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BOURNE
Lincolnshire         England
in
 Words and Pictures

WRITTEN, RESEARCHED AND PHOTOGRAPHED

 by Rex Needle
Population 15,000, 5,500 homes  (2008), 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 Geoff Bell
Snowdrops in a Bourne back garden
 PHOTOGRAPHED AT 9.20 am ON FRIDAY 3rd FEBRUARY 2012
The year's first sign of life in our gardens and parks is the snowdrop and a large number can always be seen around town, although this week they have been accompanied by snowfalls that have provided a reminder that winter is still with us. Most are in bloom by February 2nd which is Candlemas Day from which is derived their less well known name of Candlemas Bells. The 19th century English romantic poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote: "If winter comes, can spring be far behind?" and so despite the snow and freezing temperatures we anticipate brighter days ahead and these delicate white blooms are a harbinger of the new season.

Readers are asked to submit their own pictures to be considered for our
Photograph of the Week feature. Read more.

 

THE BOURNE WEB SITE IS READ AROUND THE WORLD
       We have had a visitor from Jupiter in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA, a town famous for its beauty and beaches.   

 

REX NEEDLE'S DIARY
CONTROVERSIAL AND CONTEMPLATIVE

The implications of Town Hall changes
Council must think again over green bin levy

 

 

PEEPS INTO THE PAST

The Town Hall once had a clock tower and iron railings across the frontage, usually plastered with posters, but both features have now gone, although it has remained the centre of civic administration for almost two centuries.

Photographed in 1910

Read more about this town from times gone by

 

 

 

FOCUS  - view all contributions on site
LINKS - add your web site address to our list
PICTURE GALLERY - photographs taken by readers
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

 

TALES OF BOURNE FROM PAST TIMES
 A substantial book about the history of this town running
to 200 pages with 150 photographs both modern and contemporary
  BRIEF LIVES OF BOURNE PEOPLE
  Fifty biographies of the great and the good

A PORTRAIT OF BOURNE
 The history of this town on CD-ROM from the earliest times to the present day, now revised and greatly extended for the 2012 edition.

CD-ROM

 

TRADESMEN YOU CAN TRUST
in the Bourne area

 

 

THE BOURNE WEB SITE HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR OVER 13 YEARS
  Number of visitors during January = 5,326     Overall ►

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