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The Bampton Beam used to be produced and given free to every household three times a year. This issue is from July 2009 and the articles covered and advertisers include:-ARTICLES AND NOTICESLoo of the Year Awards!Photo of Bampton’s award winning ...
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The Lockdown Lowdown issue 8, June 2020
In response to the first lockdown in the spring and early summer of 2020 because of Covid-19, this 8th issue of the Lockdown Lowdown was produced and a copy sent to every household. All the work was done by a team of volunteers and the cost was pa...
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The Lockdown Lowdown issue 7, June 2020
In response to the first lockdown in the spring and early summer of 2020 because of Covid-19, this 7th issue of the Lockdown Lowdown was produced and a copy sent to every household. All the work was done by a team of volunteers and the cost was pa...
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The Lockdown Lowdown issue 6 May 2020
In response to the first lockdown in the spring and early summer of 2020 because of Covid-19, this 6th issue of the Lockdown Lowdown was produced and a copy sent to every household. All the work was done by a team of volunteers and the cost was pa...
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The Lockdown Lowdown issue 5 May 2020
In response to the first lockdown in the spring and early summer of 2020 because of Covid-19, this 5th issue of the Lockdown Lowdown was produced and a copy sent to every household. All the work was done by a team of volunteers and the cost was pa...
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The Lockdown Lowdown issue 3, May 2020
In response to the first lockdown in the spring and early summer of 2020 because of Covid-19, this 4th issue of the Lockdown Lowdown was produced and a copy sent to every household. All the work was done by a team of volunteers and the cost was p...
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The Lockdown Lowdown, 1st May issue 2020
In response to the first lockdown in the spring and early summer of 2020 because of Covid-19, this third issue of the Lockdown Lowdown was produced and a copy sent to every household. All the work was done by a team of volunteers and the cost was...
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Lockdown Lowdown, Issue 2 in April 2020
In response to the first lockdown in the spring and early summer of 2020 because of Covid-19, this second issue of the Lockdown Lowdown was produced and a copy sent to every household. At this point it was still giving a nod to the now defunct B...
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The Lockdown Lowdown April 2020
As an extra to the Bampton Beam which was produce just 3 times a year, the Lockdown Lowdown was created and produced weekly initially. Its aim was to keep people informed of what help was available, what was open, and to provide a tiny bit of lig...
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Bampton Aid Network April 2020
With the outbreak of Covid-19 very early in 2020 a national lockdown was brought in where people had to stay at home other than to go out and buy food and they were allowed one hour of exercise a day. People had to stay 6 feet / 2 metres apart, k...
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The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year and given free to every household. This issue is from March 2008. The topics covered and advertisers include :-ARTICLES AND NOTICESBampton Post Office to Stay Open by Martin BarrettFloodi...
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The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year and given to every household. This issue is from July 2008. The topics covered and the advertisers include:-ARTICLES AND NOTICESFlooding Again – with photographs, Steve Radband clearing c...
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Bampton Traditional Morris dancing in Witney July 1984
By tradition the Bampton Morris dancers dance in Bampton on only one day a year. That used to be Whit Monday but when the government made the last Monday in May the bank holiday, which may or may not be Whit Monday the day of dance has stayed the...
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The Bampton Beam used to be produce three times a year and this issue is from March 2007. The topics covered and the advertisers include:-ARTICLES AND NOTICESOut With The Old - (we mean the bus not Pam and Phillis!) In With The New!Annual Paris...
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This photograph was lent to the Archive in 2003 and no notes were put with it. I contacted the National Army Museum to see what they could tell me about it and this is their reply."The uniform in the image you have sent through is post 1915 ...
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The Bampton Beam November 2005
The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year. This issue is from November 2005. The topics covered and the advertisers include :-ARTICLES AND NOTICESTraffic Calming Build Out Saga Finishes! by David Hawkins, Bampton Parish CouncilPhot...
