Muffled peal rung for Major Robert Colvile July 4th 2008
The bells were rung half muffled in memory of Major Robert Colvile on July 4th 2008. These pictures show the ringers and a group photo with Rosemary Colvile
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A sea of crocus in bloom in Bampton Manor
Each February, a wonderful sea of Crocuses come into flower in lawns of Bampton Manor and it's an absolute joy to stand at the gate in Broad Street and take in this scene.
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These documents are all concerning the Amelia Carter Charity.
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These are photographs of the war graves of 5 Bampton Men. Harold Edward Busby, pilot officer. A G Martin ordinary seaman. S Clark Royal Fusiliers. George Frederick Bayliss Royal Army Service Corps. A Lay gunner Royal Garrison Artillery.
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Repairs to the inside of the aisle roof of St Mary's 2009
In 2009 the roof of the aisle of St Mary The Virgin Church was repaired. Sadly, the leaking roof had caused damage on the inside and these photographs tell the story of the repair and repainting of the inside of the roof and repair of some timber.
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Brigadier Rupert Crowdey's photograph album from his time in the Army in India during the Raj
Brigadier Rupert Crowdy OBE born in 1910, trained at Sandhurst early in the C20th and went into the Indian Army. He remained there, with a spell in Burma during WWII, until 1947 when he came back to the UK and went into the British Army. He ran ...
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Careful dismantling of old 'Wisteria' and the building of new 'Wisteria' 2013-2015 in Church View
At one time, the dwelling in Church View called 'Wisteria' was the kitchen and dining room for the National School next door. After the school no longer needed it, it became the home of Edie Foreshew, the sister of Emmie Papworth, known...
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Floorboard from the old Grammar School
When work was being done around one of the windows upstairs in the Grammar School in Church View, the builder Drew Warren saw writing on one piece of floorboard and thoughtfully passed it on to David Pullman who gave it to the Archive to record. ...
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Patrick Strainge, butcher in Bampton late twentieth century
https://youtu.be/F9LPFGflOew This is the YouTube address for the filmed interview we did with Patrick about his working life. His training for being a butcher and where it was done are really interesting and I don't know if it is still avai...
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Wisteria around Bampton May 2009
The beautiful Wisteria here is on Weald Cottage, Weald Manor, Bridge House, Haytor and the Malt Shovel
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Vulcan bomber flew over Bampton June 13th 2009
This Vulcan bomber has been lovingly restored by enthusiasts but it's doubtful it will fly again, it's just too costly so we were lucky to see it.
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Removal of oil fired boiler & new gas boiler fitted in St Mary's 2010
In 2010 the old oil fired boiler was taken out of the boiler room under the vestry in St Mary's and a new gas fired system was installed. These photograph document the work from the old boiler being dismantled to the new one in place.
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Roy Shergold & Terry Rouse August 31st 2009
After enjoying the afternoon at the Donkey Derby in Sandfords Field, Roy Shergold and Terry Rouse enjoyed a good natter while sitting on the bridges and watching the world go by while having a good laugh.
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In January 2011 work started to build a New Bush Club on to the old National School in Church View in readiness to demolish the Horsa buildings at the back of the school which had been home to the Bush Club since it began in 1985. At the front a ...
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Roy Shergold & Terry Rouse talk vegetable gardening over Roy's gate April 17th 2011
Two great mates Roy Shergold and Terry Rouse talked vegetable gardening over Roy's gate. They had both been Morris Dancers in the Bampton Traditional Morris side and both turned to fooling for the side in that last years of dancing.
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Tree branches being cut back on Bridge Street May 9th 2011
Tree branches were cut back away from cables and the street lamp on Bridge Street May 9th 2011
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Bampton Parish Church News January - December 1903 plus Aston Parish news
These pages are extracts from the equivalent of our present-day church Contact magazine. They cover each month through 1903 and here you can read about the restoration of the bells, the planting of the trees down Broad Street, the outings the cho...
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BBQ & Farm Walk June 1st 2012 for the choir of St Mary's and their friends
The Organist and Choirmaster David New farms in Black Bourton; he organised a farm walk on his 100% organic farm followed by a BBQ for the choir of St Mary's and their friends.
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Choir outing to Kingston Farm for the children February 19th 2014
The organist and choirmaster of St Mary's, David New, organised an outing to Kingston Farm, near Kingston Bagpuize where he helps with the milking at weekends, for the junior members of the choir. It has a very big dairy herd milked on a rot...
