The Bampton Beam used to be produce three times a year. This publication is from December 2002. The articles covered and the advertisers include:-ARTICLES AND NOTICESBampton Skate Park by Alan DunbarThe New Bus Services by Cllr Fred Gray

The Bampton Beam used to be produced 3 times a year. This issue is from August 2002 and the topics covered and advertisers include:-

ARTICLES AND NOTICES
Bampton’s Own Special Celebrations for The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Tuesday 4 June 2002
Sports Day by Graham Haslam
Barn Dance
Parish Council and District Council Election 2 May 2002 – results
Bampton Gardening Club organising ‘A Day at the Races’ – Cheltenham Festival
Bampton Village Hall – Annual General Meeting held on 22 April 2002
Bampton ‘250’ Club list of winners
Do You Know What Bampton Youth Are Up To?
Bampton Parish Council News by David Hawkins, Chairman
Golden Jubilee Celebrations
Skate Park
Cycle Path
Coronation Celebrations
Bookings Pavilion & Multisport
WODC Booklet
Bus Services
Bampton Welfare Trust
Befriending – A Two-Way Process
Is Your Home Behaving Badly? – Thames Valley Energy Centre
Big Green Boiler Scheme
Society for the Protection of Bampton
The Bampton Recreation Ground
Bampton-in-the-Bush Cricket Club
Recreation Ground Sporting Activities
Bampton Youth Football Club
Bampton Archery Club
Short Mat Bowls
Bampton Tennis Club
Bampton Town Football Club – photograph circa 1912
The Pavilion
Bampton Town Football Club
The Horseshoes Football Club
Bampton Gun Club
Bampton Weightlifting Club
Bampton Badminton Club
The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Sports Afternoon – Tuesday 4 June 2002 – results of the many races of the day
Remembrances of My Service in the US Army Part 2: Bampton
Photograph of Lt Dick Ford, Saltash 1944
Letters and emails to the Editor
Is Your Electric Blanket Safe? Free safety checks - OCC and WODC
Could You Be A Citizen Advocate?
Volunteer Link-Up
Volunteer Reading Help
Why Not be A Magistrate?
Age Concern, Oxfordshire City and County
SPAJERs News by Don Rouse
Obituary for Margaret Bruce-Mitford
Notice Board
The Bush Club – Helpers Wanted
Bampton Bridge Club
The Children’s Society
Bampton Exhibition Foundation
Red Cross Collection
Coffee Morning for the Coronary Care Unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Bampton Youth Club by Colin Allport
Bampton Ladies Group
The Cancer Research Campaign
Bike Path Project by Jo Lewington
Shillbrook Wood
Bampton Museum Group
Bampton Websites
Useful Telephone Numbers
Out and About – photographs of May Day Street Fair, Jubilee Celebrations, Annual Shirt Race, Morris Dancing Day, Jubilee Sports Afternoon, New Road Street Party, Barn Dance
The Garlands by Ruth Wheeler
Bampton Fair – A Short History of Bampton Fair, taken from August 1993 edition of The Bampton Beam
Photographs of Harry Hebborn’s ‘Dodgem Carrier’ and David Sheppard’s Roundabout
The Charter to Hold a Fair
Bampton Environmental Watch Group by Ralph Norman
Obituary for Margaret Howse
We Wear Them With Pride – Remembrance Sunday 10 November 2002
The Ballad of the Great Retreat (September 1914) by Patricia Wentworth
The Gardening Club News
Results of ‘Bampton Only’ competition
The Annual Show – to be held on 24 August 2002
Social Trips for 2002
Letters to Auntie Beam
Bampton Library Books-on-Wheels
Bampton Library and Robert Vesey Room
SPAJERS Donkey Derby Monday 26 August 2002, Sandfords Field, Church View
Out of Work Farmer – Turned Agricultural Correspondent by Don Rouse
Yellow Peril – Beware the Killer Weed Common Ragwort
A Bampton Doctor from the Eighteenth Century by Mike Evans
Flu Vaccine Campaign 2002
The Cookery Corner by Gilly French
The Village College in Bampton
West Ox Arts
Shakespeare in Summer
WOA Calendar of Events
Six in September – a showcase of work by a sextet of WOA members
Christopher Townsend, Gilly Whittington and Terry Wigley
Robert Vesey Room – Exhibitions
Gallery Life Drawing Classes
Crossword
Town Hall Bookings
Calendar of Events
WODC Environmental Services Holiday Refuse Collection Dates
The Bampton Directory 2003

