The Bampton Beam used to be produced three times a year. This issue is from August 1997 and the topics covered and the advertisers are :-

ARTICLES AND NOTICES
Fire Station Threatened? Bampton Fire Station could close if more recruits cannot be found. Sub-Officer Brian Kew explains it all.
Millennium – what Millennium?
Bampton Village Hall
Bampton Gardening Club by Chairwoman Lin Edgar
Bampton Bill – cartoon
Bampton Parish Council News, traffic calming measures, proposed development in Station Road, Mercury Close/Pembroke Place playgrounds, Sports Pavilion, Use Them or Lose Them Campaign, Pavement areas, Police Liaison Meeting, War Memorial, Charge for Road Closures and Parish Council Minutes
District Council News, County Council Budget, West Oxfordshire Plan to 2001, The Future Management of West Oxfordshire District Council, Neighbourhood Notification, Oxfordshire Village Shops Association
The Recreation Ground
Bampton Boys’ FC by Linden Burley
Bampton in the Bush Cricket Club
Bampton Tennis Club
Archery
Progress for Bampton Recreation Ground by District Councillor, Jonathan Phillips
Witney and District Carers Club
Oxford Brookes University Survey
Foxbury Farm Open Day
What Next? The Vicar’s Story – The Reverend Lloyd talks to Linda Mills
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bampton – forthcoming events
Society for the Protection of Bampton
Letters to the Editor
Wedding notices – Bill Redpath and Susie Fifoot and Linda Amos and Karl Scarff
Bampton Youth Club
West Oxfordshire Drug Reference Group
Bampton Environmental Watch Group
100 years old on 9 July 1997, Mrs Nellie Brooks
Notice Board
Bampton Bridge Club
The Bampton Bush Centre
The Children’s Society
The Victoria County History
Bampton Welfare Trust
Used Cards Wanted to help ‘The Vine’ a centre for unemployed, depressed, homeless and unhappy people
Bampton Methodist Church
Yoga in Bampton
Bridge Classes at The Bush Centre
Bampton Youth Centre
Bampton Women’s Institute
Bampton Gardening Club
Amnesty International
Step-Out – group to help increase self-confidence
Bampton Exhibition Foundation
Bampton British Legion
West Oxfordshire Conservative Association
Bampton School, articles produced by Year 5 (Mrs Newman’s class)
Friends of Bampton School
Morris Dancer of the Year – Luke Fowler
The Bampton Playgroup
Architecture around Bampton, written and drawn by Gilbert Marsh – new houses in Pembroke Place
The Beam’s Pet Choice, ‘Puddin’ by Louise Gray
Macmillan Cancer Relief, Bampton, Faringdon and Carterton Committee
What’s Been and What’s to Come? Elderly people sign, April Fool joke, Easter Bonnet Parade, Pumpkin Club’s Annual Street Fair, The Shirt Race, The Donkey Derby, May Garlands, The Morris Dancers
Gardening Life by Jo Lewington
The Cotswold Wardens
Letters to Auntie Beam
Don’t Suffer in Silence – domestic violence help
Oxfords Women’s Aid
Victim Support
Housing Rights Centre
Citizens Advice Bureau
Oxford Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Centre
Samaritans
Rat of the Month – the person who pinched a full bottle of coins that belonged to The Pumpkin Club from the Romany bar and replaced with an empty one
West Oxfordshire Arts Association New and Events
Feathers in Bampton’s Artistic Hat by Margaret Bruce-Mitford
Fiddlers and Feet Workshop
Young Calligraphers
The Food Page by Gilly French
Crossword
The Morris Clown Pub Saved by Jonathan Phillips
Pumpkin Club Bingo
Diary of Forthcoming Events
Support Bampton Facilities – Use Them or Lose Them Campaign

LIST OF ADVERTIZERS
G A J Soame & Associates, planning consultancy, architectural and property services
Andrew Bowman, Master Thatcher
Chennells, hairdressers
Grey Gables Garage
Farmington Stone
Community Care
Edby Vines, producers of English Wines and Vine Suppliers
Market Square Garage
N Woodley, building maintenance
The Appliance Doctor
Philippa Rayne, osteopath, Lesley Mellin, reflexologist/aromatherapist, Fional Geary, physiotherapist
E Taylor & Son, funeral directors
Adrian Dunsby, carpenter
J Temple, hardware, DIY, Fancy Goods and Toys
Curtain Choice
Bampton Fax Bureau at Emmie’s Newsagents
R Cooper, builders, carpenters, joinery, painters, general repairs and dry stone walling
The Pitstop and Oxford Carb Services
Bubbles dog grooming
Danetree veterinary surgeons
Londis community shop
The Romany Inn
A Simmonds, the old fashioned village store
Electric Vehicles Ltd
Abbey Properties, estate agents

