Constance Irene de Hamel Aug 10th 1916 to November 20th 2009
This is the funeral program from the church service for Constance Irene de Hamel. Constance did many things but is possibly best known for being a continuity announcer during WWIIThere is a sound recording of Constance talking about her whole wor...
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The Dixey family plus their Morris dancers
MO11EE - Morris dancing in Weald Manor in 1947. All people as you see them left to right - Jingy (William Nathan) Wells (fiddle), Francis Shergold, Bobby Wells (cake), Bill Brown, Bob Whitlock, Reg Whitlock, Ted Dixey, Fred Pettifer. Watching are...
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Ted Dixey and his family and his Morris dancing
Ted Dixey was known to most Bamptonians as a bellringer and Morris dancer. These are photograph of his maternal grandparents, his sister and husband Robert Ferguson, of Ted himself and his fiance of 40 years, Sylvia. Sadly, Ted was very deaf but...
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The Eeles family, here and in Canada and some family trees
This photograph is of the Eeles family. There are pages about the branch of the family that emigrated to Canada, pension awarded to Ebenezer Eeles and his discharge certificate and pension notification and a form from the dispersal hospital centr...
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Evacuee children in Bampton enjoying games at Weald Manor
These children are all evacuees from Bow in London. Here, they are being given the fun of some games at Weald Manor.The young girl at the bottom front on the right is now Mrs Joyce Cotter, neé Chambers and the girl on the right of the middle row ...
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Paul and Les Bovington owned the wet fish shop in the High Street and they also sold some fruit and veg and a few groceries. When the USAF ran what is now RAF Brize Norton, they were asked to get some photographs of their personnel in some local ...
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Paul Bovington with his lovely dog Crackers
Paul Bovington with his beautiful dog Crackers. Nephew Richard Bovington said"The poor old dog never recovered from having his paw run over by a Land Rover."Paul was a lovely man, always doing things for others. His wife was Pauline , ...
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Warren Green, musician, teacher, organist at St Mary The Virgin
Warren Essane Green was born in 1909 and died October 18th 1984. Warren was a great music scholar who taught music and played the organ at St Mary The Virgin church in Bampton for many years. His father was Edwards John Green was a builder and m...
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Godfrey & Jack Horne as children, parents May & Ted, very early C20th
May & Ted Horne with their sons Godfrey and Jack, pre 1914.Four members of the Horne family fought world wars,A. HorneD. HorneJ. Horneand E. Horne who was killed in WWII. Edwin James Godfrey Horne in military uniform standing by his father T...
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Bampton Bullets, Bampton's Cycle Speedway team in the early 1950s
Bampton had a cycle speedway team in 1952 which certainly lasted for two full seasons. Someone near the track complained about the noise so it was disbanded. The cycle speedway in New Road, circa 1952/3. The Bampton side was known as the Bampto...
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Horse-drawn glass bier outside the north west gate of St Mary's
These photographs of a horse-drawn glass bier were taken by Hilda Kent.The funeral was for Alan Constable, brother of Patrick.
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This is George Dafter snr hoeing his vegetable garden. His son, also called George delivered the post in Bampton for decades and was loved by all who knew him.Richard Taylor said"George Dafter, the gentleman in this picture, my maternal Grea...
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Young men in Bampton's ATC c1950s
These young men were in Bampton's ATC, probably in the 1950s. Some are named on the picture and if anyone can add more names or suggest corrections, do get in touch with the archive - the contact can be made from the Home Page of this websit...
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Crowd gathering to watch the steeplejacks put the cockerel on top of the repaired spire. 1994. Dor Thompson in the brown cardigan and skirt at the front of the van and Janet Rouse on the extreme right videoing the proceedings.
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February 23rd 1974 Letter from Arnold Woodley to all his team
Trevor Hewett wrote"I was one of those who received Arnold's 'copy to each' letter. We had been to dance at The Albert Hall. Friday night, Saturday matinee and Saturday night performances, followed by an all-night session in t...
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Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain 1942, by War Department Washington DC
When American servicemen were sent over in 1942 to help with the war against the Nazis, they were issued with guidelines on how to behave and what to expect when they came to the UK. This booklet, here reproduced in hard back, is reproduced from ...