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Diamond Jubilee Games in the Sports Field Diamond June 5th 2012
As part of the four days of celebrations to mark the Diamond Jubilee of the Queen Elizabeth II games were held in the playing fields by the pavilion. Apart from races, many clubs were there to give people the chance to try their sport. The even...
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Flooding in Bampton and Weald December 24th 2013
After very heavy rain there was once again flooding in Bampton. The 'dry' lake created by Weald Manor farmhouse to hold back water in Weald and stop it rushing into Mill Green did a good job. If this had not been constructed the water ...
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Flower Festival in St Mary's celebrating countries of the World May 26th 2013
Over the spring Bank Holiday weekend the members of the Flower Guild of St Mary's put on a wonderful Flower Festival in the church. They also work very hard all day on the Monday offering sandwiches, quiche, cakes, orange squash, tea and cof...
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Hedgelaying competition at Glebe Farm January 29th 2012
A hedgelaying competition was held on Glebe Farm, Weald courtesy of Simon Collins on January 29th 2012. Hedgelaying is time consuming but the great value in a well layed hedge is that it makes a stock-proof barrier that should last for many years...
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Flowers outside Adrian Simmonds' 24.7.13 west side Market Square
Adrian Simmonds ran a shop on the west side of the Market Square selling pet food, a vast range of household items, cigarettes and snuff and sweets. Outside, his window boxes and general floral display made the whole area a joy to behold througho...
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January 8th 2013. 11.20am. Three buses in Market Sq
The No18 Oxford bus and two of No19, one going to Witney and the other to Carterton. They meet in the square so people can transfer to the Oxford bus if they wish.
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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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1908 Horse bus at Bampton Station, Payne & Son Agents
This handsome carriage drawn by two horses belonged to Payne & Son Agents. The wording on the side of the carriage says Cartage and Removals. The name Payne can just be seen on the north side of Castle View in Bridge Street which is where th...
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The Great Shirt Race is held on the Saturday before the Spring Bank Holiday Monday. It is a race from pub to pub, teams of two and the person who has just done the pushing is the one to drink a half pint - squash in the junior race, beer for the ...
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Parish Feast of St Mary's July 8th 2012
The church of St Mary The Virgin, vicar Rev. David Lloyd, held their Parish Feast in the grounds of St Mary's. It was much enjoyed and the little children thought the picnic great fun.
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Ploughing Match at Shifford Manor Farm, Old Shifford September 27th 2014
The Faringdon, Fairford, Filkins and Burford Ploughing Society hold an annual ploughing match, nearly always on the last Saturday in September and traditionally within a 16 mile radius of Lechlade. There are matches between huge, modern tractors,...
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On August 4th 2014, 100 years to the day from the outbreak of World War One, the bells were rung half muffled and a service held at the War Memorial in the Market Square led by Rev. David Battersby. The photographs show the muffs being tied on to...
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The Shirt Race is organised by the SPAJERS - The Society for The Preservation of Ancient Junketing - and is run the Saturday before the late May Bank Holiday usually, but in 2012, Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th of June were both Bank Holidays because...
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Morris Dancing Day May 30th 2011
On a rather wet May Bank Holiday Monday, these photographs pretty well document the day of the Bampton Traditional Morris side dancing, but not all venues were photographed. There are a few photos of visiting sides and some of children watching.
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St Mary's choir sing Sung Evensong at Christchurch Cathedral Oxford July 11th 2011
The choir of St Mary The Virgin, Bampton sang Sung Evensong at Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford.
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John Lester's photographs of the Busby family 1938
As an 11 year old boy, John Lester came to visit the Busby family in 1938 at harvest time. The Busby family owned the shop in the High Street in Bampton. John sent us his scanned copies of his family, the Busby family and himself as a young boy ...
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This is a flyer sent by the "In Campaign" trying to persuade people that we shall be better off in the EU than leaving. The people who put their name to this are Mark Carney the governor of the Bank of England, Sir Richard Branson, Fra...
