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Children from Bampton School ready to sell poppies
A group of five children from Bampton C of E Primary School ready to go out and sell poppies. Left to right they areHannah PearceTom BradleyDaniel BarrattLouise Hampton - became Mrs MustoeAndrew Licence
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Robert Colvile jnr, a year after losing his wife
Robert Colvile jnr, born to Major Robert and Rosemary Colvile of Weald Manor talks in the article about losing his wife Andrea a year ago to a rare liver disease called autoimmune hepatitis. He has two small boys were at the time of Andrea's...
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Death of Edith Susan Quick nee Sheppard Sept 10th 2020
Edith Susan Quick nee Sheppard died on September 10th 2020. Edie came from a Bampton family of several generations. Her husband John was the principal founder member of the SPAJERS, our charity which creates fun events to raise funds for local s...
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Full list of key workers whose children will be exempt from school closures
The outbreak of Coronavirus in 2020 has caused devastation to the way of life all around the world. New restrictions and advice were being given daily by the Prime Minister Boris Johnson and two specialist advisers each day at 5pm from the week b...
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Dr Alan Cole's life story in his own words
Dr Alan Cole came to practice in Bampton in 1959 and was here long enough to have in some cases, looked after three generations of a family. He was 90 in 2020. His life story covers a part of world history that will not be repeated and makes a f...
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Doris June Cleaver. Funeral service program
We are here today to Celebrate the Life of:My Wife of 61 YearsDoris June CleaverJuly 1936 – October 2020 * * *Doris was a true Bamptonian, the daughter of local builder and part time firem...
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Beam Cottage; the gardens run as an organic market garden by Dor Thomson 1950s
"Beam Cottage was the site of the medieval chapel of St. Andrew 'of Beme', so called by 1317; an early 12th-century shaft base was found built into the cottage, and burials around it produced radiocarbon dates from the 11th century ...
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James Edward & Elizabeth (nee Fox) & family c1902
James Edward and Elizabeth (nee Fox) Green and family c1902. ChildrenHarryJamesFrederickElizabethPercivalJackRose
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Freda Bradley with her Aunty Wyn in Queen Street circa 1940
Winifred Cook in Queen Street circa 1940 with her daughter.Winifred Cook was Fred Daniel’s step sister and aunt to Janet Westman.There used to be a row of about 6 little cottages in Lavender Square behind the Jubilee going into Queen Street, but t...
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Ada Tanner & daughter Stella plus two others
Partly a family photograph with mother Ada Tanner and daughter Stella on the left with two other children. Stella became Mrs Whitlock. Ada's maiden name was Butler. For the full family tree do have a look at https://atom.bamptonarchive.org...
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Frank Tanner (left) and Jock Court
Frank Tanner on the left on his way to a family wedding with Jock Court the father of Barbara and Betty.
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Frank Tanner 1895-1980 married Ada Alexandra Butler June 3rd 1922. Ada 1903-1987. For the full Tanner family tree have a look at https://atom.bamptonarchive.org/index.php/5czy-8bkr-47kr
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Frances & John Henly with children Roy and Margaret c1950
Frances and John Henly with their children Roy and Margaret, c1950. John farmed Deanery farm and Hobbs buildings and they lived in Deanery farmhouse in Broad Street.
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Mary Ellis in the ATA during WWII died aged 101
Mary Ellis was a wonderful lady who flew over 1,000 planes including more than 400 Spitfires. She was born in Leafield near Witney and was a good friend with our own Molly Rose OBE who was also in the ATA. Mary was 101 when she died. The artic...
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Descendants of Thomas Portlock Clarke b.1801
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A couple of very dear old rogues - but then I'm biased. Phil Addison on the left, born 1934 and Terry Rouse also born in 1934. If you haven't read Phil's book about his 10 years in Bampton from 1940 to 1950 when aged 7 to 17, you&...
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Tombola to raise money for Breast Cancer research
Laura Hatwell opened her garden in New Road to run a tombola to help raise funds for Breast Cancer Research. Laura's dear grandmother died of cancer 10 years ago and the raising funds for the research is very close to her heart.
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Funeral of George Collins June 29th 2018
George Collins and family came to Bampton in 1943 from Somerset when he bought Weald Farm. George lived to be 102 years old and was active almost to the last. The Archive filmed a conversation with George who talked about his farming life and yo...