LIST OF ADVERTIZERS
The Morris Clown
Bampton Fax Bureau at Emmies Newsagents
Systems & Solutions – computer shop
Abbey Properties Estate Agents
The Romany Inn
Electric Vehicles Ltd
Bampton Cars
The Horseshoe Inn
Philippa Rayne, osteopath, Fiona Farmer physiotherapist and Lesley Mellin, reflexologist and aromatherapist
Danetree, veterinary surgeons, Faringdon
E Taylor & Son, Funeral Directors, Carterton
Curtain Choice
N Nurden, Motor Body Repairs
Patrick Strainge, Butchers
Oxford Double Glazing, Summertown, Oxford
Grey Gables Garage
Londis, community shop
Domino Menswear, Witney
R Cooper, Builders, Painters, Decorators, Carpentry, Joinery, Dry Stone Walling
The Standlake Garage
Bojangles Hairdressers
Bodytalk, remedial sports massage
The Pitstop and Oxford Carb Services
The Elephant & Castle
The Robert and Doris Watts Residential & Nursing Home, Carterton
Pellmans, solicitors, Eynsham
The Flower Mill
Foxbury Farm, Brize Norton
The Appliance Doctor
Little Chicks Childminders
Live-in Home and Pet Minding Service – Jacqueline and Merv
Don Rouse Cars
N J Woodley, building maintenance
Temples, DIY, Ironmongery, Paint, Wood, Cement, Sand, Gravel, Toys, Gifts and Candles
A Simmonds, The Old-Fashioned Village Store
Andrew Bowman, Master Thatcher
Tony Hughes, scissor sharpening
Witney Lakes Resort
Garden Trading Company
Lynwood Leisure Buildings Ltd

The Bampton Beam used to be produce 3 times a year. This issue is from April 2003. The topics covered and the advertisers include:-ARTICLES AND NOTICESBampton’s Pre-School Playgroup – New Building Needed – Help Required!The Skate Park is Ready

This is the Bampton Directory for 2003. It lists all the services, clubs, societies and organisations to be found in Bampton along with the contact details.

The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year and a copy given to every household. This issue is from August 2003. The topics covered and the advertisers include :-ARTICLES AND NOTICESBampton Market Square Phase 2 Improvements.

The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year. This issue is from April 2004 and the topics covered and advertisers include:-

