Ruby Riches was a headteacher in Aston. She celebrated her 100th birthday in the wonderful care home in Bampton, Rose Bank.

Copy of Newspaper Cutting reporting the passing of Jean Countess of Donoughmore. This is the mother of Lord Donoughmore, the 8th Earl of Donoughmore resident of Bampton, he lived in The Manor for several years and a prominent member of the SPAJERS and other Bampton organisations. The article also reports on the kidnapping of Lord and Lady Donoughmore by the IRA in 1974 and made National headlines.

Jean Countess of Donoughmore, who died aged 89, was kidnapped by the IRA along with her husband in 1974. The Earl and Countess of Donoughmore were kidnapped from their home in Knocklofty, Clonmel, Co Tipperary in June 1974.
She married John Michael Henry Hely Hutchinson in 1925. He was the elder son of the 6th Earl of Donoughmore. During the second World War she was in charge of the Red Cross in the East End of London and was made an MBE for her work in 1947.
Following the death of the 7th Earl of Donoughmore in 1981, he was succeeded as the 8th Earl by his son , who came to live at Bampton Manor, Broad Street and later at Frogwell, Bushey Row.

L to R. Lucy Slatter, Terry Argles, Terry Crowley, all living in Church Street. May, 1997. Lucy Slatter died 2008.

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.

A group of five children from Bampton C of E Primary School ready to go out and sell poppies. Left to right they are

Hannah Pearce
Tom Bradley
Daniel Barratt
Louise Hampton - became Mrs Mustoe
Andrew Licence

Photograph of Oil Painting by Hilda Kent of The Talbot and Town Hall

Wedding Day for Natasha Papworth, seen here with her parents Tom and Sylvia Papworth. They are standing in the doorway of their home, Emmies, the papershop which sadly closed for the last time in 2012.

Photograph of Oil Painting painted by Hilda Kent showing Arthur antique shop

Photograph of John Temple standing in the doorway of his Hardware Store, Next to Londis Shop in Market Square. Not known date.