Junior Church in St Mary's Good Friday 1999
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Junior Church seen in St Mary's on Goof Friday 1999 along with their leader Mrs Margaret Battersby.
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Junior Church in St Mary's Good Friday 1999
Junior Church seen in St Mary's on Goof Friday 1999 along with their leader Mrs Margaret Battersby.
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St Mary's seen from Sandford Field
This view of St Mary The Virgin Church was taken looking across Sandford Field, probably in the 1950s but could be ten years earlier.
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These picture were taken in 2007 and show the electric motor which now drives the church clock. It used to be powered by weight and pendulum which had to be wound up twice a week along with the weight that drove the carillon.
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The old Carillon in St Mary's, Bampton
The old carillon had to be turned off permanently in the end when too many pins on the drum had fallen out and simply would not stay in place when put back.
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St Mary's choir sing Evensong at Lichfield Cathedral April 18th 2015
On Saturday April 18th 2015 the choir from St Mary The Virgin, Bampton went to Lichfield Cathedral to sing Sung Evensong. Choir master and conductor David New, organist on the day for the choir was John Ridgway.
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Workmen on top of St Mary's Church Spire 1970
Black and White Photograph of three men a the top of the Church Spire in 1970
Janet Westman
Photograph taken by Joan Bateman daughter of the vicar of Bampton from 1936
Janet Westman
These 9 newspaper cuttings are all from 1968. The topics covered include
Deputy county surveyor faces a barrage of complaints including roadworks in the Market Square, Village green areas being used as dumping grounds, badly sighted new road signs, 19 council houses had been built in Bampton.
Michael Pickard, younger son of Mr & Mrs Pickard of Knapps Farm, is off to Russia with his bride Elizabeth Hart after their honeymoon in Malta with his work for ICI with regard to a new fibre plant.
Theft of a Jaguar in Bampton and the collection box in the Jubilee Inn with money for Bampton's OAPs and £65 from Albert Coles of St Mary's Trailer Court.
Bampton Town football club reached the final of the Fred Ford Memorial Cup
Basic reports from St Mary's, the Bingo club, Darby & Joan club, British Legion, Baptist church and the NSPCC
Work has started on building Lavender Place Flats on the site of the farmyard of Home Farm, the farmhouse being on High Street and recently (2018) renamed Leat House which is a great shame as it's history has been lost with the name change.
Bampton Youth Club re-opens with new leader Mr Michael Yeo
Wedding of Daphne Jackson to Allan Pullin.
George Dafter awarded Imperial Service Medal from the Post Office, he retired and he celebrated his 65th birthday.
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Mrs Vera Elward raises almost £3,000 for St Mary's church organ fund
Vera Elward was 92 when she flew in a microlight to help raise funds for the restoration and enhancement of the organ in Saint Mary The Virgin Church in Bampton. Vera always gave much of her time and love for the church. She ran the Sunday school for about 20 years and would gather the children from their houses as she walked to the Sunday School class. She died peacefully at home on April 9th 2020
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Program of Events to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II June 2012
There was a very full program of events that took place throughout Bampton from Saturday June 2nd to Tuesday June 5th.
This is the full list of the events.
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