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The Demolition of Market Square Garage & the building of Thornberry Flats Nov 1998 to 2000
Adrian Simmonds had the general store on the west side of Market Square and was wonderfully placed to record the demolition of the Market Square Garage and the building of Thornberry Flats for the over 55s. These photographs record that history. ...
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WI Children's Christmas Party 1956
Long before the days when everyone had a TV and many IT toys and gadgets, the WI Christmas Party was much enjoyed my many children. This group photo was taken 1956 at a Christmas party given by the WI.In no particular orderSusan Hunt, Tom Papwo...
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Bampton Has Talent June 8th 2014
In 2012 as part of the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, an evening of entertainment was organised which asked the question "Has Bampton Got Talent?" Clearly it had and so in 2015 when a similar evening was organ...
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Cycle ride to raise the need for a cycle pathway Bampton-Tadpole Bridge
In 1999 there was a mass cycle ride organised to highlight the need for a cycle pathway from Bampton to The Trout Inn at Tadpole bridge on the Buckland Road. The bridge crosses the River Thames. Young and old took part but sadly, it did not lead...
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Cromwell House in Cheapside, Hilda Kent & Margaret Howse
Cromwell House is in Cheapside between Exeter House and The Old Forge. Hilda Kent lived there along with Margaret Howse after WWII until their deaths. Hilda did some research on the house and her notes are included in the pdf. They both worked ...
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Francis Shergold receives the EFDSS gold badge. Obituaries of Francis and 'Nibs' Matthews
Francis Shergold spent most of his adult life dancing Bampton Traditional Morris and was the squire of the Bampton Traditional Morris Men for over 50 years. In 1996 he was awarded the gold badge of the English Folk Dance and Song Society at Cecil...
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Descendants of Richard Edginton b.1807
This is the family tree of Richard Edginton.Names in the family tree.Barrett Basson BellingerBone Buckingham BunceBurchell Bu...
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The old Carillon in St Mary's, Bampton
The old carillon had to be turned off permanently in the end when too many pins on the drum had fallen out and simply would not stay in place when put back. The resulting sound was not good. When the drum rotated, each pin in the drum would trig...
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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. It impacted into the roof above the organ pipes which res...
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George & Dragon & Quebec Cottage when you could see it
The George and Dragon while still a pub and Quebec Cottage when it wasn't hidden by trees. It's now almost impossible to see the cottage in the summer when the leaves are on the trees.
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Bampton Mummers from 1946 to 2000
Mummering has taken place in Bampton for at least 134 which is when Rev Giles mentions it in his book about Bampton. Don Rouse has written a far more up-to-date account which you'll find after the photographs. The names of the performers ha...
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Vera Elward aged 8 year old with her class c1930
This is a class photograph taken about 1930. Vera Elward was then Vera Tanner and she is the blond girl centre front. The remaining 27 pictures are of each child with their name underneathBack row L-R Arthur Beckley, George Bunce, Ronnie Peachy ...
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The Bampton WI banner is housed in St Mary's May 21st 2014
With the rather sad demise of the Bampton branch of the WI the lovely banner, made by Pat Barratt, was officially welcomed and hung in Saint Mary's in Bampton. One picture shows the diminished group of ex Bampton members attending the little...
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Francis George Shergold in 2002 & his obituary in the Guardian January 2009
This obituary was in The Guardian newspaper January 13th 2009. Francis was born on January 31st 1919 and died on November 27th 2009. The article was written by Derek Schofield.
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Bampton Morris Dancers from 1894 to 1950
2f. Castle farm. Barn or railway carriage in the farmyard behind the visiting Headington Quarry Morris dancers in 1949. George Hunt is the fool.2k. Jingy Wells with Bertie Clark, Bill Kimber, Sam Bennett and several named Bampton people.2o. Ear...
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Service in the Market Square, early C20th
I was given these to pictures in digital format when I took over being Archivist, with no indication of who lent them to the Archive to scan, what the occasion was or the date. If anyone can help please contact the Archive via the link on the fro...
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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. Back row L-R Bill Daniels, Philip Addison,...