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Descendants of Richard Edginton b.1807
This is the family tree of Richard Edginton.Names in the family tree.Barrett Basson BellingerBone Buckingham BunceBurchell Bu...
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Descendants of Thomas Radband b.1680
This is the family tree of Thomas Radband b.1680 who married Sarah.Names in the family tree.Ackling Ainsworth CampbellCarter Edginton ...
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An Exhibition on some of Bampton's Families
The Bampton Community Archive puts on three exhibitions each year which run for two months. In September 2018 Janet Newman put up a wonderfully researched exhibition on some of Bampton's Families. Family trees were printed out on scrolls fo...
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Descendants of Richard Daniels b.1814
This is the family tree of Richard Daniels b.1814 who married Elizabeth Constable b.1814.Names in the family tree.Adams Baston Bradley ByeCarrington Constable Cook ...
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Freda Bradley - funeral program and eulogy
Freda Bradley, born April 13th 1927, died April 14th 2017 always took a full part in the life of Bampton right from her childhood and she was proud to be born and bred here. She wrote a lovely book about her life here which has proved to be a del...
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Funeral of Ray Evans May 16th 1927 to Sept 2017
https://youtu.be/nqnMaTmrykMhttps://youtu.be/iHEL-7BZEBcThe first one of these two YouTube films is of Ray talking about his training in Catterick and subsequent life working in the Royal Corps of Signals. When not working abroad, Ray was posted ...
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Margaret "Maggie" Snook 1927-2017
Margaret Snook, known to all in Bampton as Maggie was someone gave; she gave her love, her time and enjoyment of taking part in Bampton's activities. Do read the funeral address to read about her life.
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Death of Christine Connaughton 1947- Dec 3rd 2017
"I’m sure you will all have your own special memories of Chris. There is a lot to be said for social media. It has enabled so many of you to make contact with Chris’s family this week. I think I have read somewhere in the region of 330 mes...
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Dawn Yvonne Celia Mansfield September 20th 1940 to August 18th 2017
Dawn Yvonne Celia Mansfield was one of three sisters who lived in Bampton and were much loved by all who knew and know them. The other sisters are Shirley and Primrose.
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Chris Timms May 15th 1926 to December 16th 2017
Chris Timms aged 17 in 1943 wearing Royal Navy uniform in the picture. The sound recording was made on April 15th 2004 and Christ talks about his time in the Navy in a mine sweeper.Chris Timms and friend Michael Hirons in Church View in 1933. No...
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The death of Brian Shurey September 21st 2017
Brian was a much loved man who took a very active part in many aspects of life in Bampton. One of his brothers, Henry Barber gave this eulogy at Brian's funeral service."My memories of big brother Brian were that he was an independent i...
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Colin Knight 1943 to April 22nd 2017
Bampton Morris Men in Glebelands in 1991. Colin Knight and the team with a painting of Colin dancing the Broom Dance.Bampton Morris Men. Colin Knight dancing the Broom Dance and Colin Bathe on melodeon 1989.Sam Bennett of Ilmington dancing the br...
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Descendants of Joseph Brooks b.1835
This is the family tree of Joseph Brooks b.1835 who married Mary Stallard b.1833.Names in the family tree.Basson Buckingham BurtCadd Fell ...
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Captain Charles Raymond Radclyffe LVO died February 1st 2017
Captain Charles Radclyffe LVO died peacefully after a short illness on February 1st 2017. The eulogy given by his son-in-law Bill included in this entry gives a wonderfully full account of his life and another one by Don Rouse which he wrote for ...
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Descendants of Thomas Tanner 1668 to 1733
Descendants of Thomas Tanner 1668 to 1733Family names within this tree areAkers, Aldsworth , Bailey, Barratt, Bartlett,Beale, Berrisford, Biles, Bishop, Blencowe, Broderick,Brooks, Buckingham, B...
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Dr Alan and Daphne Gaydon retired to Bampton where they played a very active part in the life of the town. For several years Alan was a church warden and his photograph documenting the creation of a new John The Baptist statue to go at the base o...
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The Death of Tim Tomlins October 6th 1936
Tim was a very well known character around Bampton particularly because of his steam engine The Lord Nelson which was at his home at The Swan in Buckland Road. For many years he grew cyclamen and many Bamptonians have specimens in their gardens t...
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Descendants of Harry Whitlock b.1881
This is the family tree of Harry Whitlock b.1881 who married Lillian Oakey, no children, then Martha Newman b.1881.Names in the family tree.Appleton Bensky Bird BurchellCatton C...
