Bampton Community Archive

Workmen on top of St Mary's Church Spire 1970

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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

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April 1st 1983

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

Wind regulators

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2019

Part of Pipe Organ Restoration at St Mary's, Bampton

Wind regulators

Nik Stanbridge

Wedding of Neil O'Brien & Sarah Bisp September 27th 2003

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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 poem with 'He wishes for the cloths of heaven'

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2014

Part of Bampton Flower Festival 2014

Nik Stanbridge

The creation of a new John The Baptist statue to go on the base of the spire of St Mary's 1990

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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