This music score of Bampton Morris Dance tunes was kept and covered by Ada Tanner in 1926. It was passed on to her daughter Vera Elward who has now passed it to her daughter Janet Newman.
Black and white photo of Morris dancers taken on 6th June 1927 left to right Tanner snr. Billy Flux, E Lay, Hudson. Bertie Hunt, Freddie Tanner, (written on back)
Dancers at Shipston on Stour June 23rd 1930. Arnold Buckingham. Billy Flux, Reg Tanner, Jim Buckingham, Bert Hunt, Vic Tanner, Ted Lay, Sam Bennet on fiddle
Newspaper cutting from 1930 with Photo of Dancers in the market square a double decker roadmaster is parked outside the Town Hall and the article refers to visitors arriving on omnibus from other villages
Between 1926 and 1938 Bertie Clark, although not a Bampton man, played for the Bampton Morris Men and he can be seen here on the left. The dancers are on the South side of the Market Square in front of Folly View semi-detached houses.
This picture must have been taken some time between 1926 and 1938 because that was the period when Bertie Clark, seen here on the fiddle, played in Bampton.
They are dancing at the East end of the Market Square.