Coach outing from Bampton c1933
- BCA - 2019.1950
- Item
- c1933
This was a coach out from Bampton with many members of the Green family, all named on the photograph
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Coach outing from Bampton c1933
This was a coach out from Bampton with many members of the Green family, all named on the photograph
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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.
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Dr Alan Gaydon's photographs of St Mary's
Dr Alan Gaydon was a churchwarden at St Mary's for several years. He photographed the church from inside to out, ground level to the roof and recorded the restoration of the top of the spire and re-guilding of the cockerel on the top.
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AGM of St Mary's plus Clanfield, Aston, Lew and Shifford churches
This cutting is from April 1983 and records the basic details from the AGM of the group of five churches which are Clanfield, Bampton, Lew, Aston and Shifford. The vicar was Andrew Scott and he had just completed his first year
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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.
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Rev. Andrew Scott's tour in Europe after he retired from Bampton & Clanfield churches
Rev. Andrew Scott retired from being a vicar, the vicar of Bampton and Clanfield in 1996. With the monetary gift from parishioners he went on a tour of Europe and this is his diary of that holiday.
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Repair of the church steeple May 1995
In May, 1995, the top of the steeple of St Mary's was repaired and a new mounting for the weather vane was put on. While the vane was down it was re-gilded. These are the two men who did the work.
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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.
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Barn Dance held in St. Mary's Church in 2003.
This was a barn dance held in Saint Mary's in 2003 to help raise funds for the church. Bampton is lucky to have kept its retained fire service and the firemen and women very kindly move the pews both before and after the event.
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Junior Church in St Mary's Good Friday 1999
Junior Church seen in St Mary's on Goof Friday 1999 along with their leader Mrs Margaret Battersby.
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