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Letters to Rose Sollis from Arthur Gerring who was in India
These two letters were written to Rose Sollis by Arthur Gerring who was in the army in India during WWII. They married when Arthur came home after demob.The writing is beautiful, both content and visually.
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Connected families - Tanner, Flux, Poole, Butler, Elward, Newman
These are really good, old photographs showing members of the Tanner, Flux, Poole, Butler and Elward families from around 1900 through the twentieth century. The family group photograph of 'Buscot' Tanner shows him with his sons in unif...
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Closure of the GWR Oxford via Witney to Fairford railway line
On June 16th 1962 the last train from Witney to Fairford passed through Bampton and Brize Norton station. The newspaper cuttings give a good history of this railway line. In Bampton, there used to be a railway timetable on the wall next to the L...
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Steam engines stop in Bampton November 4th 2006
On a lovely sunny November day in 2006 a group of Steam Engine enthusiasts stopped off in Bampton, Bridge Street to partake of some refreshment.In 2019 John Wharton told me ..."The steam engines were taking part in the Remembrance Road Run or...
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William Nathan 'Jingy' Wells, playing his fiddle and a close look at his clothes
Jingy Wells, real name William Nathan Wells danced for many years and played the fiddle for even more. His first fiddle he made from a large corned beef tin for a sound box and a broom handle. He was completely self taught. After an eye infecti...
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Descendants of James Charles Green b.1838
This is the family tree of James Charles Green b.1838.Name in the family tree.Ashfield Bartlett Beckley CambrayClack Cleaver Clements ColeyCurran ...
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These photograph are of Bill Daniels as a 12 year old boy in the Mummers and as an adult in military uniform and in the Shirt Race. There are also pictures of his father Ernie Daniels and his mother. In the photograph of the mummers you can also...
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Beam Cottage; the gardens run as an organic market garden by Dor Thomson 1950s
"Beam Cottage was the site of the medieval chapel of St. Andrew 'of Beme', so called by 1317; an early 12th-century shaft base was found built into the cottage, and burials around it produced radiocarbon dates from the 11th century ...
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Two pictures both taken in Home Farm farmyard, late 1940s. The farm house is on the High Street
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William Nathan 'Jingy' Wells playing the fiddle in 1923
William Nathan 'Jingy' Wells danced, fooled and played the fiddle for Bampton Morris from the late nineteenth century and well into the twentieth.In this picture he is seen with his fiddle.The hat, waistcoat, trousers and socks (odd sock...
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This picture of a school class was taken at the National School in Church View about 1946. The named children includeFred BishopFred BrooksBill DanielsBrian SadlerBob HuntDennis GreenBrian BarnetIvy BirdAmelia WrightDiane SadlerJacqueline Nichols...
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Sale of Sundown Cottage - was through gate to Sandford
Sundown Cottage was a little cottage just inside the grounds to the right of the gate going into Sandford, down the lane from the Grammar School. When it was more or less derelict it was bought by Molly and Bernard Rose and demolished. You can s...
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Sandford Cottage garden in 1993
Sandford Cottage is a little cottage on the south side of Sandford Field. Originally, it was two tiny cottages. There is a well in the garden which was shared with the house next door. When these pictures were taken it was the home of Josephine...
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Cote Chapel needs £2,000 - article from 1953
This is an article from the Oxford Time August 28th 1953. It explains immediate repair is needed to the roof and ceiling of this delightful little church which was built in 1661.
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The house called Sandford & letters to Mr & Mrs Bernard & Molly Rose
The house now called 'Sandford' was bought for Mr & Mrs Bernard and Molly Rose by Molly's brother of Marshall's Flying School Limited. Bernard had not long been demobbed and he had been a POW in Stendal, Germany. Molly wa...
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Exhibition on Cricket in Bampton, January and February 2019
Anna Pitt put on a wonderful exhibition on the history of cricket in Bampton which ran January and February 2019. This is a double page spread about the exhibition from the Witney Gazette.
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Sandford Field and the spire of Saint Mary The Virgin church, c1930
Sandford field looking north, circa 1930.The hedge has not grown up to hide 'Sandfords' (the house), and the area there contains two cottages, not just one large house.Field Cottage is the house on the right.The clearly defined path was ...