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Invoice from R Oakey & Sons Ltd (Roy Oakey )to Mr A Townsend of Ashtree farm, Weald Dec 1st 1959
This is an invoice sent to Mr Alex Townsend of Ash Tree farm in Weald Street December 1st 1959. The bill shows 15/-s which is 75p in today's money, and it was for conveying 5 pigs to the Witney Market. The R is Robert Oakey, father of Roy O...
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West Ox Arts program of events for the first part of 2015
The West Ox Arts based in the upstairs of Bampton's Town Hall have a always had a wonderful series of exhibitions. This leaflet lists the exhibitions to take place between January and May in 2015. Events planned for these months include:-Bi...
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The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year. This issue is from March 2006. The topics covered and the advertisers include :-ARTICLES AND NOTICESParish Council and District Council Elections 4 May 2006Bampton Post Office – Yet Anot...
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May 27th 1947. Jingy Wells aged 80 still playing fiddle for the Morris dancers
Jingy Wells, (William Nathan Wells) danced, fooled and played for the Bampton Morris for decades. This newspaper cutting records him playing his fiddle for the dancers when he was aged 80 in 1947.
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Wedding of Miss Dora M Busby to Mr Gerald T E Unwins August 23rd 1930
Newspaper clipping August 29th 1930. Miss Dora M Busby, only daughter of Mr I W Busby of Busby's shop on the corner of High St with Bushey Row (now called Strawberry Cottage) married Mr Gerald T E Unwins of Uppingham, Rutland. They were mar...
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Morgan and West and their Parlour Tricks as top 'Victorian Magicians.' February 6th 2015
Mike Wareham and Leslie Williams brought some delightful acts to Bampton which took place in the Village Hall and we were very sorry when Mike had to retire from doing this. Mike and Leslie used to give dinner to the actors before the show and Mi...
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May 6th 2015 Oxfordshire's unemployment at 3.6 percent
In 2014 Oxfordshire's unemployment rate stood at 3.6% while the national average was 6.2%
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Restoration of Quebec Cottage, Cheapside 2018
In 2018 Quebec Cottage in Cheapside was fully restored. The first photograph in black and white was taken in 1997 and the second picture was taken July 11th 2011 and shows the cottage completely hidden by trees growing up against the front of the...
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Jimmy Doran is the Home Counties Champion in the 37.5-40kg class March 2014
Jimmy Doran from The Paddocks in Weald Street is the Home Counties Champion in the 37.5-40kg class March 2014
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Jill Ruck's garden at Oban House, Bridge St.
Jill Ruck was a keen gardener and had a wonderful eye for balance, form and colour. She opened her garden for Hidden Gardens in 2011 and all but the 2nd picture here were taken that day. She altered very slightly the surround to the mini pond wh...
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Wedding of Edith and Harold Foreshew 16th April 1949.
Wedding of Edith and Harold Foreshew 16th April 1949. Edie was the sister of Emmie Papworth. Edie lived in a single story dwelling in Church View which was converted from the National School's kitchen and dining room at one time. Her home ...
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Natasha, father Tom and Tom's mother Emmie Papworth
This picture shows a young Natasha with her father Tom and Tom's mother Emmie Papworth. They are in Church View almost opposite Emmie's sister's house, Edie Foreshew. Tom is wearing his fire fighter's uniform.
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Ham Court farmhouse in the 1870s
This is a photograph of Ham Court farmhouse, seen from the SW, in the 1870s. This was before the Victorian extension was added to the south.
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Torchbearer's Certificate given to Pamela Preston, now Pamela Collins, on February 6th 1949
Torchbearer's Certificate given to Pamela Preston, now Pamela Collins, on February 6th 1949. The Torchbearers still exist although there is no longer a group in Bampton under that name. Their mission is to proclaim the transforming presence...
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A few properties for sale in 2014
These are just a few of the properties that were for sale in Bampton in March, July and August 2014
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Witney Gazette August 13th 2014. Doris and Mike Cleaver have been honoured for their amazing charity work for Cancer Research UK. Between them they had given 60 years of fundraising for the cause and in the last 15 years alone had raised over £25...
