An advert in a 2012 issue of The Beam for Little Westbrook self catering in Bridge Street
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An advert in a 2012 issue of The Beam for Little Westbrook self catering in Bridge Street
Nik Stanbridge
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An advert in a 2012 issue of The Beam for Little Westbrook self catering in Bridge Street
An advert in a 2012 issue of The Beam for Little Westbrook self catering in Bridge Street
Nik Stanbridge
An advert in the July 2012 issue of The Beam for Tad Pearson, a personal fitness trainer
An advert in the July 2012 issue of The Beam for Tad Pearson, a personal fitness trainer
Nik Stanbridge
Five of the adverts in the July 2012 issue of The Bampton Beam
Five of the adverts in the July 2012 issue of The Bampton Beam
Nik Stanbridge
Graham Lord award for Poultry Service
Newspaper clipping about Graham Lord, winning Distinguished Service Award at British Poultry Council Awards Ceremony at the House of Commons
Graham worked at PD Hook Hatcheries at Cote
Janet Westman
Patrick Strainge, butcher is awarded a Gold at the Smithfield Awards in London
Patrick Strainge, butcher, has his shop in Bridge Street opposite the Horse Shoe Inn and next to Cheyne Lane. At the annual Smithfield Show he got a Gold Medal after he got top makes for five products.
Bampton Community Archive
n November 2015 eight products, including Patrick Strainge's Bampton Royal sausages were nominated for the Q Guild Smithfield Awards. Only 200 butchers in England can hold a Q guild aware at any one time so it really is a feather in the cap of our local butchers shop.
The Bampton Royal sausages were also a firm favourite with many members of the cast of Downton Abbey which was partly filmed in Bampton.
Bampton Community Archive
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.
Bampton Community Archive
The Morris Clown, previously The New Inn and originally The George
The pub in the High Street named The Morris Clown (as at 2018) began life as The George. Steve the present landlord found the ancient wooden name board in the cellar but it fell to dust when he tried to lift it. A long time ago it became the New Inn as seen in the first photograph which is at least pre 1920 because the cottage at the est end of the Market Square is still standing and that was pulled down to make way for the War Memorial. Over the door can be seen a sign which says Clinch's Entire Eagle Brewery, Witney. There is another line underneath which sadly is not readable. The lower board says Commercial Inn, Lila Clack and two more lines of text which I can't read. The opposite side of the road is the department store owned by T. W. Pembrey which ran the length of present day No7 High Street, Lesta House, Strawberry Cottage and across Bushey Row, then called New Inn Street the shop on the corner. On the end wall of the New Inn on the third picture text can be seen which in part says Commercial something and Posting House. A little of this lettering can still be seen in 2018. What was Pembrey's is now Busby's department store. Note the thatched hay rick camera side of Lime Tree House. Thatching hay ricks kept the hay in good condition and shed the rain off; rick thatching was a specialist job and in Bampton Ben Tanner and his brother were particularly skilled and Reg Rouse was also.
Nik Stanbridge
Blacksmiths 'Townsend & Wheeler' at Cromwell House
Seen with a horse and their families, the blacksmiths Townsend and Wheeler are outside their home, Cromwell House in Cheapside. The door to the right of the bay window has since been removed and the wall filled in.
The blacksmith Mr Cripps at Cromwell House with his family worked the forge between 1888 and 1908. A blacksmith worked with metal and at the time this picture was taken most of his work would have been with farm machinery. There is a seed drill in the picture on the left and the handles of a plough can be seen on the right.
Nik Stanbridge