The Bampton Beam used to be produce three times a year. This publication is from December 2002. The articles covered and the advertisers include:-ARTICLES AND NOTICESBampton Skate Park by Alan DunbarThe New Bus Services by Cllr Fred Gray

The Bampton Beam used to be produced 3 times a year. This issue is from August 2002 and the topics covered and advertisers include:-

ARTICLES AND NOTICES
Bampton’s Own Special Celebrations for The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Tuesday 4 June 2002
Sports Day by Graham Haslam
Barn Dance
Parish Council and District Council Election 2 May 2002 – results
Bampton Gardening Club organising ‘A Day at the Races’ – Cheltenham Festival
Bampton Village Hall – Annual General Meeting held on 22 April 2002
Bampton ‘250’ Club list of winners
Do You Know What Bampton Youth Are Up To?
Bampton Parish Council News by David Hawkins, Chairman
Golden Jubilee Celebrations
Skate Park
Cycle Path
Coronation Celebrations
Bookings Pavilion & Multisport
WODC Booklet
Bus Services
Bampton Welfare Trust
Befriending – A Two-Way Process
Is Your Home Behaving Badly? – Thames Valley Energy Centre
Big Green Boiler Scheme
Society for the Protection of Bampton
The Bampton Recreation Ground
Bampton-in-the-Bush Cricket Club
Recreation Ground Sporting Activities
Bampton Youth Football Club
Bampton Archery Club
Short Mat Bowls
Bampton Tennis Club
Bampton Town Football Club – photograph circa 1912
The Pavilion
Bampton Town Football Club
The Horseshoes Football Club
Bampton Gun Club
Bampton Weightlifting Club
Bampton Badminton Club
The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Sports Afternoon – Tuesday 4 June 2002 – results of the many races of the day
Remembrances of My Service in the US Army Part 2: Bampton
Photograph of Lt Dick Ford, Saltash 1944
Letters and emails to the Editor
Is Your Electric Blanket Safe? Free safety checks - OCC and WODC
Could You Be A Citizen Advocate?
Volunteer Link-Up
Volunteer Reading Help
Why Not be A Magistrate?
Age Concern, Oxfordshire City and County
SPAJERs News by Don Rouse
Obituary for Margaret Bruce-Mitford
Notice Board
The Bush Club – Helpers Wanted
Bampton Bridge Club
The Children’s Society
Bampton Exhibition Foundation
Red Cross Collection
Coffee Morning for the Coronary Care Unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Bampton Youth Club by Colin Allport
Bampton Ladies Group
The Cancer Research Campaign
Bike Path Project by Jo Lewington
Shillbrook Wood
Bampton Museum Group
Bampton Websites
Useful Telephone Numbers
Out and About – photographs of May Day Street Fair, Jubilee Celebrations, Annual Shirt Race, Morris Dancing Day, Jubilee Sports Afternoon, New Road Street Party, Barn Dance
The Garlands by Ruth Wheeler
Bampton Fair – A Short History of Bampton Fair, taken from August 1993 edition of The Bampton Beam
Photographs of Harry Hebborn’s ‘Dodgem Carrier’ and David Sheppard’s Roundabout
The Charter to Hold a Fair
Bampton Environmental Watch Group by Ralph Norman
Obituary for Margaret Howse
We Wear Them With Pride – Remembrance Sunday 10 November 2002
The Ballad of the Great Retreat (September 1914) by Patricia Wentworth
The Gardening Club News
Results of ‘Bampton Only’ competition
The Annual Show – to be held on 24 August 2002
Social Trips for 2002
Letters to Auntie Beam
Bampton Library Books-on-Wheels
Bampton Library and Robert Vesey Room
SPAJERS Donkey Derby Monday 26 August 2002, Sandfords Field, Church View
Out of Work Farmer – Turned Agricultural Correspondent by Don Rouse
Yellow Peril – Beware the Killer Weed Common Ragwort
A Bampton Doctor from the Eighteenth Century by Mike Evans
Flu Vaccine Campaign 2002
The Cookery Corner by Gilly French
The Village College in Bampton
West Ox Arts
Shakespeare in Summer
WOA Calendar of Events
Six in September – a showcase of work by a sextet of WOA members
Christopher Townsend, Gilly Whittington and Terry Wigley
Robert Vesey Room – Exhibitions
Gallery Life Drawing Classes
Crossword
Town Hall Bookings
Calendar of Events
WODC Environmental Services Holiday Refuse Collection Dates
The Bampton Directory 2003