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Viewing the exhibition about Bampton's WI February 2004
These two photographs show a few people who came to view the exhibition put on by the Bampton Community Archive in the Vesey room in the Old Grammar School in February 2004.
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Letter from Habgood & Mammatt re proposed auction price of The Swan
Letter from Habgood & Mammatt on September 28th 1964 to Mrs E L Townsend, at (formerly) The Swan Inn, Buckland Road regarding their suggestion of a reserve auction price for the sale of The Swan, Buckland Road. They suggested £3,200.
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Community Shop closes for 3 weeks for huge sort-out
June 25th 2014. The Community Shop in Rosemary Lane closed for 3 weeks for a complete check through the stock, redecoration and reorganisation of the space.
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Hanging the banner of the Bampton branch of the WI
The Bampton branch of the WI had to close when the cost of maintaining the hall in the Market Square, which today is known as the Village Hall, became impossible.There banner was made by Pat Barratt and shows the items associated with Bampton:-Sai...
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17 soldiers of the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry WWI
Group of 17 soldiers of the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry, including middle row 3rd from left, John Tanner.
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Men of Royal Berkshire Regiment WWI
Group of 12 soldiers of the Royal Berkshire Regiment including front row left, Billy Flux who married Lizzie Tanner. WWI
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A visit to the Houses of Parliament c1939
This picture was lent to the Archive to copy by Bill Mathews. The young boy at the front is probably Bill which is why he will have kept the photograph. On the back it says it was a visit to the houses of Parliament. Interesting that if Bill wa...
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The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year. This issue is from July 2007. Articles covered and advertisers includeARTICLES AND NOTICESBampton Sewer Network ImprovementsMineral Extraction Proposal by Ralph Norman, Bampton Parish Co...
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The Bampton Beam used to be produce 3 times a year. This issue is from March 2005. The topics covered and the advertisers include:-ARTICLES AND NOTICESWake Up Bampton – Bampton Fire Service Needs You!Photo of Fire Service of Bampton 1939Movies...
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Notes from Bampton Cricket Club 2005-2008
These are notes and letters and plans for the Bampton Cricket Club between 2005 and 2008.
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Jill Tweed, a member of West Ox Arts
For many year Jill Tweed was a member of West Ox Arts but her work spans a much greater length of time. These three pages from a book called Modern British Sculpture by Guy Portelli gives a good flavour of the range of Jill's work and the co...
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Arnold Woodley's side in the USA 1982
Arnold Woodley's side went to the USA in 1982 and this picture was taken while out there
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Letter from Frank Purslow to Bill somebody 1972
This is a letter from Frank Purslow who played for Francis Shergold's side for a few years and then transferred to Arnold Woodley's side c1970.
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Lawrence Adams' side between 1983 and 2003
A group of photograph of Lawrence Adams' side taken between 1983 and 2003img240 Policeman Steve c2003img241 2003img242 from Hilary Blanford. Double jig, outside Morris Clown. Lawrence Adams left, Barry Care and Darren Lloydimg243 from Hilary ...
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Letters between Arnold Woodley and Sam Bennett
These are letters between Arnold Woodley and Sam Bennett in the years 1945 to 1950. I am sorry the scanning is not better but the copies I was given were scans and not all of them were good. There is one further letter from Frank Purslow to Bill...
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The three pictures show :-Women's touring team v Rest of The World. June 16th 1935Marjorie hitting, annual cricket match at Berkhamsted, Herts. July 31st 1931Marjorie Pollard at the crease. May 5th 1937Marjorie Pollard OBE lived at The Deaner...
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The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year and given free to every household. This issue is from July 2006. The topics covered and the advertisers include:-ARTICLES AND NOTICESThe New Parish CouncilExtra Day Heralds Shopmobility Suc...
