Booklet about Bampton Traditional Morris written by Arnold Woodley referencing The Ragman

Booklet on William Wells 1868-1953 Morris Dancer, Fiddler & Fool by EFDSS
An outstanding figure in the revival of English folk music makes a contribution to this Journal. ‘Jinkey’ Wells of Bampton-in-the-Bush, Oxfordshire, died a few years ago after a prolonged illness had cut him off from his beloved Morris and deprived his village and his many friends of a gay and cultured personality. While he enjoyed moderate health and certainly long after he was blind he was the leader and fiddler of the Bampton Morris Men who capered and stepped in the lanes and gardens of the village throughout Whit-Monday. He himself knew the custom was ancient and part of an England that was fast disappearing. With the May Day garland carried from house to house by the children and the cake borne on the swordhe looked upon the six white dancing figures and the black-faced fool—a part which he himself had made memorable in his youth—as a living element in the historic mode of life of the English peasant. One of his greatest experiences was his first meeting with Cecil Sharp who was able to confirm his own views of the deep-rooted nature of this dance tradition. Sharp paid his tribute to Wells in his description of the Bampton Morris dancers in The Morris Book, Part III.

4 photographs showing carved initials on the window sills and walls of the Old Grammar School

Church annual Christmas event 1976 photograph of Donna and Margaret Pullen , and Shaun Mc Cauley grandchildren of Kitty Jackson, Also Sarah Evans teacher.

Constables the Baker, certificate of merit from Hovis dated Feb 8th 1995 and some photographs of Bampton firemen with horses and prizes

Photograph of Martin Barber & Gordon Gough with some Milk Churns in 1970

December issue 15 Bampton Lowdown The last newsletter One rare upside of Covid-19 is that it created this publication, which has grown from a simple newsheet of essential lockdown information into a varied mixture of stories, commentaries, profiles, reporting and much more, all of which are Bampton related. We've all very much enjoyed producing The Lowdown and we really hope that you've found it a valuable source of information and entertainment throughout these difficult months. It is certainly our intention to continue for as long as funding allows.

History of RAF Bampton Castle & the Signal Unit for an exhibition by Cprl David Duncan
58 page document relating the history of the The Signals at Bampton Castle from 1939

3 pages from Kelly's Directory 1985
Bampton Proper, Bampton Aston and Bampton Lew
lists people responsible for Cemetry.
Lighting
Police Station
Drainage
Grammar School
National School
Station Bar
Carriers

3 pages of Kelly's Directory for Bampton 1911