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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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From John Chipperfield's Memory Lane May Queen Jenna Hughes-Jones aged 11
In 1990 Jenna Hughes-Jones aged 11 was crowned May Queen. Proceeds from the May Fair were expected to top £1,000 and would be used to give pensioners in Bampton a happy Christmas
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Fire in hayrick at Hobbs Buildings c1918
The daughter of Mr & Mrs Albert Tanner kindly sent these photographs to the Archive and I'm sorry I don't know her name - if you do please contact the Archive via the link on the front page (click on the banner Bampton Community Arch...
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Petrol Pumps outside Crowell House
Hughes Garage was behind Cromwell House, the shop was on the corner next to it, now Exeter House and the petrol pumps for the garage were right in front of Cromwell House.
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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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Flower festival at Saint Mary The Virgin, Bampton May Bank Holiday 2015
The Flower Guild put on a wonderful flower festival through the Bank Holiday weekend at the end of May and on the Monday they also sell sandwiches, quiche slices, cakes, tea, coffee and squash. The money raised ensures we have an excellent flower...
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Arthur Montague Colvile & wife Phyllis Margaret nee Innes to Buckingham Palace to receive DSO
This is a photograph of Arthur Montague Colvile going to Buckingham Palace with his wife Phyllis Muriel (Innes) to receive his DSO. The supplement to The London Gazette June 3rd 1918 records the award of the Distinguished Service Order on Major A...
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Downton Abbey being recorded March 29th 2015 on a bitterly cold day
On a bitterly cold day on March 29th 2015 scenes were recorded for Downton Abbey. These are delightful casual shots of the actors both well known and supporting cast.
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February 12th 2016 tree behind Patrick Strainge butcher's being trimmed
There is a lovely tree behind Patrick Strainge butchers which is being kept clipped to have a rounded surface and this shows the men on a type of cherry picker trimming it.
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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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A History of P & L Bovington by Simon Bovington
Simon Bovington has written out a brief history of P & L Bovington - Paul and Les - and the fish shop in the High Street
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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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The Bampton Traditional Morris men and Bampton Morris Men May 29th 2016 plus some of the visiting teams.
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August 23rd 2015 an amazing orange sky
A long line of cloud suddenly became bright orange as the sun went down.
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Downton filming in Bampton April 23rd 2014
Downton Abbey was being filmed in Bampton again in April 2014. Most of the actors are very obliging, willing talking with the younger generation and several Bampton people are extras. The filming takes place immediately around, and sometimes in,...
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Bampton Fire Brigade at Crystal Palace July 1907
Bampton Fire Brigade won many tournaments and they did well in July 1907 at Crystal Palace which is where this photograph was taken for a postcard
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Picture postcard High St looking East from the Grange. To Miss K Phillips post stamp March 13th 1908
Picture postcard of the High Street looking east from outside the Grange. Addressed to Miss K Phillips in Stanton Harcourt. The New Inn and Pembrey's department store can be see with the steeple of St Mary The Virgin in the background. Th...
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During WWII many ladies from the ATA flew many types of aeroplanes, delivering them for the men to fly on active service and sometime acting as a taxi service to bring back ladies who had done the delivering. Two of those ladies were Molly Rose a...
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Musicians with the Bampton Morris Men
Arnold Woodley squire of the Bampton Morris Men on the left playing the fiddle, Brendan Cassidy on fiddle in the centre and Frank Purslow on the right.
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List of Fire Stations Fire Force 15 National Fire Service World War Two. Bampton Station D.2.Y.
List of Fire Stations Fire Force 15 National Fire Service World War Two. Bampton Station D.2.Y.
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Oxfordshire County Council Election May 4th 2017. Flyers for Ted Fenton, Conservative
There were several candidates from other parties but only Ted Fenton of the Conservative party got flyers out to households in his area. Without access to the internet there was no way people could read about the other candidates. He represented...
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Clanfield Angling Club protect the Thames bank from erosion by cattle
Cattle drinking directly from the river Thames have been causing erosion of the bank. Clanfield Angling Club with help from TOE2, Grundons Waste Management, BBOWT and the Environment Agency helped to save and restore the section of the bank at th...
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Fly advertising Oxfordshire Art Weeks May 6th-29th 2017
Oxfordshire Art Weeks takes place each year. This flyer was posted to all households to say the art week would be May 6th-14th in South Oxfordshire, May 13th-21st in North Oxfordshire and May 20th-29th in Oxford City. There were to be 450 artist...
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Bampton's Great Shirt Race 2017
This is the second set of 30 photographs of the 2017 Great Bampton Shirt Race.
