There was a time when our local post men and women cycled round to both deliver and collect letters. There was a letterbox at Bampton and Brize Norton railway station and it was here a blackbird's nest was discovered inside the box. Great care was taken when emptying the box and in the end, the birds hatched and fledged.

A bird was found to have made its nest inside the letterbox at Bampton and Brize Norton Railway station by Mrs Emmie Papworth who along with Mr F G Cannons was a post lady in Bampton about 1960. It was thought to be a member of the tit family and was disturbed only once while the eggs were being hatched.

These two pictures show the cake holder and the collection box used by the Bampton Traditional Morris Men. The inscription on the cake holder reads:-

In Memory of William Wells, 1868 - 1953. The gift of the Morris Ring to The Bampton Morris Morris Dancers. William Wells was known to all locals as Jingy.

The inscription on the collection box reads:-

Presented to The Bampton Morris Dancers 1990 by Bob West (and) Eric Stott

Locomotive 7412 at Brize Norton and Bampton railway station in 1959

Locomotive 7412 at Brize Norton and Bampton railway station in 1961

A freight wagon and engine at Brize Norton and Bampton station

A steam engine pulling three coaches leaving Brize Norton and Bampton railway station

Engine 9653 at the end of the platform by the signal box at Brize Norton and Bampton railway station

Steam engine and three coaches coming into Brize Norton and Bampton railway station. Lew Barrow can be seen in the distance

Beeching axe falls on Witney's rail link