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Tea at Lavender Place Flats, 1997

  • BCA - 2019.1974
  • Item
  • 1997

Tea at Lavender Place Flats 1997. Left to right:- Daisy Gill, Laura Turnham, Joan(or real name Beryl) Smith and one other lady.Sadly, the flats are to be pulled down and all the residents have been told to find somewhere else to live.

Bampton Community Archive

Obituary: Jean Countess of Donoughmore

  • BCA - 2024.6865
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  • 1996

Copy of Newspaper Cutting reporting the passing of Jean Countess of Donoughmore. This is the mother of Lord Donoughmore, the 8th Earl of Donoughmore resident of Bampton, he lived in The Manor for several years and a prominent member of the SPAJERS and other Bampton organisations. The article also reports on the kidnapping of Lord and Lady Donoughmore by the IRA in 1974 and made National headlines.

Janet Westman

Jean, Countess of Donoughmore

  • BCA - 2024.6903
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  • 12th January 1996

Jean Countess of Donoughmore, who died aged 89, was kidnapped by the IRA along with her husband in 1974. The Earl and Countess of Donoughmore were kidnapped from their home in Knocklofty, Clonmel, Co Tipperary in June 1974.
She married John Michael Henry Hely Hutchinson in 1925. He was the elder son of the 6th Earl of Donoughmore. During the second World War she was in charge of the Red Cross in the East End of London and was made an MBE for her work in 1947.
Following the death of the 7th Earl of Donoughmore in 1981, he was succeeded as the 8th Earl by his son , who came to live at Bampton Manor, Broad Street and later at Frogwell, Bushey Row.

Janet Newman

Flower Garlands

  • BCA - 2023.4109
  • Item
  • 1996

Two Photographs of children with Garlands about 1966
Andrew Scholes & Grand children on Betty Lock

Janet Westman

Ruby Riches' 100th birthday

  • BCA - 2022.3198
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  • 1991

Ruby Riches was a headteacher in Aston. She celebrated her 100th birthday in the wonderful care home in Bampton, Rose Bank.

Janet Rouse

Patrick Strainge, butcher in Bampton late twentieth century

  • BCA - 2017.903
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  • 1990s

https://youtu.be/F9LPFGflOew

This is the YouTube address for the filmed interview we did with Patrick about his working life. His training for being a butcher and where it was done are really interesting and I don't know if it is still available today. Patrick ran the butchers shop in Bridge Street for many years and really enjoyed it. He won prizes for his sausages

Nik Stanbridge

Various People at Whitsun weekend activities

  • BCA - 2024.6880
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  • 1990s

Photographs of spectators of Morris Dancers and customers enjoying the Bampton pubs at the Whitsun weekend:
Some people named as: Martin and June Hewitt. Roy Hewitt. Max Norman, Sue Wigglesworth in Romany. Dennis Merrils, Harry Walton of the Talbot, Cyril Phipps, Alan Eldret, Vic Grinsell. Taff and Babs Suggs, Dick Arnott, Martin Barber and Jimmy Smith 1980s Roy Shergold, Jean and Jeff Chance, Gordon Lorimer, Annie Grinsell, Wendy Eldrett, Stuart Howlett, Mike Watson,
Ursula and Bob Booth Landlord and landlady of the Romany. Kevin Bradley, Terry Curtis, Michal Farmer outside Romany
Easter Bonnet Parade

Janet Westman

Bampton Morris Dancers 1980s

  • BCA - 2024.6879
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  • 1980

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.

Janet Westman

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