Mr & Mrs Hill & son Arthur Hill's antique cum bric-a-brac shop in Bridge Street. Now Parallel Lines.

Arthur Hill outside his shop 1983
In 1983 Terry Crowley began taking photographs of people in Bampton who worked here, or were born here, or worked for charities here or any combination.

This shop was originally the premises of Mr Money, Boot and Shoemaker in the High Street. After Mr. Money's retirement, Mrs Francis Henley rented the shop for her daughter , Hazel, to run as a boutique. It was later rented by Mona Wilkins whose daughter also ran it as a boutique. It was finally run by Julia Rouse, daughter of Don and Mary, as The Farmhouse Pantry .

These photos show a selection of businesses that are no longer available to the residents: Angela John Antiques, Health Matters, Barclays Bank, John Temple’s Hardware Shop, The Market Square Garage and Showroom where can be seen the clock that originally graced the Town Hall and The Farmhouse Pantry which had previously been a boutique and before that Mr Money ran his shoe maker and repair shop from that premises.

First Photograph is Bill Mathews and George Dutton outside the Duttons Shop, second photograph is Billy Mathew's grandmother

1853 Lascelles Gazetteer of Oxon, Bampton. Alphabetical list of trades and professions. Classification of trades and professions. Millers, dairymen and farmers, Farmers, fellmongers, fishmonger, glove manufacturers, grocers and tea dealers, Grocers and tea dealers, hair dressers, hatters, hotels, insurance agents, joiners, carpenters, linen and wool drapers and hosiers, maltsters, milliners and dressmakers, Plumbers, glaziers, saddlers & harness makers, schools, shop keepers, solicitors, stone and marble masons, straw bonnet makers, surgeons and tailors, Tallow chandler, veterinary surgeons, watch maker, wheelwrights, wine and spirit merchants.

Advertisements for the Charity Shop

Photo of members of the Townsend family and the cycle shop in the High Street,
First photo is Susan Townsend, second photo Mrs Clark who had the shop later when it was a greengrocers,
Next is Lucy in 1912 with Mother Susan, and man with bicycle is Algernon Colin Townsend grandfather of Phyllis, and father of Colin,
Coloured photo is Nigel and Sister Phyllis 7/4/2017