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Rupert Dent, Conservative for Bampton & Clanfield Ward
Rupert Dent is the Conservative candidate for the Bampton and Clanfield Ward at the West Oxfordshire District Council elections on May 6th 2021
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Ted Fenton, Conservative for Witney West & Bampton Division
Ted Fenton, Conservative, standing as the candidate for Witney West and Bampton Division at the Oxfordshire County Council Elections on May 6th 2021
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Village Garage Sale & Hidden Gardens 2021
Alternate years, the Bampton Community Archive organises a Village-wide Garage Sale in the morning and Hidden Gardens in the afternoon. In 2021 this event took place on Sunday June 13th. Profits from the Garage Sale were for the Bampton Library ...
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The Bampton Beam used to be produced 3 times a year. This edition is from July 2005. Topics covered and advertisers include:-ARTICLES AND NOTICESTraffic Calming Build Out Saga Continues by David Hawkins, Bampton Parish CouncilHilda Kent Does Us ...
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History of the Eeles shop to the Co-op shop
Tony Scott told the ArchiveI believe International Stores took over (from Eeles) in 1969 and altered and extended the premises, covered the cellars & converted the accommodation into a self contained flat.It was then became Gateway until it cl...
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These photographs are all of Buscot Tanner and his family. They show1. 1911 Jingy on fiddle, Henry Radband with cake, Charles Tanner in doorway his brother Buscot Tanner in No1 position, David Edginton fool2. Buscot Tanner and his wife Sophia, se...
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Bampton National School class photo 1922
This photograph, taken in 1922 according to the date on the bottom right corner, is of a class at Bampton National School in Church View. It is sad that we don't know the names of any of the children in the picture. The picture was lent to t...
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Mr Gordon with his class, different years, early twentieth century
Taken early in the twentieth century, both pictures show Mr Gordon with his class, but the pupils are from different academic years. Some children can be seen in both pictures and clearly, they are older in the second picture.The school was the N...
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Threshing the corn using a steam engine to drive the threshing machine
Before combine harvesters were the norm, threshing was done any time from November onwards when other harvesting had been done and probably once the cattle had been brought in under cover for the winter. In this picture you can see a steam driven...
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Emmie Papworth outside her Newsagents Shop in Bridge Street
This picture shows Emmie Papworth standing outside her newsagents shop in Bridge Street. Emmie was a much loved person and I never heard a bad word said about her and I never heard her say anything unkind about anyone. She was always smiling. L...
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Lloyd Hughes Owens' extracts from Vestry meetings between 1859 and 1916
Lloyd Hughes Owens read through old Vestry minutes and extracted bits he found interesting. They were hand-written notes and the Archive is indebted to Miriam James for typing them out to make life easier for the reader. These extracts are both ...
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H. Chandler, perhaps related to Albert Chandler the saddler from Bampton
The caption on the back of the photograph says H. Chandler January 17th 1941. His uniform looks to be American.Grace Eeles lent the Archive this photograph to scan. Sadly we have no way of knowing if he was related to Albert Chandler the saddler...
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James & Elizabeth Green 1904 Church View
The family tree and descendants of James Charles Green b.1838 who married Elizabeth Wing b.1839 and who both died in 1910 can be seen athttps://atom.bamptonarchive.org/index.php/9t45-72n5-n5k2There is a photograph here showing the family of James ...
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West Ox Arts to have a big Arts Sale 2015
This flyer was produced to advertise the great big Arts Sale by West Ox Arts at the start of 2015
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First year some Bampton Men were Morris Dancing
This list was put together by Keith Chandler May 20th 1986 and records the first year some of the Bampton men Morris danced at Spring Bank holiday. They includeColin BatheMark BootyRoly BrownRichard BuckinghamRobin ConnaughtonAlister CookMathew G...
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Extract from the Witney Gazette 1912 about Bampton's Morris Dancers
This is an article from the Witney Gazette in 1912 and is all about our Morris Dancers and more particularly William Nathan "Jingy" Wells whom the write calls Billy.
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Gladmans, having got permission for 160 houses to be built at the NE end of New Road, got Richborough Estates to do the building. RE agreed to fund an extension to the village school in Bowling Green Close and provide money for bus stops, public ...
