Newspaper article about Professors Martin Landray and Peter Horley , they had identified the first treatment known to saves lives from Covid 19 . The Oxford University professors had discovered that the drug dexamethasone had reduced deaths by a third among Covid 19 patients ill enough to be ventilated.
Death notices of several Bampton people img215 - An article from the July 2012 issue of The Beam. An obituary for Jonathan Phillips. He was a Parish and District councillor, a Major in the army in WWII and was vice president of the Royal British Legion. img219 - Newspaper cutting August 23rd 1982 re the death of May Dunlop Morton who lived at The Deanery with friend Marjorie Pollard. She left £348,963 with £500 each to NSPCC, Dr Barnardo’s and the National Trust. img220 - Newspaper cutting - the death of Robert (Bob) Allinson April 8th 1994 aged 74 husband of Kathleen. Bob carried the cake for the Francis Shergold Morris team for many years. img221 - Newspaper cutting - the death of Joseph Edward Bunce aged 91. Joe was landlord of the Swan Inn in Buckland Road before Mr & Mrs Sollis. img222 - Newspaper cutting - the death of Oswald Bartlett of Field Cottage (by Sandfords Field) aged 101. His 76 year old wife Doris was at his bedside. Rev. Derek Frost took the service and described Joe as "a smashing old chap, a lifelong Christian and Church goer". img223 - Newspaper cutting July 22nd 1983- the death of Mr Arthur Timms aged 66. Arthur started the timber business in Brize Norton selling second hand timber from Brize Norton air force base when it was run by the Americans. He leaves a wife Kathleen and two sons Phil and Jeffrey. img227 and img227a - 2 Newspaper cuttings 16-3-1979 - the death of Frederick William Robinson 68 and his wife Hilda from Buckland Road and one other person in the car with them in a collision in thick fog on the A40 near Burford. img230 - Newspaper cutting April 4th 1958 - two sister and their companion who lived together, all died in one week. Miss Margaret Oates was the eldest daughter of Dr and Mrs Oates. She was a founder member of the Bampton Women's Institute, took a keen interest in folk dancing and was a pioneer of the Bampton Folk Dance Society. She was an accomplished needlewoman and was still smocking up to the time of her death. img232 - Newspaper cutting Witney Gazette April 4th 1958 - two sister and their companion who lived together, all died in same week. Miss Dorothy Oates died aged 80 on March 24th the same day as Miss Brooks who had been companion to Dorothy and her sister Margaret. Dorothy was a member of the Women's Institute. The funeral of Miss Oates and Miss Brooks took place on the same day Thursday March 27th at St Mary's in Bampton, service conducted by Rev. G West. img233 - Newspaper cutting Witney Gazette April 4th 1958 - two sister and their companion who lived together, all died in same week. Miss Dorothy Oates died aged 80 on March 24th the same day as Miss Brooks age 96 who had been companion to Dorothy and her sister Margaret. Dorothy was a member of the Women's Institute. The funeral of Miss Oates and Miss Brooks took place on the same day Thursday March 27th at St Mary's service conducted by Rev. G West. Miss Brooks, aged 17, became nanny to Margaret and Dorothy and they stayed firm friends for life.
letters and information researching into the Spurrett family of Bampton and Aston done c1971 13 page PDF of letters between Sheila and Syd Emm and Mr Hughes Owens. which eventually resulted in a lot of history uncovered and documented in the following link
https://spurrett.uk/home/places/#bampton-oxfordshire The blog post here includes a diagram that may help explain the relationship between the various groupings. The summaries below include the following places (so far): Yorkshire Stow-on-the-Wold Siddington and the Lambourn Downs London Banbury, Oxfordshire Faringdon, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) Hexham, Northumberland Bampton, Oxfordshire Aston, Oxfordshire
2004 Programme for the Donkey Derby, annual event held on August Bank Holiday and organised by the SPAJERS. Proceeds from this go to the senior citizens of Bampton and used to provide a monetary Christmas gift and possible summer outing. The Donkeys are ridden by children in races, which are sponsored by local businesses and bets are made on the winners. Held in Sandford's Field with accompanying Fete.
During some building work at her cottage, the owner, Leanne Mullen, found a child’s shoe. The shoe was found in December 2024, within the original back wall of Dunlaoghaire, Primrose Lane. The cottage had a catslide roof added in later years so this original back was currently an internal wall. It is thought that the cottage dates back to 1800-1820? The shoe was badly worn and in pieces with the top, heel and sole all separated as 3 separate parts. It was around 15cm in length, composed of black leather which surprisingly was still soft to the touch (once the dust was removed). In order to keep the shoe as an intrinsic part of the structure of the cottage, it has been placed with a new wall that has just been used to block up a chimney breast. Dunloaghaire was the home of Francis and Anne Shergold, for many years, and Paul McGrath, their grown up nephew lived with them.
An article from The Bampton Beam discussing the history of the Girl Guide movement in Bampton.A page from The Beam 1991 volume 6 No3 about the Girl Guides in Bampton. It gives the history of the Girl Guide movement. There is a rather dark picture of Mrs Bullen (wife of Dr Bullen of Bampton) and Mrs Ewings meeting Lady Baden Powell at a Guide Rally. It is thought that the “Bampton Guide and Brownie packs were formed in 1949 by Mrs Margery Bullen who ran them for ten years with the help of Mrs Ewings and Eileen Graham. Mrs Jean Gascoigne took over the Guides in 1964 and was their leader until 1978. Mrs Meg Daley has been running the Brownies for the past few years assisted by Miss Elizabeth Tanner who was Lieutenant of the Guides before that. Mrs Mavis Clack and the late Mrs Margaret Wythes were Brown Owl and Tawny Owl in the 1970s and before that, Mrs Ham, Mrs Dora Ewings and Mrs Lynne Barber ran the 1stBampton Brownies.” In 1950 at the Remembrance Sunday Ann Spurrett, Dinah Dafter (colour bearer) and Barbara Green represented the Brownies
Francis Shergold, who died aged 89, was the former squire and president of Bampton Traditional Morris Men, whose single-minded dedication helped to preserve morris dancing in Oxfordshire villages, and bring it to a wide and appreciative audience through concerts and folk festivals all over Britain.