Newspaper cutting about Morris Men of Bampton. Dated Jan 20th 1972 reporting on Arnold Woodley's team and his group of boys coming into the tradition. Photograph taken outside the George and Dragon, is of the 1971 group Robin Connaughton, Bernie Basson, Fred Scott, Colin Bathe, Andrew Carruthers, Colin Knight, Arnold Woodley, Fiddler and Squire of the team, and Frank Purslow accordion. Sonny Townsend was the fool and Ben Tanner was the cake carrier
Photo of John Quick, founder of the SPAJERS, pushing the gasworks pram in the shirt race, and a link to Short film by Roy Barratt of Life in Bampton in Oxfordshire recorded by Roy Barratt during the early 1960s. General views and events in Bampton ending with a short time on Church Green in Witney. Town Hall windows are bricked up, there are few cars about and the Elephant & Castle, Malt Shovel, Eagle and George & Dragon pubs were still open. https://youtu.be/fldMqNA41NY
55 Photographs taken 1990s showing visiting teams and Bampton Dancers outside the pubs during the Whitsun weekend. Taken by Bill Govier. some visiting teams are not mentioned, but there is Moulton Morris, Abingdon Morris, and King Johns Morrismen, Southampton The pubs include Jubilee Inn, Romany, Talbot, Elephant and Castle, Horseshoe and George and Dragon. some of the Bampton Morris are named in the photos: Mat Green (fiddle). Mark Booty, Jeff Dando. Colin Bathe. Terry Rouse fool, Jamie Wheeler & Reg Hall on fiddle, Rolly Brown, Richard Wixey, Paul Wixey.
This is the Bampton Directory published in 1982. Lists all the services, clubs, societies and organisations to be found in Bampton along with the contact details.
Document put together by Mr Hughes Owens, one time headmaster of Bampton School. This shows many old picture of what Bampton looked like over the years together with typewritten descriptions.
The George and Dragon while still a pub and Quebec Cottage when it wasn't hidden by trees. It's now almost impossible to see the cottage in the summer when the leaves are on the trees.