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

Dr Bullen with a prize catch, a salmon

Horses and hounds at the Bampton Carnival in 1961 in Sandfords field

img279 New walking group with Bampton Physiotherapy

Janet and Jean Elward swimming at Sandy Beach on the Thames 1950

Witney Gazette August 13th 2014. Doris and Mike Cleaver have been honoured for their amazing charity work for Cancer Research UK

First time Foresters lead by their own brass band, 1905

6 pages magazine produced by group of young people covering news and events in the local Villages Alvescot, Bampton, Kencot, Broadwell and Brize Norton. Published be West Oxfordshire Arts Association Literary panel at Grange Cottage April 1975 costing 15 pence.

Photograph showing a party of Methodist members going on an outing standing in front of bus.
Names have been added to the second copy as follows
Eva Mary Portlock
Mrs Portlock
Dora Townsend
Mrs Townsend
Ted Kitchen
Mrs Smith and Son
Polly
Aggie Beckett
Mrs Bishop
Cecil Robinson
Bert Whitlock

'Go Thou and Do Likewise' is on the top of the banner of the Friendly Society. On Hospital Sunday the members walked from their headquarters in one of the inns to St Mary's for a service and in this picture, they are seen leaving after the annual service. Before the days of the National Health Service, those who could, paid into 'the club' ie the Friendly Society and if they were ill and could not work, sufficient money was provided for the family to buy food. It was literally a life saver for them. The National Health Service came into being July 5th 1948.
1a Foresters A photograph of the Foresters with their banner outside Oathurst, now called Rosebank Nursing Home. Bampton’s Brass band is with them. People paid into clubs like the Foresters then, if they were unable to work, the club kept them from starving. This was before the welfare state came into being and so these friendly societies were very important.