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WI Children's Christmas Party C1956
Long before the days when everyone had a TV and many IT toys and gadgets, the WI Christmas Party was much enjoyed my many children. This group photo was taken c1956 at a Christmas party given by the WI.In no particular orderSusan Hunt, Tom Papw...
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Bampton WI celebrate their 75th anniversary July 10th 1996
On July 10th 1996 the Bampton branch of the Women's Institute held a garden party to celebrate their 75th anniversary. People who attended includeElizabeth ChambersRose PittsRona Hughes OwensMidge NewmanJanet HuckJoyce LeeElsie ByeClare Edwa...
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Nothing major but so annoying. Someone thought it funny to hang the rubbish bin high up on the Village Hall sign
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This dinner party gathering in the WI Hall, now called the Village Hall, was probably in the very early 1960s. Sadly, we don't know for sure why the people were gathering but it may well be to do with the British Legion. Some names are on t...
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British Legion Christmas party gathering
These ladies were at a British Legion Christmas gathering in the early 1960s. They include1. Mrs Colvile2. Millicent Birch3. Edie Foreshew4. Mabel Dixon5. Kit Tanner6. Lucy Shergold7. Mrs Ellis8.9. Nellie Brooks10. Mrs Horne11. Ada Tanner12.13. A...
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WI Christmas Party for children c1960 in the WI Hall
The WI used to give Bampton's children a Christmas party and this is the group photo of the one in December 1946. Some names are known but it's impossible to show which name belongs with which child.(From the back but not in order)Susan...
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Pauline Weston and her sister dressed as the Bisto Kids in a fancy dress competition in the late 1950s
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Cast and program of WI Drama Group; 'The Plot Thickens' and 'Babes In The Wood'
The Bampton WI Drama Group under Hilda Pickard put on many plays and pantomimes which were always brilliantly done and greatly enjoyed.This shows the cast members of Babes in The Wood and The Plot Thickens, two short plays done either side of the ...
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'Jack and The Beanstalk' by Bampton WI Drama Group January 1965
'Jack and The Beanstalk' was a pantomime put on by the Bampton WI Drama group and produced by Hilda Pickard in January 1965.
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'One Hour To Dusk' and 'Poor Mr Shakespeare' by Bampton WI Drama Group 1966
'One Hour To Dusk' was a thriller performed before the interval and the light-hearted 'Poor Mr Shakespeare' afterwards, by the Bampton WI Drama Group produced by Hilda Pickard.All the WI Drama Group plays produced by Hilda were...
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WI March meeting, theme 'A Russian Evening' 1972
A newspaper cutting from 1972 reporting on a WI meeting in March where the theme of the evening was 'A Russian Evening.'A new member was welcomed and Jean Howell agreed to be their representative at the AGM in London at the Albert Hall ...
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1971 - WI Golden Jubilee year for Bampton
In 1971 The Bampton branch of the Women's Institute celebrated its Golden Jubilee. This newspaper cutting reports on some of the activities.
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Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp by the W.I. Drama Group
The WI Drama group put on at least one excellent play or pantomime each year for several years under the guidance of Hilda Pickard. This is Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp. The cast was1. Lynne Rouse2. Carol Hampton3. Sandra Foster4. Sylvia Barne...
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Arnold & Win Woodley at the Bampton Morris Men's Christmas Party in 1974
This shows Arnold and his wife Win Woodley at the Bampton Morris Men's Christmas Party in 1974, in the WI Hall. On the left behind is Angela Collett and the boy on the right is John Buckingham. People in the photographs are Win and Arnold W...
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Babes in The Wood by the Bampton WI Drama Group 1974
The Bampton WI Drama Group put on many plays which were all quite brilliant. Babes in The Wood was put on in 1974. The cast list includedJanet NewmanAnne MatthewsEdna AmosJoan BuckinghamCarol CourtAudrey CourtAnn IrvinAda TannerPenny ShergoldJoh...
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John Clarke was born in 1937. There are pictures of him here which are frames taken out of a film and he's the young boy with a mop of lovely curly hair. He can be seen in a special outfit for the carnival in 1947 when he was 10. Then on M...
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The WI Drama group in their performances
Bampton WI put on plays from as early as 1924. One photograph records that 1924 group production which won them the Oxford Federation Drama Cup. The majority of pictures and programs are from the 1960s and early 1970s.untitl38 - Bampton Drama Gr...
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WI Drama Group perform Aladdin. March 7th 1975
The Women's Institute chose Aladdin for their annual pantomime in 1975. Carol Court played Aladdin; the princess by Sally Verdon, Sylvia Barney played Widow Twanky, Edna Amos was the Wicked Uncle, Ann Irvin was Sing-Sing and Audrey Court was...
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By the start of the 1980s many WI Halls across the country were finding it increasingly hard to maintain what were in many cases, old buildings and the WI Hall in Bampton was no exception. New requirements were to come into force regarding toilet...
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Women's Institute Christmas Party in the WI Hall c1954-5
Each year, the WI used to put on a Christmas Party for the children in the WI Hall (now the Village Hall). This, at a time when few people had money for a party was a real treat for the children. There are about 90 children in this photograph
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British Legion Children's party remembered in special section of Witney Gazette Feb 17th 2016
Each week the Witney Gazette has a column by John Chipperfield called 'Memory Lane' where he recalls events from times past and this British Legion Children's party was one of them.
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