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Freda and Tom Bradley

  • BCA - 2025.8051
  • Item
  • 1946

Freda (Daniels) and Tom Bradley moved into Mill Cottages when they married in 1948, the photographs show Tom in the door way, with his sister-in- law Pat Bradley, in front, and the second is Freda doing the same. Pat was tiny, so they are joking about her size. The Cottages are now combined into one.

Janet Westman

The Farmhouse Pantry run by Julia Rouse

  • BCA - 2025.8035
  • Item
  • 2025

This shop was originally the premises of Mr Money, Boot and Shoemaker in the High Street. After Mr. Money's retirement, Mrs Francis Henley rented the shop for her daughter , Hazel, to run as a boutique. It was later rented by Mona Wilkins whose daughter also ran it as a boutique. It was finally run by Julia Rouse, daughter of Don and Mary, as The Farmhouse Pantry .

Janet Newman

Funeral Notice for Leslie Harrison

  • BCA - 2025.8034
  • Item
  • 9th May 2023

Leslie grew up in Bampton where his father , Jack Harrison , was a butcher for many years. His first butcher's shop was in Pear Tree Cottage in the High Street and he moved from there to run his shop in the right hand side of what became Adrian Simmond's shop, on the Market Square.

Janet Newman

Tree Planting in Memory of John Quick

  • BCA - 2025.8031
  • Item
  • 1990s

Together with Paul Bovington, John Quick founded SPAJERS in 1953 as a 'one-off event ' to celebrate the Queen's coronation. Following the passing of John, a flowering cherry tree was planted in his memory in the grounds of the War Memorial. In the photos can be seen Edie, John's widow, together with his son Kenny. Also representing the SPAJERS are Don Rouse and Frank Hudson.

Janet Newman

Percy Bowerman, Chauffeur for Mrs Bliss

  • BCA - 2025.8013
  • Item
  • ? - 1970

Mrs Bliss, widow of Colonel Bliss, spent her remaing days at Bampton House. Percy Bowerman was her chauffeur and would drive her around the village in her green Morris Minor. When she died, Percy inherited the Morris Minor.

Janet Newman

Covid: Professor Martin Landray and Professor Peter Hornby help find treatment

  • BCA - 2025.8004
  • Item
  • June 2020

Newspaper article about Professors Martin Landray and Peter Horley , they had identified the first treatment known to saves lives from Covid 19 . The Oxford University professors had discovered that the drug dexamethasone had reduced deaths by a third among Covid 19 patients ill enough to be ventilated.

Janet Westman

Childs Shoes found in Dunlaoghaire, Primrose lane

  • BCA - 2025.7966
  • Item
  • 2024

During some building work at her cottage, the owner, Leanne Mullen, found a child’s shoe. The shoe was found in December 2024, within the original back wall of Dunlaoghaire, Primrose Lane. The cottage had a catslide roof added in later years so this original back was currently an internal wall. It is thought that the cottage dates back to 1800-1820? The shoe was badly worn and in pieces with the top, heel and sole all separated as 3 separate parts. It was around 15cm in length, composed of black leather which surprisingly was still soft to the touch (once the dust was removed). In order to keep the shoe as an intrinsic part of the structure of the cottage, it has been placed with a new wall that has just been used to block up a chimney breast.
Dunloaghaire was the home of Francis and Anne Shergold, for many years, and Paul McGrath, their grown up nephew lived with them.

Janet Westman

Girl Guides

  • BCA - 2024.7960
  • Item
  • 9th September 2013

An article from The Bampton Beam discussing the history of the Girl Guide movement in Bampton.A page from The Beam 1991 volume 6 No3 about the Girl Guides
in Bampton. It gives the history of the Girl Guide movement. There is a rather dark picture of Mrs Bullen (wife of Dr Bullen of Bampton) and Mrs Ewings meeting Lady Baden Powell at a Guide Rally. It is thought that the “Bampton Guide and Brownie packs were formed in 1949 by Mrs Margery Bullen who ran them for ten years with the help of Mrs Ewings and Eileen Graham. Mrs Jean
Gascoigne took over the Guides in 1964 and was their leader until 1978. Mrs Meg Daley has been running the Brownies for the past few years assisted by Miss Elizabeth Tanner who was Lieutenant of the Guides before that. Mrs Mavis Clack and the late Mrs Margaret Wythes were Brown Owl and Tawny Owl in the 1970s and before that, Mrs Ham, Mrs Dora Ewings and Mrs Lynne Barber ran the 1stBampton Brownies.” In 1950 at the Remembrance Sunday Ann Spurrett, Dinah Dafter (colour bearer) and Barbara Green represented the Brownies

Janet Newman

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