street from the undertakers M Long and Sons after dealing with the body of his wife Elizabeth Ann Townsend.May 24th 1963.Cemetery fee £3,Vicar's fee £1,use of church and caretak...
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Sale of the Benfield Estate September 22nd 1982
This is the sales brochure for the sale of the Benfield Estate in Bampton on September 22nd 1982
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Local newspaper. 1967. Marriage of Colin Reginald Rouse of Backhouse farm Bampton and Pauline Joy Marriott at St Britius church Brize Norton on October 7th. The reception for 80 people was held in the Victory Hut in Brize Norton. The photograph is...
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AGM of Bampton branch of the British Legion plus Women's section 1968
From a Local newspaper. Feb 1968. Report of the AGM of Bampton Branch of the British Legion along with the Women's section. President Capt C R Radclyffe; Chairman P Mathem; vice chairman E Spurrett; secretary John Quick; standard bearer W Jac...
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Mr Oswald Bartlett of Field Cottage is 100 years old
Mr Oswald Bartlett the day before his 100th birthday with his wife Doris. They lived in Field Cottage which is the church end of Sandfords Field. He was born in 1877 when Queen Victoria still had 24 more years to go on the throne.Cars have been ...
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The induction of Rev. Derek Frost June 1976.
In June 1976 Rev Derek Frost became the new vicar of the newly created parish of Bampton with Clanfield including Aston, Lew and Shifford.One of the cuttings from the Witney Gazette June 1976 says ... History was made at Bampton on Tuesday of last...
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Knapps farmhouse for sale in 1999 for £350,000
Newspaper cuttings from the Oxford Times 1999.The thatched eastern end of Knapps farmhouse was originally built as a timber framed medieval hall in the C14th. The stone walled section built under a slate and thatched roof was built in the C17th a...
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Newspaper clipping from the Witney Gazette April 11th 1958.J L Hughes Owens recalls a time during the Boar War when a Bampton resident got a telegram from his son in London saying Mafeking had been relieved. The townsfolk went wild with much drink...
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A leaflet has been sent to every house asking for help, done under the guidance of Rev. J Fletcher-Campbell, the rural dean; early to mid 1970s to raise funds for urgent repairs to St Mary's.
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Newspaper clipping from the Witney Gazette April 4th 1958 advertising the weekly cattle market held in Witney. In 1958 there were still trains from Bampton and Brize Norton railway station which made it easy to take cattle, sheep and pigs to the ...
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Wedding of Miss Rose Bishop and Mr Cyril Greenway 1949
Newspaper cutting re the wedding of Miss Rose Bishop and Mr Cyril Greenway in the last quarter of 1949. Rose was a sister of Emmie Papworth nee Bishop. The service was conducted by the Rev. C.O. Price assisted by the Rev C. Sutton the Methodist M...
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Wedding of Mary Rose Gerring of Sandford House and Jeffrey John Mcdougall August 1st 1975
Newspaper cutting re the wedding of Mary Rose Gerring of Sandford House and Jeffrey John Mcdougall August 1st 1975. Rose's parents were Arthur and Rose Gerring, farmers.
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Bampton with Lew church news sheet for September 1951.
Bampton with Lew church news sheet for September 1951. Thoughts from Cyril C Kelway, vicar.Harvest thanksgiving service; copy of notice to be found in the church porch where the PPC invites applications for the post of Clerk and Sexton; the choirG...
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Bampton with Lew church news sheet for June 1951
Bampton with Lew church news sheet for June 1951. Letter by Cyril C Kelway, vicarTopics include Church spring-cleaning; Confirmation; Guild of St Mary's; visiting preachers.From the registers, Holy Baptism of1. Geraldine Mary daughter of Herb...
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A program of entertainments on Coronation Day June 2nd 1953.
Bampton did much to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on June 2nd 1953. This is the program for the day in Bampton,
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This is a newspaper cutting from the Witney Gazette of March 14th 1991 to advertise a seminar on child care to be held in Oxford for working parents.
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1. Milk token book for Frederick James Gerring born June 26th 1951 at Sandford House
This is the milk ration book for Frederick Gerring, born June 26th 1951 and living with his parents Rose and Arthur Gerring at Sandford House, Church View.
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This is the Welfare Foods Service Entitlement Book for Frederick Gerring at Sandford House 1951-1955. Orange juice & vitamins. His date of birth on the front cover is June 26th 1951. It was for Orange Juice and Cod Liver Oil.
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Clothing Ration book for Rose F Sollis 1947-1948 at The Swan Inn, Buckland Road
This is the clothes ration book for Rose F Sollis who lived at The Swan Inn in Buckland Road.The book had to be handed to the shopkeeper for him or her to take out the appropriate coupon; it was illegal for a shopkeeper to accept loose coupons. ...
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Ration book for Rose Gerring 1953-1954
Rationing continued long after the end of WWII. As some items became more plentiful they were taken off ration but as this book belonging to Rose Gerring shows, meat, fats, cheese, bacon and sugar were still on ration in 1953-54.The supplier of e...
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Ration book post WWII for Frederick Arthur Gerring
Long after the end of WWII there was food rationing. As certain items became a little more plentiful they were removed from rationing but as late as 1954 some items were still on ration.This is a ration book, what is left of it, that belonged to ...
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St Mary's choir boys on an outing to Southsea in 1947
In 1947 no girls were allowed in the choir at St Mary's which was quite normal in most churches at that time. In the summer of 1947 these 9 choirboys were taken on an outing to Southsea as a treat. Back row L-R Bill Daniels, Philip Addison,...
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Letters to Rose Sollis from Arthur Gerring who was in India
These two letters were written to Rose Sollis by Arthur Gerring who was in the army in India during WWII. They married when Arthur came home after demob.The writing is beautiful, both content and visually.
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These are 4 letters from a Mrs Roberts in Wantage to Mrs Sollis at The Swan Inn in Buckland Road. It looks as if Mrs Sollis has shown interest in buying a property from Mrs Roberts. The final letter tells Mrs Sollis the cottage has been sold to ...
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In 1963 Mrs Sollis decided she would sell The Swan Inn in Buckland Road. She had been a widow for several years and had happily met and fallen in love with Alec Townsend of Ash Tree farm in Weald Street. They were to marry and she moved to the f...
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Letter dated July 31st 1963 from Thornton Baker & Co chartered accountants to Mrs Sollis at The Swan Inn, Buckland Rd enclosing a "fair copy of your accounts to the 4th April, 1963, the date you ceased trading.
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