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Liz Leffman Lib Dem candidate flyer for June 8th 2017 General Election
A general election was called after just one year of The Conservatives being in power with a small overall majority. PM Teresa May thought she would increase her majority but her whole way of electioneering proved disastrous for the Conservatives...
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Laetisia Carter, Labour candidate flyer for General Election June 8th 2017
A general election was called after just one year of The Conservatives being in power with a small overall majority. PM Teresa May thought she would increase her majority but her whole way of electioneering proved disastrous for the Conservatives...
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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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This cutting from The Times newspaper May 16th 2017 suggests there is to be a film version of Downton Abbey with filming to start in September 2017. By July 22nd (the date of this entry on the website) nothing more has been heard and our Parish C...
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The Townsend family who lived at No4 Town House, High Street
At the start of the C20th the Townsend family ran a Cycle shop in the house now called No4 Town House, High Street. The photographs show mother Susan with her children Rita, Lucy Elizabeth, Colin. Colin was the father of Phyllis who you can see ...
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View of High Street from The Grange to the Market Square early C20th
This picture was taken from the middle of the road outside The Grange looking up towards the Market Square very early in the twentieth century. The present day Morris Clown was then called The New Inn; originally it was The George.
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These photographs are all from Kit Jackson's collection. Kit took photographs for most of her adult life. There are several of her family members plus WWII soldiers probably billeted in Bampton, school classes from the 1970s when she worked...
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SPAJERS Donkey Derby 2017 in Sandfords Field
The SPAJERS (Society for the Preservation of Ancient Junketing) organise a Donkey Derby in Sandfords Field on August Bank Holiday Monday each year. It is one of their main fundraising events which enable them to take two coaches of senior citizen...
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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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Crime is up over the last 12 months from June 2016
The County's crime figures show Violence, Robberies and Burglaries are all up for the 12 months up to June 2017. In Cherwell and West Oxfordshire they are up by 12.5%. The article gives you much more information.
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These two photographs are of the Drinkwater family, one a family wedding and the other one a family group. If anyone can give me names and dates please use the link to the Archive on the front page of this website by clicking on Bampton Community...
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Certificates won by Bampton Fire Brigade in 1905, 1912 and 1921
Bampton Fire Brigade won the National Shield in Crystal Palace in 1904. Their skill continued as can be seen from these certificates awarded for wins in further competitions in 1905 and 1912 also at Crystal Place and 1921 in Ramsgate.
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Bampton Morris Men, May 30th 2016
This is the Bampton Morris Men side in Bampton dancing May 30th Bank Holiday 2016. Their fiddle players are Mathew Green, Squire supported by Trevor Hewitt. Gareth Knight is doing the broom dance. Mathew can be seen dancing a jig while playing ...
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Switching on the Christmas Tree lights in the Market Square December 2nd 2016
A Christmas Tree has been put up in the Market Square for several years now and the switching on of the lights is marked with Carols, music, stalls, a pig roast and a sale of Crafts in the Village Hall.
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Lead stolen twice from roof of St Mary's in 2017
Lead was stolen from the north side of the aisle of St Mary's and the thieves came back for more about two weeks later. The lead was finally replace and water marked and a security system installed that would light up the roof and speakers w...
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Women's Land Army teaching ladies how to milk in WWII
Hilda Kent joined the Women's Land Army in Witney. After she retired she used to make a display in the foyer of the Bush Club every Wednesday and it was something everyone looked forward to seeing. One week she did one about her Land Army w...
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These photographs are of Castle View farmhouse taken from various angle about 1971. One of the farm buildings was once a railway carriage. The entrance to the yard is closer to the house than it is today. The water courses around Mill Green had...
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Stone, spiral stairs from the attic and the 1st floor of Ham Court farmhouse
The stone, spiral stairs come down from the attic and open into the room created a bathroom which faces east. The large windows in the bedrooms were once the top of open arched entrances to the grounds of the what is locally referred to as the ca...
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Ham Court farmhouse, kitchen and west sitting room
These pictures show the kitchen and west facing sitting room. Please remember that Michael was packing up. Read the caption to each photograph for more details.
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Ham Court farm buildings not connected to the big barn
These farm buildings are not immediately adjacent to the big barn. Items are seen set out ready for auction in 5 days' time inside the big barn. A view of the big barn seen from part way up the drive from the road.
