Workmen on top of St Mary's Church Spire 1970
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Black and White Photograph of three men a the top of the Church Spire in 1970
Janet Westman
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
Women's League & Mothers' Union hold joint meeting. PTA jumble sale. Wives Club monthly meeting
This newspaper cutting is from April 1st 1983.
The anniversary of the Women's League was celebrated by joining with the Mothers' Union for prayers and a celebration tea.
The PTA held a bazaar and raised £75 for their funds which in 1983 was a good amount of money. The same day head teacher Malcolm Mason took some of the school's boy to Wembley to see the schoolboys' match against Germany.
The wives club monthly meeting had a special speaker called Mr Blue who talked about colour in the home; he had previously worked on the interior of Blenheim Palace.
Bampton Community Archive
Wedding of Neil O'Brien & Sarah Bisp September 27th 2003
The Wedding Neil O'Brien & Sarah Bisp September 27th 2003. The gathering is on Church Green on the south side of Saint Mary's.
Di O'Brien is Neil's mother and was school secretary in Bampton for many years.
Bampton Community Archive
The creation of a new John The Baptist statue to go on the base of the spire of St Mary's 1990
Dr Alan Gaydon was churchwarden at St Mary The Virgin for several years and during his tenure the gales of January 25th 1990 blew the stature of John The Baptist off the base of the spire.
Bampton Community Archive
Statue of St. John the Baptist, Bampton Church
Photograph of the statue of St Joh n the Baptist that fell down from the base of the steeple during a heavy storm in January 1990
Janet Westman
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.
Bampton Community Archive
St Mary's choir boys on an outing to Southsea in 1947
In 1947 no girls were allowed in the choir at St Mary's which was quite normal in most churches at that time. In the summer of 1947 these 9 choirboys were taken on an outing to Southsea as a treat.
Bampton Community Archive
St Mary The Virgin seen from Sandford Field
St Mary The Virgin Steeple can be seen very clearly from Sandford Field. There are more cottages between the field and the church than exist today. The one on the left is Sandford and has been much enlarged since this picture was taken.
Bampton Community Archive
St Mary the Virgin Church, Bampton
Photograph of the church taken after a freezing night on 16th January 2024
Janet Westman
Son Townsend escorting his sister Gladys to her wedding at Bampton church
Nik Stanbridge