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Mrs White in her doorway, Sandford Cottage.
Sandfords Cottage early 20th century with a well in the lower left corner of the picture. The well was shared by the neighbouring cottage which is Brook Cottage. There was a little footpath between the two cottages where, in the 1950s Mr Bert Wh...
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Sandfords in 1946 and again in 1954
Two photographs of Sandfords, one taken in 1946 and again in 1954 after the extension was added. The family living there was was Mr & Mr Bernard and Molly Rose and their children Nigel, Gregory (then named Peter) and Graham. The little girl ...
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This is George Dafter who was one of our local postmen for nearly 30 years. He was loved by all who came into contact with him and he had a great sense of humour.Jamie Wheeler said "My Dad always told a funny story about George. Some people...
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Sale brochure for The Lew Estate September 23rd 1914
This is the sale brochure for The Lew Estate for sale on Wednesday September 23rd 1914. Listed as a compact Freehold Residential and Sporting Property of 614 acres 0 rods and 8 poles.Knight, Frank & Rutley were the auctioneers to be held at t...
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Sales brochure for the outlying portions of the Lew Estate Sept 27th 1917
By the direction of Mrs Upton, the particulars of the outlying portions of the Lew Estate including capital grazing and corn growing land extending about 365.5 acres with a rent roll per year of £397 4s 3d.Messrs Knight, Frank and Rutley auctionee...
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Sales brochure for The Deanery July 29th 1949
This is the sales brochure for The Deanery, to be auctioned on Friday July 29th 1949. A note saying 'understood no bid' has been pencilled in but at some point in 1949 Marjorie Pollard bought it.Along with the main house which was partl...
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The sales brochure is forMeadow Farm situated close to the river Thames at Tadpole Bridge about 1 1/2 miles south of Bampton lying on either side of Buckland Road - about 380 acres;Ampney Lodge which is the last house on the east end of High Stree...
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Sale brochure for Calais farm January 15th 1959
This is the sales brochure for Calais Farm, sold January 15th 1959 to Bryan Stevens who lived at Lime Tree House in High Street. The farm comprised a modernised farmhouse, farm buildings with modern cowshed, very useful arable and pasture land ex...
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Sale catalogue Lower Haddon farm sale March 11th 1949
A sales brochure for Lower Haddon farm Friday March 11th 1949. It includes the main farmhouse, three cottages and about 380 acres with approximately 48 acres sold subject Air Ministry Requisitioning. This farm is on the south side of what was th...
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One sale page for The Windmill, Station Road
It is a pity there is no date on this sales page for The Windmill on Station Road, but as the telephone number has just 4 digits I think it is about 1980.
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Sale brochure for The Grange, High St. Wednesday April 16th 1930
Sales brochure for The Grange, High Street by Messrs E.J. Brooks & Son on Wednesday April 16th 1930 by order of the executors. Looking at the pencil notes written in the brochure, the sale was withdrawn probably because it failed to reach the ...
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Sale brochure for Weald Farm. Thursday May 13th 1943
The sales brochure for the sale of Weald Farm, Thursday May 13th 1943. It was being sold because farmer Mr W.J. Butt had died and it was bought by George Collins for£9,500.George had come up from Somerset to see a friend who farmed near-by and we...
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Sale of University Farm, Lew June 25th 1959
University Farm was sold freehold by Nuffield College, Oxford on Thursday June 25th 1959 and was bought by Reginald John Rouse of Backhouse Farm for £19,450. The brochure gives all the details of the farm and there is a map showing the fields and...
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This is the sales brochure put out by Messrs Habgood & Mammatt of Witney for the sale of Garage Premises with commodious house, lock-ups, full equipment and garage proprietor's business in Cheapside, Bampton. It was being sold by Mr Appl...
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Sale brochure for 'The Grey House' (Grayshott House), High St. June 21st 1956
This sales brochure put out by Habgood & Mammatt of Witney was for the sale of 'The Grey House' - now called Grayshott House in Bampton High Street along with 'The Laurels' in Witney and 'Ivydene' in Delly End, H...