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New shop opens in Bridge Street October 2017; The Cake Element Bakery
The Cake Element Bakery is a new shop which opened in October 2017. It's in the right-hand side (seen from the road) of Duttons in Bridge Street.
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Ros Altmann talks about possible effects if we vote for Brexit
Several people and organisations posted their thoughts about the possible effects of voting for and against Brexit in June 2016. The flyer came from Ros Altmann who according to her leaflet thought voting to leave the EU would be very bad for all.
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Should campanology (bellringing) be reclassified as a sport?
“In February 2016 the hot controversy raging in the pages of The Ringing World is whether bellringing should be classified as a sport. If physical activity is the criterion there’s no doubt. Was it not proved on Monday April 27th 1868, when the ...
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Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain 1942, by War Department Washington DC
When American servicemen were sent over in 1942 to help with the war against the Nazis, they were issued with guidelines on how to behave and what to expect when they came to the UK. This booklet, here reproduced in hard back, is reproduced from ...
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Dor Thomson's scrapbook from 1938 to 1946
This is a wonderful collection of memorabilia that was kept by Dor Thomson and covers the period just before WWII broke out, through the war and a short period after it. It gives a truly fascinating idea of what it was like to be a woman during W...
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Making mosaic tiles at Bush Club c1995
The Bush Club is now (2017) for anyone who wants to become a member but was originally set up for the retired people of Bampton, maximum of 40 with spare places offered to people of neighbouring villages. Activities have always been organised for...
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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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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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Torrential rains spoil August Bank Holiday Monday 1986
Really heavy and persistent rains, the tail end of hurricane Charlie, caused the Donkey Derby on August Bank Holiday Monday 1986 to be postponed. However, the stall holders squeezed into the marquee determined not to let the weather make everythi...
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On Saturday September 6th 1986 the Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust organised the first ever Cycle Ride - in later years to Ride & Stride - to help raise money for churches in the county. Half the money raised by members of a church stay w...
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Evacuee children in Bampton enjoying games at Weald Manor
These children are all evacuees from Bow in London. Here, they are being given the fun of some games at Weald Manor.The young girl at the bottom front on the right is now Mrs Joyce Cotter, neé Chambers and the girl on the right of the middle row ...
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Sound file of Constant Billy being played in 1987
This is a sound file of Constant Billy being played on the melodeon in 1987 for the Bampton Traditional Morris Men, early on Bank Holiday Monday while the dancers were in New Road.
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Francis Shergold tells whose dancing style he copied
Francis Shergold tells whose dancing style he liked very much and copied when he was learning to dance. Then we hear the Bampton Traditional Morris men dancing to Foggy Dew, one day in 1987. The recording lasts 3 mins.
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William Nathan 'Jingy' Wells, playing his fiddle and a close look at his clothes
Jingy Wells, real name William Nathan Wells danced for many years and played the fiddle for even more. His first fiddle he made from a large corned beef tin for a sound box and a broom handle. He was completely self taught. After an eye infecti...
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Brothers Colin and Robin Knight, Colin's grandson Matthew Howse, Morris dancers
Colin Knight and grandson Matthew Howse and Colin's brother Robin, all Morris dancers. Paul Wixey and Rob Fidler are each in one of the photographs with Robin
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Cadet Flight Sergeant Frederick Gerring retired at age 21 on July 5th 1972
Cadet Flight Sergeant Fred Gerring, son of Rose and Arthur Gerring retired at age 21 from No 2267 Bampton and Brize Norton Squadron, Air Training Corps, after 8 years of service. He had no choice because all cadets have to leave once they are 21 ...
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Alex Wixey side dancing in Stow-on-The-Wold May 11th 1986
Some of these pictures were taken in Stow-on-The-Wold on May 11th 1986. I don't know where the ones taken by the white building, dancing on the flags are but if someone can tell me, I'll amend this entry.
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Whit Monday Morris Dancing in Bampton 1986
These photograph record the Morris practice on the Sunday and then the dancing on Whit Monday in 1986 or both Alec Wixey's side and Francis Shergold's side.
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Downs Festival and Alec Wixey's Sunday Morris practice May 1980
These pictures with taken in 1980 at the Downs Festival and at Alec Wixey's Sunday practice the day before Whit Monday
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