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Funeral service for Rosemary Linnet Sanguine on Jan 16th 2018
Rosemary Linnet Sanguine was born on March 13th 1940 and she died on Christmas Day, December 25th 2017.Linnet lived in Thatched Cottage in Church Street after she inherited it from her father, Terry Crowley. Linnet was a great supporter of the Ba...
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Brigadier Rupert Crowdy OBE. Eulogy, telegram from Norah & funeral program
Brigadier Rupert Crowdy OBE led a very full and very long life, dying less than two months before his 107th birthday. This entry gives you the eulogy given by his grandson Colonel Mike Brooke OBE which gives fascinating detail into Rupert's ...
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Death of Brenda Sapsford May 24th 2017
Brenda Sapsford came to live in Bampton when she retired from being secretary to David Johnson, the NFU secretary in Witney. She was an active member of the WI in Bampton until its sad demise and she was also a very efficient Parish Clerk in Bamp...
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Death announced of Nancy Irene Busby. October 2017
The Busby family ran a department store in Bampton that included what today (January 2018) is the Pottery Shop on the corner of Bushey Row with High Street, Strawberry Cottage and Lesta House. One of the sons of the family was Alfred Busby and he...
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Entice GPs with rural weighting
This article in the May 3rd 2017 issue of the Witney Gazette is about the suggestion GPs coming to work in West Oxfordshire should be offered more money.
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5 Cyber attacks in our NHS trust
The county's biggest NHS Trust has vowed to remain 'vigilant' after figures revealed it had been hit by five cyber attacks in the past year. Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was targeted unsuccessfully five times in...
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Chris Timm May 15th 1926 to December 16th 2017
Chris Timms took part in Bampton life in many ways. He was a keen cricketer and played for Bampton. He joined the Navy and served during WWII and much later in his life he became a member of the Royal British Legion. Apart from the picture abov...
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Descendants of Christopher Buckingham b 1863
This is the family tree of Christopher Buckingham b. September 11th 1863 who married Ada Pickett b. 1871; they married in 1892.Names in the Buckingham family tree.Basson Buckingham Burt Cadd ...
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Death of Captain Charles Raymond Radclyffe LVO February 1st 2017
This entry includes the service program from Captain Radclyffe's funeral in St Mary The Virgin on February 21st 2017, the announcement of his death in the Witney Gazette and a fond memory of him from Don Rouse recalling when he, along with 10...
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Memory Lane created at Bampton Rosebank Care Home
Rosebank Care Home in Bampton has gone the extra mile creating a Memory Lane Corridor designed to provide visual and sensory awareness and a "time out" area for reminiscences and relaxation. Councillor Norman MacRae from WODC official c...
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Faith Elizabeth "Fay" Smith 1929-2017
Faith Elizabeth Smith, known to all in Bampton as Fay, was born here and worked here for much of her life, firstly for the Barlow-Robinson Family at Ham Court and then for the Colvile Family at Weald Manor. The address will give you a wonderful i...
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These five photographs were taken by Margaret Chaundy, who was a member of the Mother's Union, at different events. They include Judy Devas, Jill & Chris Ruck, Wendy Eldret, Arthur Pont and Keir Smith who had gathered in Jill and Chris&#...
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The Beam, house, garden and family
These 6 pictures are scans of colour slides probably taken in the 1950. Dor Thompson and Kate Wylie bought The Beam and adopted two children, Julie and Roger Powell. Dor, the children and the garden can be seen in these pictures. Kate and Dor r...
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Mrs Frances Money and her husband Percy, a shoemaker
The photograph of Mrs Money was probably taken about c2000.The ones of her husband in his workshop in Bridge Street were taken in the 1960s. Their grandson Andrew Money still lives in Bampton and is a painter and decorator.Percy's daughter i...
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The Jubilee Inn, several years, in snow, during a Shirt Race and with landlord Reg Pratley
These are five photographs of the Jubilee Inn in the Market Square which is now (2017) a private dwelling. One picture shows Reg Pratley who was landlord there for several decades and a notice board by his door offering bed and breakfast, luncheo...
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Janet Lucy Walsh March 16th 1953 to August 26th 2016
Janet was the most lovely lady who could not talk without smile at the same time which is such a delightful disposition. She was married to Bampton Morris dancer Jasper (Oliver) Walsh.
