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August 2015 Vera Elwards goes in a microlight to raise funds for the church organ fund

  • BCA - 2024.7884
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  • 2024

August 2015, 92 year-old Vera Elward took a sponsored microflight to raise money for the church organ fund. When she was 95 years old she raised more money by flying a glider for an hour. She also wrote a poetry book to add to her money -raising efforts. In total she raised about £4000 towards the renovation of the church organ.

Janet Newman

Frank Tanner

  • BCA - 2024.7862
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  • 2024

Frank Tanner, son of Thomas Tanner. When he was 17 years old, Frank left Bampton to seek work in Londonfound work at Harvey and Nichols department store for a while before deciding in 1912 to emigrate to Australia. In Australia he worked on a sheep farm, three days horse ride form Melbourne. When the first World War broke out and Frank heard that his brothers had joined up, he joined the Australian Army. Whilst fighting in France , Frank was very seriously injured. It was thought that he would not survive his injuries and was left in a ditch. Very Fortunately, he was found by the Red Cross and transported to a hospital. Happily for his family , Frank survived and was brought back to England. After the war, he discovered that his name had been added to a War Memorial in Australia as it was presumed he had died.

Janet Newman

Brian Shury aka Sparky

  • BCA - 2024.7705
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  • 2024

Brian Shury, also known as Sparky, on his motorbike. (possibly mid-1950s)

Nik Stanbridge

Names on stones

  • BCA - 2024.7917
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  • 1955

Photographs from Kencot showing names of builders on carved into Chimney stones. Lock, Radband and Preston They were local builders from Bampton

Janet Westman

May & Ted Horne & sons Godfrey & Jack pre 1914

  • BCA - 2023.6544
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  • pre1914

May & Ted Horne & sons Godfrey & Jack pre 1914. other photos show Godfrey and Jack as children in Fancy dress. Godfrey was killed in Action in France in World War 11

Nik Stanbridge

John Brooks - dead man's penny

  • BCA - 2024.7738
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  • 2024

John Brooks - dead man's penny. The Memorial Plaque was issued after the First World War to the next-of-kin of all British Empire service personnel who were killed as a result of the war.
The plaques (which could be described as large plaquettes) about 120 mm (4.7 in) in diameter, were cast in bronze, and came to be known as the Dead Man's Penny or Widow's Penny because of the superficial similarity to the much smaller penny coin (which had a diameter of only 30.86 mm (1.215 in)). 1,355,000 plaques were issued, which used a total of 450 tons of bronze, and continued to be issued into the 1930s to commemorate people who died as a consequence of the war.

Janet Newman

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