LIST OF ADVERTIZERS
The Morris Clown
Bampton Fax Bureau at Emmies Newsagents
Systems & Solutions – computer shop
Abbey Properties Estate Agents
The Romany Inn
Electric Vehicles Ltd
Bampton Cars
The Horseshoe Inn
Philippa Rayne, osteopath, Fiona Farmer physiotherapist and Lesley Mellin, reflexologist and aromatherapist
Danetree, veterinary surgeons, Faringdon
E Taylor & Son, Funeral Directors, Carterton
Curtain Choice
N Nurden, Motor Body Repairs
Patrick Strainge, Butchers
Oxford Double Glazing, Summertown, Oxford
Grey Gables Garage
Londis, community shop
Domino Menswear, Witney
R Cooper, Builders, Painters, Decorators, Carpentry, Joinery, Dry Stone Walling
The Standlake Garage
Bojangles Hairdressers
Bodytalk, remedial sports massage
The Pitstop and Oxford Carb Services
The Elephant & Castle
The Robert and Doris Watts Residential & Nursing Home, Carterton
Pellmans, solicitors, Eynsham
The Flower Mill
Foxbury Farm, Brize Norton
The Appliance Doctor
Little Chicks Childminders
Live-in Home and Pet Minding Service – Jacqueline and Merv
Don Rouse Cars
N J Woodley, building maintenance
Temples, DIY, Ironmongery, Paint, Wood, Cement, Sand, Gravel, Toys, Gifts and Candles
A Simmonds, The Old-Fashioned Village Store
Andrew Bowman, Master Thatcher
Tony Hughes, scissor sharpening
Witney Lakes Resort
Garden Trading Company
Lynwood Leisure Buildings Ltd

Flyer advertising the opening of the New Community Hub and inviting the village to the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. This was held on 9th July, 2022 at the newly refurbished Old Grammar School which is now the Bampton Community Centre and Bampton Library. Robin Shuckburgh welcomed a large audience of Bampton residents. There was free wine and a new exhibition of Birding in the Bush.
A copy of the Chairman's report from the AGM held on 26th October 2022 by Robin Shuckburgh the outgoing Chairman. Jennifer Dixon Clegg has taken over as the Chairman.

Epitome of Title relating to the sale of part of Calais Farm to M E Shaylor by Mr Stevens of Limetree House in 1986
Consisting of Copies of the following documents
1) Conveyance between Lorna Weston Ogilvie. Gordon Ogilvie. Margaret Deneke , Bryan Norman Stevens & June Doreen Stevens
2) Deed of Grant Sd. B.N. & J.D. Stevens and The Secretary of State for Defence
3) Deed of Partition Sd. B.N. Stevens & J.D. Stevens
4) Legal Charge Sd. B.N. Stevens Williams & Glyn's Bank Ltd.
5) Legal Charge H.M. Ld. Chgs. V 0902265
6) Statutory Declaration by Sd. B.N. Stevens
7) Conveyance Sd. B.N. Stevens, Monty Edwin Shayler & Susan Mary Shayler
8) Sd. M.E. & S.M. Shayler Amsterdam-Rotterdam Bank N.V.

Minutes of the Committee Meetings held in 1975 and one from 1972 held in the Cotswold Grill
Club President Countess Munster
Vice President Jim Gascoigne
Chairman Ken Mullis
Vice Chairman Ron Saunders
Secretary Bill Govier
Treasurer Mrs J Taylor
Committee Iris Humphries ,Jack Lawrence, Dave Passmore; Frank Godwin, A Jordan

Jill Tweed Sculptor, one time member of West Oxfordshire Arts. She was a winner of many public sculpture commissions . This brochure lists her awards and shows photos of some of her work.

Photographs of the boards on display at the opening of the Lewington Room in The Old Grammar School on June 29th 2022. Text listing the planned and proposed events and exhibitions to be arranged in the near future. Lists of books and gifts available in the shop and a Description on "How it all started"

An entertaining history of the Bampton Barn Dance Band by Don Rouse

A fascinating and amusing account of the history of The Bampton Weightlifting Club.