Pumpkin Club weigh in, junior section
- BCA - 2021.2622
- Item
- 1976
Eleven year old Paul Dowley tried to lift the 66 pound pumpkin. Paul won the Junior class.
Nik Stanbridge
Pumpkin Club weigh in, junior section
Eleven year old Paul Dowley tried to lift the 66 pound pumpkin. Paul won the Junior class.
Nik Stanbridge
SPAJERS: Collection of Dance Tickets
Collection of SPAJERS dance tickets from 1958 and 1960 and 1970. for Shirt Race Ball held at Weald Manor and WI Hall.
Featuring Frantic Fred and his Fantastic Foursome, his Family and his Frolics. Fabulous Butch Quartz (who was Fred's son) and his Four Pintz, Profit was used to promote the Shirt Race
Janet Westman
Playgroup Christmas Bazaar Dec 2nd 1983
Back in the 1980s a club or society had a bazaar or jumble sale almost every Saturday in the WI Hall and there would be a queue of people waiting to come in. This was the Christmas Bazaar held by the Playgroup to raise funds for its running.
Mrs Lynne Evans and Mrs Diane O'Brien can be seen with young Neil O'Brien in the top picture and along with one of Father Christmas's helpers are Lizzie Betts, Kathryne Betts and Louise Burton.
Bampton Community Archive
Clair Dryden invested as May Queen
Clare Dryden was invested as May Queen. Bob Harris, probably best known for presenting The Old Grey Whistle Test but at this point he was a presenter on Radio Oxford, put the sash on Clare. The ceremony took place in the WI Hall, Market Square. It is now the Village Hall.
Nik Stanbridge
Claire Wythes wins Queen's Guide award in 1978
15 year old Claire Wythes first went along to Guides aged three because her mother, Margaret Wythes was Brown Owl with the Bampton Guides. Claire was awarded the Queen's Guide Award, the Guides top award, at the WI Hall by the District Commissioner Mrs C Cooper.
Nik Stanbridge
Women's Institute Christmas Fancy Dress Party c 1958
Photo of Children dressed in fancy dress at the WI Christmas Party 1958,
People in the Christmas party photo in Fancy Dress file Some are recognised below:
Celia and Tina John
Rosemary and Peter Ham
Lynne Rouse
Teresa Rouse
Linda Smith & Roger Powell & Julie Powell
Daphne Jackson
Maureen Nichols
Pamela Quick
Mary Gerring
Jannette Keyte
Christine Weston
Janet Westman
Children's Party in WI Hall 1964
Photographs with names of children and mothers as follows:
Janet Westman
Bampton Horticultural Society Summer Show
After a very hot and dry summer the Bampton Horticultural Society held an excellent summer show although there were fewer entries in some of the flower and vegetable classes.
The Lady Anne Montagu Cup for overall points was won by Mr J Horne.
The cutting lists all the winners in all the classes.
Nik Stanbridge
The WI put on the pantomime Jack and The Bean Stalk in the WI Hall in 1969
Inside the cow were Betty Collett and Valerie Adams played the cow
Jack & Jill were played by Penny Daniels and Angela Collett.
Nik Stanbridge
Bampton Horticultural Society Autumn Show
The Bampton Horticultural Society has two shows a year and this is their autumn one. In the picture, Betty Collett the club secretary is seen holding a huge marrow with club chairman, John Snook. The John Taylor cup for the most overall points went to Mr Keith Bishop.
Nik Stanbridge