Black and white photo of Morris dancers taken on 1951
outside Elephant and Castle,

An account of life at the Dutton's shop, Bridge Street, from 1971- 1979 by the daughter of the then Proprietors Ann and Ray Saunders, and Reg Saunders. Details the trades represented in the shop, and also lists the neighbouring businesses and the staff employed during that time. People who worked in Duttons whilst we were there
Reg Saunders
Ray Saunders
Ann Saunders
Dave Daniels (delivery driver)
Bubbles Allam wife of Pete Allam
Sue Taylor (wife of Dave Taylor)
Betty Schmidt (nee Kew)
Carol Smith (nee Bourne)
Amy Wooloff
Ivy Wright (nee Timms) (office)
Heather Hunt
Sheila Daniels (wife of Bill Daniels)
Dinah Taylor
Margaret Harrington
Stephanie Delnevo (Saturday)
Angela Head (Saturday)
Sharon Taylor (Saturday)
Anita Saunders (Saturday)
The Elephant & Castle, Bridge Street,
The Horseshoe, Bridge Street,
The Cotswold Grill, Bridge Street (landlord Dave Pasmore)
The George & Dragon, Cheapside
The Jubilee, Market Square
The Talbot, Bridge Street,
The New Inn, High Street (now The Morris Clown)
The Eagle, Church View
Other Businesses in Bampton
Emmies, Bridge Street (Emmie Papworth) Newspapers and Sweets
Butchers, Bridge Street (Vic assisted by Nobby – taken over by Ron and Betty Hickman assisted by Vince Govier)
Midland Bank, Bridge Street,
Arthurs Antiques Bridge Street (Arthur Hill) next to the Horseshoe Pub
Barclays Bank, Market Square (went on to be The Poachers Rest)
Central Garage, Market Square
International, High Street, supermarket (now the Co-op)
Fleur de Leys, corner of High Street and Bushey Row, Hair dressers (now a pottery shop)
Mrs. Ham, High Street, (now Strawberry Cottage) moved next to International where it sold toys and shoes (now Polished Beauty)
Launderette, Market Square, went on to be Temples Hardware and now Bampton coffee shop
Bovingtons Fish Shop, High Street
Hughes, Cheapside, wool shop
Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society, Market Square, next to the Jubilee pub.
Constables, Market Square, Bakery

Newspaper cutting about PUMPKIN CLUB's Dwile Flunking competition.
and Handwirtten account of the rules of the game.
Glossary of Flunkers terms
Welcome to the club’s 1982 Dwile Flunk for the Dwile Flunk Challenge Chamber Pot. In case you are new to the game here is a glossary of Flunker’s terms to help you follow the action.

1. GIRTERS The fielding or dancing team
2. DRIVELLER The Stick used by the Flunker
3. SWADGE Miss the Girters completely when Flunking
4. DWILE A towel soaked in stale ale
5. FLUNK Throw the Dwile from end of Driveller
6. A WANTON A strike with the Dwile to a Girter’s head scoring 3 points to the Flunkers’ team
7. A SHANKLE A strike to the Girter’s body between shoulders and waist scoring 2 points to the Flunker
8. A MAWTHER A strike by the Flunker between feet and waist od the Girter scoring one point
9. SWADGE COPER Custodian of the Driveller
   Teams will toss a coin to decide which team will be Girters in the first leg.
   Girters will form a circle holding hands.
   The first Flunker from the opposition will take his position in the centre of the circle holding the Driveller. At a given signal the musician will play and the Girters will dance round the Flunker. The musician will stop at any time and the Girters must freeze where they are. The Flunker lifts the Dwile from the pail of stale ale, using the driveller, and throws it at the Girters between the lines masking the flunking area. The Referees will record a Shankle Mawther, wanton or a swadge.
   For Shankles, Mawthers and wantons, the Girter must drink a pint straight down from a chamber pot or pour it over his own head. In the event of a Swadge the Flunker must drink or pour it over himself, The game continues until all members of both teams have flunked once. Winners will be the team with the highest points. DID YOU UNDERSTAND ALL THAT?. NEVER MIND. ENJOY IT.
   Pictured are Bill Govier, John Shuker, Bill Daniels and Arnold Woodley. Jimmy Wheeler and Jamie Wheeler

Poster advertising a show by Ian Keable a magician, performing some of the magic tricks by Charles Dickens This was held in the Village Hall on January 25th (year not mentioned possibly 2020). Ian an award winning magician and comedian who
performed all over the world - from Los Angeles to Zurich. In addition to numerous television appearances, he presented a documentary on mind readers for BBC Radio 4. A member of the prestigious Inner Magic Circle.

Bampton Brownies hold guard of Honour for Lynne Rouse and Henry Barber, The wedding was in Saint Mary The Virgin Church, Bampton, August 1971 and Chief Bridesmaid was Janet Westman.

Poster advertising Auction of Timber to be held immediately after the sale of stock in the Market Place, Bampton by Paxton and Holiday.

Newspaper Cutting re Bampton beating Hanborough May 2019

Flyer from Charlie Maynard reporting back to West Oxfordshire and Western Vale Resident about his campaign issues for the the Cost of Living Crisis, Sewage Problems, Green Spaces, Local Crime, and the Health Service

Flyer outlining Charlie Maynard's campaign ideas on behalf of the Witney Liberal Democrats in 2023. He was campaigning for the restoration of the railway line between Oxford Witney and Carterton, and to do something about the NHS underinvestment, the lack of Dentist Surgeries in West Oxfordshire, and the state of the Thames after sewage had been dumped by Thames Water.

Newspaper article reporting the arrival of the first Atlas Aircraft to RAF Brize Norton