Long Paddock in Weald St for sale
- BCA - 2021.2530
- Item
- 2020
A house and field called Long Paddock in Weald Street for sale, offers in excess of £750,000 wanted
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Long Paddock in Weald St for sale
A house and field called Long Paddock in Weald Street for sale, offers in excess of £750,000 wanted
Bampton Community Archive
Morris Men outside the Elephant & Castle c1924
Bampton Morris dancers c1924/5 outside the Elephant & Castle.
The sign over the pub door says Posting House, Horses, Carriages, Brakes. Personal attention given, Albert Townsend. The 3rd and 4th lines are hard to read which is a pity but it looks like 'For Hire All Trains Met On The Shortest Notice.
On 23rd September 1935 the Townsend family moved across the road to Castle View and made a farm of it having much more room to fatten more pigs.
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Tea ticket for Horticultural Society
This ticket for a tea was found in a pile of bits and pieces when clearing out a garage. Teas were sold to raise funds for the Bampton Horticultural Society. The cost was 6 pence in old money - 6d - so pre decimalisation of February 1971.
Bampton Community Archive
To Ethel and Gladys from Albert, below to Albert from daugher Ethel
Postcards sent to their Daddy, Albert Townsend, in WWI by Gladys, Jack and Albert (always known as Son or Sonner) Townsend.
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L-R Doris and Cecil Robinson (Frank Hudson's godfather) and Ethel Mary Townsend (Frank's mother)
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Frank Hudson with grandfather Alberrt Townsend's last two horses
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Possibly Albert Townsend with either daughter Ethel or Gladys
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