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Mr & Mrs Harry Sollis outside The Swan
Mr & Mrs Harry Sollis outside The Swan
Nik Stanbridge
Mr & Mrs Harry Sollis from The Swan Inn, Buckland Road
Mr & Mrs Harry Sollis owned and ran the Swan Inn in Buckland road for many years. In the last few years, Mrs Sollis ran it as a widow. Emmie Papworth, nee Bishop was a relative and adored Mrs Sollis; Emmie is seen with her in two of these pictures and her son Tom is with them in one of them. Mrs Sollis eventually sold The Swan by auction October 1st 1964; it was bought by Tim Tomlins.
Bampton Community Archive
Morris Men outside the Elephant & Castle c1924
Bampton Morris dancers c1924/5 outside the Elephant & Castle.
The sign over the pub door says Posting House, Horses, Carriages, Brakes. Personal attention given, Albert Townsend. The 3rd and 4th lines are hard to read which is a pity but it looks like 'For Hire All Trains Met On The Shortest Notice.
On 23rd September 1935 the Townsend family moved across the road to Castle View and made a farm of it having much more room to fatten more pigs.
Bampton Community Archive
Morris dancing outside the Elephant and Castle, Bridge Street
Nik Stanbridge
Morris dancing in front of the Elephant and Castle (1950)
1950 Morris dancing in front of the Elephant and Castle on Bridge Street
Nik Stanbridge
Morris Clown ad in The Beam, Nov 2007
Morris Clown ad in The Beam, Nov 2007
Nik Stanbridge
Millenium Breakfast at The Elephant and Castle
Menu for the breakfast served at The Elephant and Castle on New Year's Day 2000. Bampton also celebrated on New Year's Eve with music and fireworks in the Market Square.
Janet Newman
Maps by Janet Westman of Brize Norton, Cassington, Eynsham, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Witney
Huge thanks to Janet Westman for allowing us to put her maps on this website for all to see for free when they are still available for sale, either as black and white or hand coloured by Janet. The Witney map you can see her in black and white and coloured.
The maps are of
Brize Norton
Cassington
Eynsham
Gloucestershire
Oxfordshire
Witney
Bampton Community Archive
Man on bicycle, lady with shawl, young lads, lady with baby & pram outside the Elephant and Castle
Man on bicycle, lady with shawl, young lads, lady with baby & pram outside the Elephant and Castle
Nik Stanbridge
