May 2021 issue 19 of The Lowdown featuring articles about The Bampton Opera and The SPAJERS, Bampton Bush Club, Liz Banham and Hasam Popor the kebab man.

Molly Rose - Service of Thanksgiving- 2016

Photographs of the Vesey room in 2003 when the Archive began to use it
This was how the Vesey room looked in 2003 which was the very early days of the Bampton Community Archive. The exhibition photographs appear to be to do with the SPAJERS

Photographs showing Vera Elward demonstrating flower garlands. On May 23rd 2003 Vera Elward assisted by Midge Newman is showing the children in Bampton C of E Primary school how to prepare the flowers ready to make a flower garland and how to fasten them on to the hazel hoops that she's made. The flowers are in bundles of the same type with their flower heads level and the stems tied. Vera fastens them to the hoops in small bundles. The winner of the best garland in 2002 is showing Janet Newman, deputy head and the rest of the children the plaque she won last year for the best garland

Three men possibly on Home Guard duty including George Bishop on the right in WWII sitting on Mill Bridge
photo from Frank Hudson

Tommy Gerring aged 99

Tommy Gerring in WWII uniform.

Wedding of Cyril Wheeler & Ruth Shergold 15th December 1951

Wedding of George Bishop & Joy from Left Mrs Bunce, Iris Luckett, Joan O'Neill, Mrs Baker, Rose Wells, Mrs Sollis, Edie Foreshew, Harold Foreshew, Mrs Bishop, Bride and groom Joy and George Bishop, Emmie Papworth, Rose Greenway, Mrs Harrison, Sally and Ted Bishop, Dorothy Beesley, Children Tony Luckett, Ruth Harrison and Tommy Papworth

Watch winder of watch made by Oliver Onesiphorus Collett