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Gilbert 'Gilly' Annesley Marsh December 24th 1927 to July 17th 2016
Gilly and his wife Aline retired to Bampton and lived in Field Cottage on the edge of Sandfords Field. He was such a lovely man and he, along with Michael Cooper did two really fascinating exhibitions for the Archive on the architecture of buildi...
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The Bush Club celebrates 30 years in January 2016
The Bush Club is a day centre for the elderly that was begun in 1985 and is run 100% by volunteers. Members pay a little for their lunch and occasionally a fund raising event is held. It started life using both Horsa buildings at the back of the...
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Bernard Rose Centenary Concert Program (5 pages to view)
The program for the Bernard Rose Centenary Concert held in St Mary The Virgin, Bampton on September 11th 2016. Bernard would have been 100 years old in 2016.
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Obituary in The Guardian for Molly Rose OBE aged 95. ATA pilot in WWII
This is the obituary written in The Guardian newspaper on November 19th 2016 for Molly Rose who was 95. Molly was one of the few remaining female pilots who were in the ATA during WWII where she flew 38 different aircraft. She was the wife of Be...
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Pte William Johnson's granddaughter supports the Popply Appeal 2016
Pte William Johnson rescued a fellow soldier while under fire and having been shot in the leg. Sadly, the comrade he rescued died the following day but he was awarded the Military Medal and received a citation from King George V and the people of...
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Jennifer Ann Constable March 30th 1945 to June 27th 2016
Jenny lived her life in Bampton and was well known and liked by all who knew her.
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William Gent doing well after surgery to straighten his spine
Young William Gent had major surgery to straighten his spine and not many months afterwards William's team took part in the Blenheim Palace run and raised more money than any other group. £5,500. William is back at Bampton CE Primary School...
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Death of Patricia Ann Henly March 18th 2016
Patricia Ann Henly was married to Roy Henly and they lived and farmed at Hobbs Buildings on Station Road.
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Olive McCage, born in Bampton living in Willimantic Conneticut USA
Olive McCage was born and grew up in Bampton; she was a typist at Brize Norton air base where she met a young American, married him and she emigrated to the USA when his tour of duty here was over. This newspaper article is from her home town pap...
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Lee Mackie appeals for more foster parents June 1st 2016
Lee Mackie lost her son Jason who was in the Royal Marines while he was serving in Afghanistan. Not surprisingly, Lee has struggled with life since then but in the last three years she has fostered 3 babies and for the first time since Jason was ...
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Obituary. Squadron Leader (ret'd) Stuart Luff Pierce, MBE
This obituary for Stuart Luff Pierce MBE was in the March issue of The Beam. Stuart was born in 1932 and died suddenly on December 27th 2016. Stuart and his wife Jesse made their home in Bampton in 1970. He was an active member of various chari...
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Funeral program for Molly Daphne Rose Nov. 26th 1920 to October 16th 2016
This is the funeral program from the service in St Mary The Virgin church, Bampton for Molly Daphne Rose, November 26th 1920 to October 16th 2016. See entry 2017.1285 for information about Molly's war work in the ATA. See https://youtu.be/F...
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Descendants of Isaac Constable b.1818
This is the family tree of Isaac Constable b.1818 who married Susanna Griffin b.1817. The grandson of Isacc, Thomas Augustus, started Constable's bakery on the corner of the Market Square. The shop is now Mark's Kitchen, a very good Ch...
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Descendants of Jonathan Hunt b 1770 in Brize Norton
This is the family tree of Jonathan HuntNames included in the tree includeAdlem Beckinsale Bowles ClackClark Cox Daniels DixeyEdgar Fitzg...
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Descendants of Robert Radband b.1822
This is the family tree of Robert Radband b.1822 who married Elizabeth Higgs b.1822.Names in the family tree.Beckinsale Bird CattonClack Clinch ...
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A celebration of the life of Glenys Williams 1922-2016 held Wednesday November 9th 2016
"We’ve come together today to thank God for the life of a much-loved and fondly-remembered woman, who brought her own inimitable brand of Welsh sparkle and hwyl to Bampton life, becoming well known for her skills at the piano in the Bush Club...
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Thomas Peter 'Bill' Govier December 3rd 1932 to May 21st 2016
He was known locally as Bill but his name was Thomas Peter Govier. Bill played an active part in Bampton life in the Pumpkin Club, maintaining the war graves from 1955, composing the crossword in The Beam for many years and he showed his fun side...
