On 28 November 1946 an Avro York MW168 belonging to the Transport Command Development Unit at RAF Brize Norton failed to become airborne and instead crashed on to the railway line between Brize Norton and Carterton stations, coming to rest in a field, as pictured. Needless to say the line was closed for several days while the RAF effected recovery.
Photograph from the Martin Loader Collection

A British Railways Poster for the Witney to Fairford line including information on goods carried and some of the personnel who worked on the railway at Witney. They include station master S. V. Jones, chief goods clerk F. G. Law, supervisory goods foreman S. Wiltshire and ganger J. Thomas (permanent way.)

A photograph of a Trojan Tourer 1924 model owned by Doug Read. Douglas Read OBE driving, passengers David Hunt, Bill Bullock, Geoff Hunt.

There was a time when our local post men and women cycled round to both deliver and collect letters. There was a letterbox at Bampton and Brize Norton railway station and it was here a blackbird's nest was discovered inside the box. Great care was taken when emptying the box and in the end, the birds hatched and fledged.

Two local families, Barry & Geraldine Court and Gerald & Yvonne Clutterbuck & son Lee set off to cross Africa 1975.

This was the first garage to be run and owned by the Morris car company in Oxford.
While acknowledging this is not a garage in Bampton, many local men eventually worked at the Morris Oxford car plant in Oxford so local families have an interest.

Newspaper cutting about £13m of fines taken as result of Speed Cameras in West Oxfordshire

Article on Major schemes to improve A40 between Witney and Wolvercote
Including accesses, cycle paths and signalling improvement suggestions

A steam engine pulling three coaches leaving Brize Norton and Bampton railway station