A freight wagon and engine at Brize Norton and Bampton station
- BCA - 2023.4273
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- 2023
A freight wagon and engine at Brize Norton and Bampton station
Nik Stanbridge
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A freight wagon and engine at Brize Norton and Bampton station
A freight wagon and engine at Brize Norton and Bampton station
Nik Stanbridge
A steam engine pulling three coaches leaving Brize Norton and Bampton railway station
A steam engine pulling three coaches leaving Brize Norton and Bampton railway station
Nik Stanbridge
Bampton and Brize Norton Railway station seen in the 1960s
Bampton and Brize Norton Railway station seen in the 1960s. Sadly the station and the Witney to Fairford line closed as part of the Beaching cuts in the early 1960s. Strictly speaking, the station is just outside Bampton and in Brize Norton and it was a good 40-minute walk from Bampton. Several Bampton people ran a taxi service, in the early days by horse and carriage.
Nik Stanbridge
Bampton and Brize Norton railway station with engine number 9654 at the station
Bampton and Brize Norton railway station with engine number 9654 at the station
Nik Stanbridge
Beeching axe falls on Witney's rail link
Beeching axe falls on Witney's rail link
Nik Stanbridge
Bird's nest inside a letterbox
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.
Bampton Community Archive
Blackbird's nest in a letterbox
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.
Bampton Community Archive