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A concert in St Mary's was to be held on September 11th 2016 - Bernard Rose would have been 100 years old. His wife Molly is still alive (at March 2016)
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Death of Jan Walsh, wife of Jasper August 26th 2016
Jan Walsh, wife of Jasper, died suddenly on August 26th 2016 after two stokes. Jan had the delightful disposition of not being able to talk without smiling which made her company so good and all who knew her feel her loss.
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Mark Woods from Bampton dies from neglect after blunder by ATOS
Witney Gazette July 1st 2015. “Mark Wood weighed just 5st 8lb when he died of starvation. ATOS healthcare did a reassessment of his ability to work and declared him fully fit, without consulting Dr Ward in Bampton surgery. His mental condition ...
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Act of Remembrance Albemarle V1782 August 27th 2015
On the road from Bampton to Black Bourton there is a small memorial cairn to the RAF crew of 297 squadron who were killed near the site on August 27th 1944 in their Albemarle V1782. F/S A H Husbridge the pilot, F/S B V Mowan, F/S W F Insley, Sgt ...
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Brigadier Rupert Crowdy celebrated his 105th birthday March 13th 2015
Brigadier Rupert Crowdy OBE served in the army in India and Burma and afterwards he organised the 'shipping' of coal into Berlin during the Berlin Siege. In 1962 he was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Queen.
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Bampton Community Plan Report 2015
In 2015 most households filled in a questionnaire and this is a well-collated report of the findings. CONTENTS include:-Survey Coverage: Household QuestionnaireThe RespondentsTheir HomesTheir FamiliesIndividual QuestionnaireLiving in BamptonHousi...
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Death of Evalyn Hornsby May 2015 then Fred Hornsby August 2015
Evalyn and Fred Hornby had lived in Bampton for many decades. Fred worked for John Henly and then his son Roy on Deanery farm and Hobbs Buildings and Evalyn worked at University farm for Mary Rouse. Evalyn died in the May and Fred in the August ...
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Vera Elward does microlight flight for church organ funds 2015
Vera Elward aged 92 did a microlight flight to help raise funds for the improvements planned for the church organ in St Mary's. In the end, Vera raised over £3,000
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Filmed interviews with Bampton people by Bampton Community Archive
These 4 pages list the YouTube web address of the filmed interviews done by the Bampton Community Archive. They are with Dave Rose with Terry Rouse bellringing; Vera Elward talking about Busby's department store; A History of St Mary's ...
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The Life and Work of Tony Page 1928 to 2015
The Eulogy by Tony Page's son Martin, gives a full account of his life. For us in Bampton Tony was in at the beginning of the Bampton Community Archive and did all the printing for the charity up to his death. It was through Tony's shea...
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Phil Addison and Terry Rouse and a choir boys' outing to Southsea 1947
Phil Addison and his family came to live in Bampton in 1940 to escape the bombing on the south coast. Phil was aged 7 and he stayed in Bampton until 1950 aged 17. He was in the choir of St Mary's and the photograph shows the boys L-R back r...
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David Cameron expresses concern for Witney Community Hospital August 2015
In August 2015 David Cameron, Prime Minister, expressed concern regarding Witney Community Hospital when he learnt the 30 bed Wenrisc ward was to close in September. It is hoped the ward will be refurbished and then re-opened in March 2016.
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Hedge Laying competition at Glebe Farm, Weald. March 15th 2014
A hedge laying competition was hosted by Glebe Farm, Weald courtesy of Mr Simon Collins on March 15th 2014. The pictures show the work in progress, finished, the tools used and some of the people who took part including our own Ray Borrett and Ma...
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Joyce Cotter (nee Chambers) was one of many evacuees from the Bow area of London who came to live in Bampton during part of WWII. Joyce came to Bampton along with one of her sisters, Mary, and a brother Albert Chambers. Joyce and Mary were kept...
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Terry Rouse with Phil Addison February 6th 2014
Phil Addison and Terry Rouse have been friends since they first met in 1943. Phil and his family came to live in Bampton in 1940 to get away from the bombing on the south coast; Terry and his family came to live in Bampton in 1943 when his father...
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2014. Sisters unite in requesting a public inquiry
Witney Gazette December 3rd 2014. Sisters unite in requesting a public inquiry after each of their brothers died from starvation after their benefits were drastically cut.Cathie Wood and Gill Thompson, sisters to Mark Wood of Bampton and David Cl...