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The Despoiling of England - article in the Daily Mail 2014
This article, written by Sue Reid and Robert Hardman is taken from the Daily Mail, December 17th 2014 and the writers talk about the despoiling of England by firms like Richborough Estates who are taking advantage of places like West Oxfordshire w...
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Cyril Smith & Son Christopher rebuild part of the wall at Castle View, Bridge St.
Cyril Smith must have done more little jobs around Bampton than he could begin to count. He is one of those dying breed of men who can turn his hand to almost anything and today, March 2021, he is sadly frail and housebound and we miss hearing an...
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David Radband is mentioned in Dispatches
This is the citation to PTE David Radband when he was mentioned in dispatches for his outstanding and considerable bravery when the fighting and insurgency in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, was at its height in 2009. This cutting is from the Nove...
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These children are in fancy dress probably taking part in a village day of fun. But the ground looks very wet and muddy and as the front children are using an old fashioned bath chair for their 'part', the young boys are wearing hob-nai...
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Bus timetable in 1962, Witney to Fairford via Bampton and Lechlade
This is the local bus timetable from June 18th 1962 and shows the times and stops betweenWitney, Bampton, Lechlade and Fairford
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Bampton Morris dancers c1924 outside the Elephant & Castle
These are the Bampton Morris Men outside the Elephant and Castle Inn in Bridge Street c1924. Albert Townsend was the licence of the inn.
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Saint Mary's seen from the garden of the Grammar School
This picture shows the spire of Saint Mary The Virgin Church and the SW aspect of Churchgate House - once a vicarage - seen from the garden of the Old Grammar School.
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Burning the bristles off a pig before butchering
This is a picture post card showing how bristles used to be burnt off a pig before butchering the carcass. The card was sent to Miss E Townsend at the Elephant & Castle Inn which her parents owned. While this was not taken at the Inn, Albert...
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Adrian Simmonds' shop in the Market Square was like an Aladdin's cave. If there was something you needed he could nearly always find it somewhere in there. He also had the best supply of pet food for miles around. The letter of thanks...
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Tom Bower playing the flute for the Morris dancers
This is Tom Bower playing the flute for Lawrence Adam's Morris men in 2004
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Bampton Home Guard marching past The Talbot
This is a picture of Bampton's Home Guard marching past The Talbot Hotel in WWII was sent to the Archive by Trish Cassidy
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This is Rose Radband born in 1889 dressed up as Britannia. Rose was Trish Cassidy's great aunt. She was also Poppy Adlem's great aunt and Poppy said :-"This is my Great Aunt also she lived next door to us in Church view and came ...
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The Bampton Beam December 2004
The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year. This issue is from December 2004. The topics covered and the advertisers include :-ARTICLES AND NOTICESVillage Traffic IssuesStrange Activities at Strainge’s Butcher Shop – The Old Layout ...
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Brief History of the Royal Airforce Base RAF Brize Norton by Peter Fullerton April 2018
In April 2018 Peter Fullerton kindly wrote this history of the RAF Brize Norton base as it was the 80th year anniversary of the base.In 1950 the base was handed over to the US Air Force as a base for the B47 Stratojet Bombers. The base was hande...
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Vaccines flown to the Falklands from RAF Brize Norton
3,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZenica vaccine have been flown by military aircraft to the Falkland Islands. The government has pledged to get vaccinations to all overseas territories
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Clanfield Plough to open after alterations as the Double Red Duke
The Plough in Clanfield was sold by Martin and Chrissie Agius at the start of 2020 and throughout the period of the Covid-19 pandemic, much building work has gone on for the new owners and it is due to re-open early this year, 2021 or as soon as g...
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Winifred Jones aged 94 beats covid-19
Winifred Jones aged 94 has beaten covid-19 and puts her recovery down to keeping fit with exercise and weights. Winifred is a member of the Bush Club.
