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BOURNE
Lincolnshire         England
in
 Words and Pictures

WRITTEN, RESEARCHED AND PHOTOGRAPHED

by Rex Needle

Population 15,000 with 5,500 homes  (2008 estimate), 71 listed buildings, town hall, corn exchange, seven churches, town mayor and town council with 15 members returned every four years..

Town sign

 

Photograph of the Week

Photographed by Rex Needle
Autumn in the Wellhead Gardens at Bourne
 PHOTOGRAPHED AT 12.45 pm ON THURSDAY 11th NOVEMBER 2004
The changing seasons can clearly be followed in the Wellhead Gardens during the year when the avenue of ornamental cherry trees along the main path turn from budding branches to colourful blossom which fades and falls and by November the leaves have turned from green to russet brown and can be seen strewn like a carpet underneath. Open spaces such as this are a much loved amenity enjoyed by urban dwellers for this is a quiet place just a short step from the town centre and somewhere to sit in contemplation whatever the time of year. See also Images of Autumn

Take a look at some of the stunning pictures taken by visitors to this web site in
PICTURE GALLERY

 

THE BOURNE WEB SITE IS READ AROUND THE WORLD
     A visitor logged on this week from Kuwait, one of the oil-rich Arab emirates on the coast of the Persian Gulf.


This edition includes

 

REX NEEDLE'S DIARY
 The perils of negotiating Toft hill
 CONTROVERSIAL AND CONTEMPLATIVE

 

OTHER NEW FEATURES
Death on the railway line
INNOCENT VICTIMS OF THE STEAM AGE		 Letters from the trenches
WRITING HOME DURING THE GREAT WAR
The Gunpowder Plot myth
IT WAS NOT HATCHED AT THE RED HALL		 How the October Fair began
CAR PARKING NOW THREATENS ITS FUTURE

 

PEEPS INTO THE PAST

The Angel Hotel in 1890


The town centre has changed dramatically in the past 100 years, mainly through the arrival of the motor car that has replaced horse drawn transport which was once a familiar part of the street scene in Victorian times.

See more about this town in times gone by

BBC Weather for BOURNE

 

 

CD-ROM

A PORTRAIT OF BOURNE
 The history of a Lincolnshire market town on CD-ROM from
the earliest times to the present day
  THE BOURNE CHRONICLE
  Dates, events and people in our history

FOR SALE - framed views of landmark buildings around the town
Delivered free to the Bourne area

 

  FOCUS  - view all contributions on site
LINKS - add your web site address to our list
PICTURE GALLERY - submit a favourite photograph

PROMINENT PEOPLE - 500 names from past and present
PUBLICATIONS - relating to this town
READERS - remember past times
VISITOR COUNTRIES -  tell us where you are located

 

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Site last updated on 29th November 2008