ARTICLES AND NOTICES
Bampton Fire and Rescue Station Needs You!
Photo of firefighters Mark Lloyd, Steve License, Mark Carrington and Gary Pitts
Bampton Village Hall
The Final Push to Ensure the Future of St Mary’s Church
Bampton ‘250’ Club list of recent winners
Bampton Market Square Phase 2 Improvements
Bampton Parish Council News by David Hawkins, Chairman
100 New Houses now unlikely
Survey for Affordable Housing
Traffic Calming
State of Roads
Poor Drainage outside Surgery
Bid for Parking Bays
Market Square Improvements
New Councillor – Anna Pitt
Revamp of Play Parks
Parish Rates 2004/2005
Future of RAF Bampton Castle
Broadband in Bampton
Firework Display Profit
Pieces ‘No Man’s Land’ Finds Owner – OCC Highways
Use of Pavilion
Parish Press Briefing January 2004, Oxfordshire Playbus
Parish Maps
Grants for Children in Oxfordshire – Oxfordshire Children’s Fund
Floods booklet reminder for Oxfordshire
Free Starter Pack on How to start up a Waste Action Group
Maggie’s Cancer Information Centre
District Council Report by Jonathan Phillips
Recycling
District Council Housing Needs Survey
Parish Council, Affordable Housing Needs Survey by Ralph Norman, Parish Council
Things Never Change Do They! An article our of ‘News Chronicle’ 1935. Cottages at 3/- a week
Police Report for 2003
Oxfordshire Rural Community Council Membership Scheme
Gigantic Garage Sale – Farmhouse Restaurant Clearance
Society for the Protection of Bampton
Letters and Emails to the Editor
The Lock by Frank Egerton – What critics said about The Lock
Bampton School News by Richard Pitt – Parent Governor
The Bampton Directory
Bampton Welfare Trust
Bampton Youth Centre by Colin Allport
Lost Cat – Can You Help?
WRVS – Home Choice Meals
The Post Office – What’s Happening Down at the Post Office by Martin and Carole Barrett
Reasons to use the Post Office
What’s on in May?
The Great Annual Shirt Race
The May Garlands by Ruth Wheeler
How to make a Garland
The Craft Fair
The Morris Dancers
Notice Board
The Laura Knight Appeal Update
The Bampton We Have Lost – by Mr Hughes-Owen
Small Producers Market
St Mary’s Ladies Lunch
Christian Aid Week
Bampton Exhibition Foundation
The Bush Club
Bampton Bridge Club
Old Birthday Cards
The Red Cross
Bampton Ladies Group
Cancer research Bampton Branch
West Oxfordshire Conservative Association
Charity Shop Thanks
Useful Telephone Numbers
The Bush Club Needs You!
Bampton Traffic by Sue Helm, Residents for Action on Traffic
Bampton Library
Traffic Questionnaire
Road and Traffic Issues by Fred Gray, Bampton Parish Council
Speeding, HGVs, Pedestrian Crossings, Car Parking and Transport Study
Annual Parish Meeting – Wednesday 21 April 2004, Village Hall 7.30 pm
The Gardening Club Annual Summer Show Saturday 26 June 2004
52nd SPAJERS Bampton Shirt Race
Rosebank Care Home – a personal view by Richard Wilkins (Activities Coordinator) with photos
Bampton Museum – Forthcoming Events
Bampton Recreation Ground
The Tennis Club
Easter Holiday Programme
Bampton-in-the-Bush Cricket Club
Short Mat Bowls
Bampton Archery Club
The Horseshoe Football Club
Bampton Youth Football
Bampton Gun Club
Bampton Weightlifting Club
Bampton Badminton Club
The Pavilion
Protective Clothing
Insurance Liabilities
The Gardening Page by Edie Bindweed
Gardening Club Forthcoming Events
Bampton Environmental Watch Group by Ralph Norman, Chairman
The Cookery Corner by Emma Deacon
Hi-Fi Opera by Gilly French – with photos
Bampton Classical Opera presents Haydn’s La Vera Costanza
Age Concern Oxfordshire
W I Markets, Witney
Out of Work Farmer Turned Agricultural Correspondent by Don Rouse
SPAJER’s News by Don Rouse
West Ox Arts – various exhibitions
Welcome to West Ox Arts
Robert Vesey Room
WOA needs voluntary sitters
The Great WOA Stair Lift Appeal Fund
West Oxon Decorative and Fine Arts Society
Gallery Life Drawing Classes
Crossword
Town Hall Bookings
Calendar of Events
WODC Easter Holiday Refuse and Recycling Collection Timetable

