RAF Bampton Castle - a brief history

This is the Service program for the Thanksgiving Service for Victory held in 1945. As the service sheet was printed in London it was probably a standard service to be held across the UK

Pierre Bovington, the son of Yvette is welcomed back home from the Falklands War in 1982. In the photograph are

1. Herbert Lock, son of Bill
2. Ron Hickman – butcher
3. Henry Willis
4. Betty Lock
5. Yvette Bovington
7. Pierre, Yvette’s son back from Falklands
8. Billy Mathews
9. Jane Willis
10. Mrs Betty Hickman, the butcher’s wife

A talk about the arms industry during the First World War and beyond will be held at the village hall in October 2014. Sue Smith and Symon Hill gave the talk on October 23rd.