Interviews

These interview recordings have been made over the past 20 years with people who have grown up, lived or worked in Bampton.

Click to hear interviews on these topics

Wartime Bampton
Shirt Race & SPAJERS
Morris & Mummers
Childhood, Life & Work
Farming in Bampton

Here’s a small selection of our interviews

(A2) Edie Foreshew recalls her childhood in Bampton, her early employment and her time in WW2

(A7) Doug Read and the origins of the Bampton Shirt Race

(A19) An interview with PC Steve Patrick from Bampton

(A39) Ethel White - Aged 90 something, talking about life in Sandford Cottage in Bampton

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