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Terry Rouse with Rev David Lloyd at the low altar 17.8.2014
When Terry Rouse came to Bampton aged 9, he immediately joined the choir of St Mary The Virgin. His father Reg was a bellringer in the church. Terry has served St Mary's his entire life in Bampton. He has variously been a choir boy, bellri...
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John Honour Willmer Nov 11th 1920 to Aug 11th 2014
Richard Willmer arrived at Friars Court as a tenant farmer in 1917. He was a successful hay and straw merchant who, at one time, was one of the main hay suppliers to both Great Western Railways and the collieries in Wales. Richard married Mary Hon...
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John Wilmer Nov 11th 1920 to Aug 11th 2014
John Wilmer was a farmer who worked hard to run his farm in a sustainable manor and make use of natural resources long before it was an in-vogue thing to do. He was also a lovely man who was always thinking of others.This is the eulogy given by h...
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Dinah Green - September 7th 1930 to October 21st 2013
Dinah Lucy Godfrey married Ramon James Green May 15th 1954. Dinah always took part in events going on in Bampton. She made wonderful costumes for her daughter Esther for fancy dress competitions and in later years for herself when taking part in...
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Death of Alan Clarke from the Horse Shoe Inn
Alan originally was the licensee of the George & Dragon and then took on the Horse Shoe, putting a tenant in to the George & Dragon, but that was not successful and in the end, the brewery close it and kept the Horse Shoe. Anyone walking ...
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Alan Clarke, landlord of The Horse Shoe dies September 29th 2013
Alan Clarke died suddenly on Monday September 29th 2013. He was landlord of the Horse Shoe in Bampton. The article gives far more information about Alan's working life
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Rose Gerring, born December 12th 1923, died September 2013
Bampton was very much enriched by the life of Rose Gerring because she took such an active part in so many areas and you can read about them in the eulogy. The two photographs - one was taken just post WWII at her home Sandford House and the othe...
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Bampton's Home Guard & letter from Trish Cassidy nee Hiron January 2013
In January 2013 Trish Cassidy wrote to Janet Rouse enclosing this scanned copy of a photograph of Bampton's Home Guard marching past The Talbot sometime during WWII and one of Rose Radband dressed as Britannia for a play. Her letter gives mo...
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Roy Shergold's funeral program for September 5th 2013
Roy Shergold was one of the most loved people in Bampton, always smiling, always a kind word, always willing to help anyone he needed his many talents. There is a lovely film of Roy talking about his working life; he was rightly proud to say that...
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Brief history of 3 dwellings garnered for the exhibition 'A History of Trade in Bampton'
In the spring of 2013 Janet Rouse put on an exhibition in the Vesey Room entitled 'A History of Trade in Bampton.' As part of the research a letter was put through each door along the main routes through Bampton asking for history of th...
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Death of Alan Clarke landlord of The Horse Shoe
Alan Clarke, the landlord of the Horse Shoe died suddenly on Monday evening. Alan was a great supporter of many events in Bampton; his pub was the headquarters of the Bampton Traditional Morris Men; he was instrumental in helping to raise money f...
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Robin Shuckburgh, Chairman of the Bampton Community Archive 2013
Robin Shuckburgh has been chairman of Bampton Community Archive for about 8 years (as at 2017) and over-seen the raising of £250,000 to repair the roof of the Old Grammar School in Church View and make the upstairs a usable space again. We are ex...
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Terry, Janet, Keith and Brian Rouse May 29th 2013
Terry Rouse came to live in Bampton in 1943 aged 9. His father Reg Rouse had been farming in Somerset at Upper Langford and George Collins had a field next to the farm where Reg was working. George bought Weald farm and advertised for a farm man...
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William 'Bill' Ernest John Daniels. 1934 to December 2013
Bill took a full part in the life of Bampton. He was a Morris dancer with Francis Shergold's side, the Bampton Traditional Morris Men. Just after WWII when he was 12 years old, he was one of the group of young boys along with Ted Hunt who g...
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Colonel Michael Roberts 1912-2005 & wife Diana 1917-2013
Colonel Mike Roberts and Diana came to live in Bampton when Mike retired from the army. His early army career was in India and Burma and he and Diana came back to the UK just before partition. An interview with Diana can be found at https://yout...
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