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BCA - 2021.2609
Title
May Bank Holiday festivities in Bampton
Date(s)
- 1974 (Creation)
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pdf of 4 newspaper cuttings
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Scope and content
Bampton always has a weekend filled with fun and laughter over the late May Bank Holiday. These cuttings talk about the Shirt Race and the Morris Dancing.
In one of the cuttings you can also read about
- An exhibition of Arts and Crafts in the Town Hall
- Cancer Research Bampton branch raising funds
- The Community Fete organised by the Royal British Legion in the afternoon of Bank Holiday Monday
- The Pumpkin Club which held a Tramps' Supper in the Cotswold Hotel on the Saturday night after the Shirt Race