Two long established members of our Group are leaving the Village. Margaret Bampton was one of our founding members back in 1995 and has been a mainstay of the Group and one of the principal contributors to our books and the website over the years. Mary Wheway joined the Group a little later, in 2004. She was formerly a teacher at Ridgeway Primary for 30 years and in her retirement she proved to be just the person needed to lead the editing and publication of all three of our most recent books.

Their departure has resulted in our having to find new homes for the many photographs and other items that have been stored in their respective homes. Amongst these was a collection of photographs taken by Chris Bukin, then aged 8, for a competition organised by Lambs Lane School in 1972, two of which are reproduced here.  The full collection can be found in the Resources section of the website.

Margaret and Mary will both be much missed and we wish them all the best for the future.