Beam Cottage

Bampton's war heroes

Bampton Primary School activities over the years

Decendants of Jonathan Hunt & Sarah Loveridge

Photograph taken about 1959 in New Road, Janet Bradley and Carolyn Ferguson were neighbours at no 6 and No 4 . Gillian was a related to Mr and Mrs Dafter at No 2

21 photos showing The Old Chapel Cottage in Buckland Road taken spring 2004.
Front cover of the funeral program for Dinah Lucy Green born September 7th 1930, died October 21st 2013
An invoice issued to Mrs Bessie Green by William Mathews family grocer inBampton in the shop called Duttons. Bessie worked in the shop and she also did some baking for other people. Her list includes 2lb granary sugar, 1lb caster sugar, 1lb cheese, ½lb rashers, 1lb margarine, ½lb butter, ½lb lard, 1lb currants, 1lb sultanas, ¼ lb mixed peel, ½lb suet, large peaches, custard powder, table salt, small Omo (a laundry powder), rose mansion, ½lb sweet biscuits, Bisto (gravy granules), SR flour, 1 Chunky (a dog food), total cost £1.7s.2d (£135½p)
newspaper cutting – children outside the Town Hall with their flower garlands
ready for judging 1964. Children include Gillian & Sheila Harding, Susan Taylor, Esther Green and her
mother Dinah and her grandmother Bessie Green.
Img140 School carnival 1985 with Dinah and Freda Bradley, Dinah dressed as a Pearly Queen.
Img141 1985 school carnival float with Jan Bone, Bernice, Olive, Freda Bradley, Rita, Dinah
and Sylvia Nicholson.
Img142 1984 school carnival float with Dinah dressed in the uniform of the Women’s Land
Army.
Img143 Dinah is standing next to Maurice Buckland and she’s dressed as a Pearly Queen.
They got first prize for their float and Dinah’s holding the £10 note.
Img144 1985 school carnival with Dinah in Women’s Landy Army uniform – the theme for
their float was ‘Women’s Fashion 1900 to 1980s’.
Img145 1986 school carnival float, Dinah dressed as a jockey as her part in the their float
with the theme ‘Royal Ascot.’ Others on the float were Rita Head, Freda Bradley, Bernice Surridge,
Rosemary and Mavis Cooper.
Img147 1958 or 1959 with Esther Green, Dinah’s daughter, dressed as a poppy with a sign
‘Haig Fund’ in front of her. This was the name given to what is now the Poppy Appeal. Dinah is
supporting a little Esther.
Img148 1964 and Esther is dressed up to recall records; she has a disk hanging in front of her
and a waist band that says Top Ten. The children in fancy dress are all parading past the Jubilee Inn.
Dinah is in the centre of the picture walking behind Esther.
Img156 1971 or 1972. Ann Irvine and Dinah green taking part in the celebration of Bampton
Branch of the WI in their Golden Jubilee year. The WI planted a tree by the War Memorial to
commemorate the occasion. Dinah was a wonderful needlewoman and did nearly all the quilting
seen in this picture.
Img157 Dinah with Curly, real name John Titchener who is wearing the smock she made for
the first time.
Img080 and 081 The wedding of Dinah Lucy Godfrey and Ramon James Green on May 15th
1954 – one of the pictures has the names printed on it and they are also shown on the back.
Img082 July 2004, the wedding of Dinah’s son Mathew to Jackie. Mathew’s father Ramon
and sister Esther are in the family group

On her 103rd Birthday, 26th Feb 2025, Joyce Anderson donated this small red book to the Bampton Community Archive. The book is entitled "Oxfordshire" written by F.G. Brabant, M.A. Illustrated by Edmund H. New. First published May 1906.
This is the third edition – published 1919.
These pdfs are excerpts about Bampton in the book, and the book itself is available in our locked cupboard at the Archive should anyone want to view for reference.

Death notices of several Bampton people
img215 - An article from the July 2012 issue of The Beam. An obituary for Jonathan Phillips. He was a Parish and District
councillor, a Major in the army in WWII and was vice president of the Royal British Legion.
img219 - Newspaper cutting August 23rd 1982 re the death of May Dunlop Morton who lived at The Deanery with friend Marjorie Pollard. She left £348,963 with £500 each to NSPCC, Dr Barnardo’s and the National Trust.
img220 - Newspaper cutting - the death of Robert (Bob) Allinson April 8th 1994 aged 74 husband of Kathleen. Bob
carried the cake for the Francis Shergold Morris team for many years.
img221 - Newspaper cutting - the death of Joseph Edward Bunce aged 91. Joe was landlord of the Swan Inn in
Buckland Road before Mr & Mrs Sollis. img222 - Newspaper cutting - the death of Oswald Bartlett of
Field Cottage (by Sandfords Field) aged 101. His 76 year old wife Doris was at his bedside. Rev. Derek Frost took the
service and described Joe as "a smashing old chap, a lifelong Christian and Church goer".
img223 - Newspaper cutting July 22nd 1983- the death of Mr Arthur Timms aged 66. Arthur started the timber business in
Brize Norton selling second hand timber from Brize Norton air force base when it was run by the Americans. He leaves a
wife Kathleen and two sons Phil and Jeffrey.
img227 and img227a - 2 Newspaper cuttings 16-3-1979 - the death of Frederick William Robinson 68 and his wife Hilda
from Buckland Road and one other person in the car with them in a collision in thick fog on the A40 near Burford.
img230 - Newspaper cutting April 4th 1958 - two sister and their companion who lived together, all died in one week.
Miss Margaret Oates was the eldest daughter of Dr and Mrs Oates. She was a founder member of the Bampton Women's
Institute, took a keen interest in folk dancing and was a pioneer of the Bampton Folk Dance Society. She was an
accomplished needlewoman and was still smocking up to the time of her death.
img232 - Newspaper cutting Witney Gazette April 4th 1958 - two sister and their companion who lived together, all died in
same week. Miss Dorothy Oates died aged 80 on March 24th the same day as Miss Brooks who had been companion to
Dorothy and her sister Margaret. Dorothy was a member of the Women's Institute. The funeral of Miss Oates and Miss
Brooks took place on the same day Thursday March 27th at St Mary's in Bampton, service conducted by Rev. G West.
img233 - Newspaper cutting Witney Gazette April 4th 1958 - two sister and their companion who lived together, all died in
same week. Miss Dorothy Oates died aged 80 on March 24th the same day as Miss Brooks age 96 who had been companion
to Dorothy and her sister Margaret. Dorothy was a member of the Women's Institute. The funeral of Miss Oates and Miss
Brooks took place on the same day Thursday March 27th at St Mary's service conducted by Rev. G West. Miss Brooks, aged
17, became nanny to Margaret and Dorothy and they stayed firm friends for life.

Bush Telegraph Summer 2021 with an article about Ruby Riches celebrating her 100th Birthday. Former headteacher of Clanfield Primary School

Bush Telegraph Dec 2020 LR
Suzy Macpherson, new Chairman of the Bush Club taking over from Matthew Perry
Sally, Angie, Gill, Julie, Jenny, Kate, Jill Hall and Pauline Hawkins
Sally Proctor Secretary and as a regular cook with husband Ray
Julie Watson Team Leader and will join Suzy, Gill and Angie.