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Death of Peter Lewis January 3rd 2021
Peter Lewis died on January 3rd 2021. Peter came to Bampton when he was stationed at Radio Station Bampton, Royal Corps of Signals, Weald. He met Sylvia while station here, married her and they never left Bampton. He was an electrician and for ...
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Parent frustration after parish closes play parks January 2021
Mercury Close and Pembroke Place play parks were closed because of covid-19. Several parents offered to clean all the play equipment each day to help prevent the spread of the virus. After discussing government regulations with which the Parish ...
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The Old Grammar School soon to have extensive restoration
Work is due to start on extensive restoration work on the Old Grammar School in Church Close. In January 2021 all that was required was the final signature from OCC and that signature has been waited for for several months. It was hoped the work...
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Acrimonious dispute about failing water supply in Bampton June 1934
By June 1934 the poor supply of water in Bampton had reached a critical stage and it had been failing since 1921. The Parish Council had blamed the Rural District Council, they had contacted the County Council and in the end the CC said they'...
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Report of very low water in the Thames June 1921
These two newspaper cuttings are from a scrapbook compiled by Dr Davy at the beginning of the twentieth century. One of these cuttings refers to very low water in the Thames but there is also a report on the fish caught.
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Janet and Jean Elward swimming at Sandy Beach on the Thames 1950
Sisters Janet & Jean Elward are seen swimming in the Thames at Sandy Beach in 1950.People in Bampton used to swim in streams and rivers in Bampton at one time. Sandy Beach is an area on the Thames a little down river from The Trout Inn along ...
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Legal purchase document of The Bell Inn March 12th 1923
In March 1923 three ladies bought The Bell Inn in the Market Square to convert it into the Women's Institute Hall. The three ladies wereLady Victoria Alexandrina Forester from Weald ManorAnna Lucy Bliss from Bampton HouseEdith Mary Cobb from...
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Egret seen in Bampton January 2nd 2004
This was the first time an egret had been seen in Bampton
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Edith and Harold Foreshew 1949
This picture shows Edith and Harold Foreshew standing outside the Methodist Church in Bridge Street on April 16th 1949.
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Bampton Morris men outside the Elephant & Castle c1924 or 1925
These are the Bampton Morris Men outside the Elephant and Castle about 1924 or 1925. William Nathan 'Jingy' Wells is playing the fiddle.
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Bampton Morris men outside the Elephant & Castle c1924 or 1925
This picture was taken about 1924 or 1925 and shows the Bampton Morris Men outside the Elephant & Castle Inn. At that period in time, nearly all boys and men wore hats not just the dancers.
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The garden at Sandford Cottage 1990-1993
Jo Lewington moved into Sandford Cottage in the late 1980s. A very keen gardener and potter, she set about creating a unique garden which she has continued to develop and latterly adapt to her abilities (2021). These pictures are from the early ...
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FFF&B Ploughing Matches 1980, 1982 and 2003
These are photographs taken at the Fairford, Faringdon, Filkins & Burford (FFF&B) ploughing matches. There is one from 1980 which shows Doug Read in the High Cut ploughing class, two from 1982 which show horse ploughing which that year wa...
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Booklet "The Dancing English" by the EFDSS
This booklet was produced by the EFDSS (English Folk Dance and Song Society). Sadly, there is no date anywhere in the booklet but prices are in pre decimal coinage and the photograph of the Bampton Morris dancers was taken in 1947. That does not...
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The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year. This edition is from August 2004. The topics covered and the advertisers include:-ARTICLES AND NOTICESCharities of Bampton – The New Bampton Charity ShopPhotograph of David Hawkins officia...
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Talbot Inn, Thompson grocery shop, Joyner the draper
This picture, taken c1912 is looking along Bridge Street from the Market Square.The Talbot Inn can be seen on the left, next to it is a narrow red brick home and next to that is Thompson's high class grocery store which today is The Romany In...
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T. W. Pembrey department store and The New Inn
This is the only department store that has ever been in Bampton and it sold anything and everything from lino to material, bolts of cloth, men's and women's clothing, footwear and much more and it also housed the Post Office.Today, the p...
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