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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
Black swan at St Peter's Pool, Bourne
 PHOTOGRAPHED BY REX NEEDLE IN FEBRUARY 2003
The Wellhead Gardens are a favourite walk on bright afternoons in winter and we have the added interest of seeing mallard, moorhen and particularly black swans enjoying the sunshine at St Peter's Pool. These stately birds are indigenous to Australia and Tasmania and have made their home here since the summer of 1999, producing several cygnets each year and delighting visitors who bring them tasty morsels. The town centre is only a few steps away and yet this spot has been a haven of peace and tranquillity for centuries and long may it remain so. More about black swans.

PICTURE GALLERY
Take a look at some of the stunning pictures taken by visitors to this web site.
All contributions are considered for our Photograph of the Week.

 

THE BOURNE WEB SITE IS READ AROUND THE WORLD
        A visitor logged on this week from Abuja, capital city of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in West Africa.   


This edition includes

 

REX NEEDLE'S DIARY
 Remembering the family doctors of yesteryear
 CONTROVERSIAL AND CONTEMPLATIVE

 

Bourne in past times
A ONE-HOUR PHOTO PRESENTATION OF PICTURES FROM THE PAST ON DVD
OTHER NEW ITEMS
Taking the Bible to Tongue End
CHAPEL ENDED DRUNKEN FIGHTING		 The Darby and Joan hall
ONE WOMAN'S INSPIRATION REMEMBERED
Bourne shoe shop appeal for Kosovo children

 

PEEPS INTO THE PAST

Photographed circa 1900

The street scene in Eastgate has changed dramatically over the past century, mainly because the Bourne Eau which flows through the district has been piped, the road widened and the wooden bridges giving access to houses removed.

Read more about this town from times gone by

BBC Weather for BOURNE

 

 

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

 

MAILING LIST
- to receive our monthly newsletter, simply enter your name in the message section of your email and send  ►

 

TALES OF BOURNE FROM PAST TIMES
 A new and substantial book about the history of this town running
to 200 pages with 150 photographs both modern and contemporary
  THE BOURNE CHRONICLE
  Dates, events and people in our history

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 2010 edition.

CD-ROM

 

Find a plumber or other tradesmen and services in and around Bourne. Property prices and more.

 

 

THE BOURNE WEB SITE HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR TWELVE YEARS
  Number of visitors during January = 7,670   Overall ►

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