LIST OF ADVERTIZERS
Roger F J Kerswill Photography
Pellmans, solicitors, Eynsham
Witney Lakes Resort
N J Woodley, building maintenance
Temples, DIY, Ironmongery, Paint, Wood, Cement, Sand, Gravel, Toys, Gifts and Candles
A Simmonds, The Old-Fashioned Village Store
Andrew Bowman, Master Thatcher
Tony Hughes, scissor sharpening
Abbey Properties Estate Agents
The Romany Inn
Electric Vehicles Ltd
Domino Menswear, Witney
R Cooper, Builders, Painters, Decorators, Carpentry, Joinery, Dry Stone Walling
The Standlake Garage
Bojangles Hairdressers
Bodytalk, remedial sports massage
Oxford Double Glazing, Summertown, Oxford
Grey Gables Garage
Londis, community shop
A Bonner, Carpenter/Handyman
Grange Photographic
The Post Office
The Cotton Club
The Horseshoe Inn
Patrick Strainge, Butchers
Bampton Cars
The Morris Clown
Cotswold Bed & Breakfast
The Appliance Doctor
Bampton Fax Bureau at Emmies Newsagents
Philippa Rayne, osteopath, Fiona Farmer physiotherapist and Lesley Mellin, reflexologist and aromatherapist
E Taylor & Son, Funeral Directors, Carterton
Curtain Choice
The Pitstop and Oxford Carb Services
The Robert and Doris Watts Residential & Nursing Home, Carterton
W I Markets, Masonic Hall, Witney
Danetree, veterinary surgeons, Faringdon
N Nurden Motor Body Repairs
Christopher Brooks Photography
Matthew Shaw – Handyman
S J Cooper, general builders
Systems & Solutions – computer shop

This is the Bampton Directory for 2006. It lists all the services, clubs, societies and organisations to be found in Bampton along with the contact details.
For the first time there are no advertisers.

This is the Bampton Directory for 2008. It lists all the services, clubs, societies and organisations to be found in Bampton along with the contact details.For the second time there are no advertisers.

This is the Bampton Directory for 2010 and is the last one that has been produced. A little of the information can now be found in 'The Beam', which is published 3 times a year and is free to all households.

The Bampton Beam used to be produced 3 times a year. This copy is from July 2012. The topics covered and the advertisers include :-

Welcome to Summer by Louise Timmins-Gray, Editor
The Bampton Beam Needs Your Help!!
Royal British Legion, Poppy Service, The War Memorial, Sunday 11 November
Village Life
Bampton Zimbabwe Project Fair 2012
Rosebank and the Community Come Together by Mandie Oliver, Activities Coordinator
Society for the Protection of Bampton
Bampton Village Hall
Bampton Library – A Brighter Future for Your Library by Lesley Campbell, Lynne Pointer, Robin Shuckburgh and Jane Wallis BLEST (Bampton Library Events Support Team)
Goodbye Emmie’s by Jane Wallis
Bampton Community Shop: The History by Fenella Gray MBE
SPAJERS Donkey Derby Monday 27 August, Sandfords Field
Bampton Gardening Club News by Fenella Gray
Winning Poem from the Annual Garden Show 2011, ‘The Garden Show’ by Annette Minto
Aunty Beam
Sport – Bampton Badminton Club and Bampton Social Netball
Personal Announcements, Obituaries by Fenella Gray – Jonathan Phillips and Hilda Kent
Congratulations – marriage of James and Victoria Lovell
Letters to the Editor
Emmies – A Big Thank You Tom and Sylvia by Fenella Gray
From Belgrade to Bampton (via Bydgoszcz) by Charles Crawford
Questions Answered by Able Community Care
Bampton Baby and Toddler Group
Rouse’s Ramblings – Summer 2012 (1)
Rouse’s Ramblings Summer 2012 (2)
Rouse’s Ramblings Summer 2012 (3)
Rouse’s Ramblings Summer 2012 (4)
It’s a Pampered Life for Me? By Philippa Timmins-Gray
Arts and Culture – Love in the Time of Twitter – Launch of Short Film Competition for Relate, Oxfordshire
West Ox Arts – Oxfordshire Craft Guild Exhibition
An Extra for Downton Abbey by Ann Flute
Bring the Movies Back to Bampton
The Olympic Bell by David Timmins
Bampton Pre-School Playgroup
Jubilee Special by Janet Rouse
St Mary’s Church Flower Festival
West Ox Arts – Portraits of the Queen - an exhibition in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee at West Ox Arts
Fiddles and Feet – by Janet Rouse
The 60th Bampton Shirt Race (a racer’s perspective) by Toby Hopkins
Safer West Oxon – West Oxfordshire Community Safety
SPAJERs Annual Shirt Race
The 60th Annual Shirt Race by Philippa Timmins-Gray
The Chariots!
Bampton’s Got Talent in the Village Hall by Janet Rouse
British Red Cross
Monday 4 June Morris Dancing
Garlands by Ruth Wheeler
Sobell House Hospice Charity Bookshop
Girls Rugby, the Cherubs, Witney RFC
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Sports Afternoon, Tuesday 5 June 2012 by Graham Haslam
The Barn Dance
Crossword
Get Well Wishes for Annette Minto from the Bampton Beam
Meet the Team at Spring Hair Boutique by Alexandra Tandy
Win a Pamper Session at Spring Hair Boutique
Spot On: Biztro by Amy Atkinson
Slimming World – New Consultant
Faringdon Folly Tower and Woodland
HanneyFest - in support of Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance and Hanney Pre-School
Thames Valley Police – Foundation Degree in Policing
Calendar of Events