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Sales brochure for 'Little Weald' June 15th 1962 by Mallam, Payne & Dorn
This is the sales brochure for 'Little Weald' which is in Weald Street. The sale was conducted by Mallam, Payne and Dorn on Friday June 15th 1962 in the Central Rooms, 24 St Michael's Street, Oxford.
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Show program and schedule, Bampton Horticultural Soc 1980
This is the Show guide produced by the Bampton Horticultural Society for their Flower and Produce Show August 9th 1980 and their Autumn Show October 4th 1980. Apart from seeing all the classes that can be entered, it is also interesting to see wh...
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December 2003 in various small gardens
These pictures were taken in various gardens around Bampton in December 2003. They include Bowling Green Close, one including a picture of Bob Curtis, Bushey Row, Primrose Cottages, Colvile Close, New Road, work in progress in the Market Square a...
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Bill Daniels aged 12. Bill grew up to become a Morris Dancer with the Bampton Traditional Morris Dancers and for many years, from the age of 12 he was a member of the Mummers when they were reformed in 1946. The newly reformed Mummers in 1946 wer...
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Downton Abbey the film, outside scenes being filmed in Bampton Sept 19th 2018
The film of Downton Abbey was being created in 2018 and the outside scenes by the church and Churchgate House, the home of the fictional Isobel Crawley.Filming took place in Bampton September 19th 2018.
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Confirmation Downton Abbey the film will be made
This small item in the Witney Gazette of July 18th 2018 confirms that a film of Downton Abbey is to be made. This is good news for Bampton because most of the outside scenes are filmed here, around and sometimes in the church and hopefully, it wi...
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This picture is of Emmies, the newsagents in Bridge Street, seen in 1963.How sad that bicycles could not be left outside like this today. They all appear to be ladies' bicycles.
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Four little school girls c1980
The four little girls left to right areKaren BroomSarah MoneyDenise KewAmanda Rouse
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Members of the Bishop Family, Fred, Edie, Emmie and Rose
Emmie and brother George Bishop delivering vegetables by horse and cart before WWII. Emmie, really Emily Bishop married and became Mrs Emmie Papworth. With the lack of goods available during the WWII, their delivery round ceased.Emmie Papworth a...
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Philly Dewe, Freda Bradley's grandfather. 1930
Philly Dewe, Freda Bradley's Grandfather, in 1930.He died falling out of the walnut tree on the footpath between Bushey Row and New Road in what used to be called the Dump Field.
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The photograph captures the wedding of John William Bunce, known to everyone as Jack to Mary Radburn. They had children Iris, Les and Joan.John was brother to Emmie Sollis who ran the Lamb Inn in Buckland Road and Mary was Tom Papworth's Gra...
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Miss Hill, the teacher with school children. Miss Hill lived in Melita in Cheapside,
Miss Hill (teacher) with school children. Miss Hill lived in the house called Melita in Cheapside. She was the sister of Dorothy Hunt who married Dick Hunt and they lived in Broad Street.The older girl on the left is Amy Fairclough, mother of Bi...
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Baptist Sunday School outing, Emmie Papworth on the left wearing glasses
Baptist Sunday School outing, Emmie Papworth on the left wearing glasses; Miss Dutton on the extreme right and Rose Bishop, Emmie's sister, next to Miss Dutton.Mrs Ivings next to Emmie Papworth. They are all making sure a large group of child...
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Tom, Sylvia and Natasha the day they took over running Emmies newsagents
Tom Papworth and wife Sylvia and daughter Natasha the day they took over Emmie's newsagents shop after the death of Tom's mother Emmie Papworth nee Bishop.
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On right of the two men with the steam roller, Eddie Foreshew's Father (Mr Bishop) who worked on the roads as a road mender. He lived in a hut on wheels in Oxford during the week. He died of TB aged 49.Road workers and steam roller includin...
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An evacuee family outside Bishops during WWII
An evacuee family including children outside Emmie and Eddie Foreshew's mother's shop which became 'Emmies' until Tom and Sylvia Papworth retired in 2012 and being unable to find a buyer for their business, the property became...
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Plan housing for young, old and the environment by Mark Booty,January 17th 2018
This is a very interesting article written by Mark Booty. He said housing should be planned for the young, old and the environment. Mark used to be vice chair of WODC but finally from council work.