LIST OF ADVERTIZERS
Inspiring Drama – screen acting classes, Summertown, Oxford
Oxlets.com
Carpet Options, Witney
Bampton Physiotherapy
Cotswold Bed & Breakfast
Graham Hunt, plumbing and heating engineer
Riverford Organic Vegetable Boxes
Abbey Properties
The Pitstop and Oxford Carb Services
The Morris Clown
P C Servicing
French Tuition by Mrs Cerian Cooper
Danetree Veterinary Surgeons, Faringdon
Home and Away - home minding service
Little Westbrook, Bampton, Self-Catering Cottage for two
David Burton Wedding Photography
Martin Drew, Podiatrist/Chiropodist
Computer Clinic – Graham Newman
Crisp Images – photography
Wheelgate House Bed and Breakfast
Electric Vehicles Ltd
The Gym at Carswell Golf and Country Club
Able Community Care
Bampton Garage
David Chanter Landscape Architect
Bampton Cars
Prestige Buildings
Trevor Gardner General Carpentry
Oxfordshire Wetrooms and Showers
Kernahan Service
Woods Hair and Beauty at Carswell Golf Club
Pellmans, solicitors, Eynsham
Grey Gables Garage
Ashtree Farm Accommodation
Bampton Village Window Cleaning Services
Andrew Bowman Master Thatcher
E Taylor & Son Funeral Directors
One Property Network – House and Garden Maintenance
Curtain Choice
N Nurden Motor Body Repairs
R Cooper, Builders, Painters, Decorators, Carpentry, Joinery, Dry Stone Walling
Paul Farr, Painter and Decorator
The Standlake Garage
The Coach House B&B
Room 4 Healing - Elizabeth Chanter
Nourish Oxford
Bampton Garden Plants
Patrick Strainge, Butchers
The Appliance Doctor
The Plough Inn, Clanfield
Shaun Guard TV Aerial Services
Andrew Money Paint Services
Oxford Double Glazing, Summertown, Oxford
Alexander Technique lessons
Body Talk Beauty Salon
Bampton Coffee House
Ferndale Preparatory School, Faringdon
AC Smart Tiling
Upham House Bed & Breakfast
Wags & Nags Grooming
Aston Repair Depot
Spring Hair Boutique
Biztro – lunch and evening meals
Nicky and Vicky Childcare
Systems & Solutions – computer shop
Janette Cardy Fitness
James Wildman Photography
The Romany Inn
Parallel Lines – Barbers and Ladies Salon
The Bampton Clinic
Ruby Rue Teas
TAD – Advanced Personal Trainer
S J Cooper, general builders
ORCC Trading Ltd