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Some of the properties on sale in Bampton in 2018
This is a small selection of properties on sale in Bampton, just to give an idea of prices.
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Alice and James Gardner lived in Bourton Cottages 1906 to 1915
Bob Gardner said"The family lived in the “Bourton Cottages” since they were re-built in 1906. He was married to Alice and died when he was in his mid fifties. He died in 1915 and was buried in the Bampton cemetery where we recently found hi...
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This was the first visit made by the Bampton Traditional Morris Dancers under Squire Francis Shergold. The side went up four or five more times over the years.
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Sam Bennett from Ilmington in Warwickshire
Sam Bennett. He moved to Warwickshire but walked to Bampton to fiddle for the Morris at Whitsun. He would arrive at Mr & Mrs Townsend's Castle Farm on Bridge St and announce 'I be 'ere'. To earn his keep, he'd stay ...
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Best friends Freda Daniels and Ethel Whitlock Nov 14th 1945
These two young ladies, Freda Daniels who became Mrs Freda Bradley and Ethel Whilock who became Mrs Ethel Sheppard were best friends.Freda's daughter Janet Westman wrote" Ethel was actually my Godmother. She was married to Percy Sheppar...
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Freda & Tom Bradley with Janet & Ray visiting Beam Cottage
This picture shows Freda and Tom Bradley with their children Janet & Ray visiting Beam Cottage, surrounded by daffodils. Janet wrote" I remember when we used to come and play with you (Julie Powell who lived at Beam Cottage) and Miss Wyl...
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Re-thatching part of Sandford Cottage 1989
Andy Cox, master thatcher re-thatching part of Sandford Cottage in 1989 for Jo Lewington.
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The Beam, house, garden and family
These 6 pictures are scans of colour slides probably taken in the 1950. Dor Thompson and Kate Wylie bought The Beam and adopted two children, Julie and Roger Powell. Dor, the children and the garden can be seen in these pictures. Kate and Dor r...
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The wedding of George Bishop and Joy
This is the wedding photograph of George Bishop and Joy. George was the brother of Emmie (Emily) who delivered post in Bampton for many years and then took over running and living at the Papershop in Bridge Street which became known as Emmie'...
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Visiting Morris side Headington Quarry dancing in The Grange 1949
This is Heading Quarry Morris dancing in the garden at The Grange in 1949
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Isabel Dorothy Collins June 12th 1920 to December 12th 2011
Isabel and her husband George came to live in Bampton in the early years of WWII. They had bought Weald farm and moved into the main farmhouse with the farm and some years later they bought and moved into Greyshott house where Isabel lived for th...
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North West & West aspect of the Town Hall & Eeles grocery shop
This picture was taken very near to 1900. The clock erected in 1908 is not yet on the roof.Wheelgate House is still the academy run by Alfie Bryant and Eeles shop is visible.The main feature is the Town Hall showing the north west and west aspect...
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1950 Morris dancing in front of the Elephant and Castle
1950 Morris dancing in front of the Elephant and Castle on Bridge Street
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Heading Quarry Morris dancing in Grayshott House in 1949.
Heading Quarry Morris dancing in Grayshott House in 1949.
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Re-roofing the Grammar School in 1910
The Grammar School in Church View, close to St Mary's, had a new roof in 2010. Arthur Plaster is the person highest up on the roof and he came from a long line of carpenters.John Tanner is to the right, Alfred Collett to the left.It's n...
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These are the captions with the pictures in the order they are in the pdf27 March 1945. Robert Johnson m Doreen Ethel Beckley 1925-2003. Gillian Beckley next to Doreen. St Mary'sAnnie Elizabeth Green wedding to Gilbert Beckley front Rose Rich...
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WWII documents that belonged to Edith Foreshew
These three items all belonged to Edith Bishop who became Mrs Foreshew. They are her National Registration Identity Card, her war time ration book and her medical card.
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Williams family 1890s with Os Williams
Os Williams is seen here with his family some time in the 1890s.He was in our retained fire service and part of the team that won the National Championships in Crystal Palace in 1904.He is in the front row on the left.
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