Newspaper articles 2005-17

WRITTEN BY REX NEEDLE

2017

20 Jan 2017

  Soup kitchens which fed the hungry poor

 3 Feb 2017

  The monk who wrote English for the common man

 3 Mar 2017

  The changing face of Bourne town centre

 17 Mar 2017

  Bourne woman pioneered the role of female police officers

 31 Mar 2017

  Town council promises cemetery chapel restoration

 14 Apr 2017

  A hair-raising drive with Fangio at the wheel

 28 Apr 2017

  A soldier's tale from 100 years ago

 12 May 2017

  Hidden secrets of the Ostler memorial

 26 May 2017

  Schoolboys in playing field protest of 1890

 9 Jun 2017

  Everyone has the chance of becoming mayor

 23 Jun 2017

  Skatepark fears for the Abbey Lawn

  7 Jul 2017

  Demolition of the Bourne workhouse

  18 Aug 2017

  Protest over more new homes for Bourne

  1 Sep 2017

  When the gas works lit our homes and streets

2016

8 Jan 2016

   Spreading the message with paper and paste

22 Jan 2016

   Motoring pioneer's medal up for sale

5 Feb 2016

   Pistols at dawn by St Peter's Pool

19 Feb 2016

   Legacy of a local boy who made good

4 Mar 2016

   The strange case of the tattooed lady

18 Mar 2016

  Leading lady who was honoured by the Queen

1 Apr 2016

  A cobbler's son became a knight of the realm

15 Apr 2016

  New lease of life for Bourne's old mill by the stream

29 Apr 2016

  Celebrating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee

13 May 2016

  Tragedy of a young man with a passion for speed

27 May 2016

  Bourne woman became a New World pioneer

10 Jun 2016

  Blue plaques remember the great and the good

24 Jun 2016

  Remembering the Somme and our Bourne soldiers

8 Jul 2016

  Wake house saved for the community

22 Jul 2016

  The desperate plight of unmarried mothers

5 Aug 2016

  The Bourne vicar's son who was hanged for forgery

19 Aug 2016

  When Bourne honoured a Boer War general

2 Sep 2016

  Penal transportation for the most trivial of crimes

16 Sep 2016

  Down Your Way visits Bourne

30 Sep 2016

  NATO chief made Bourne his second home

14 Oct 2016

  Town Hall clock to be restored

28 Oct 2016

  Remembering Miss Close's little school

11 Nov 2016

  Honouring the fallen at our War Memorial

25 Nov 2016

  Seeking a fresh start in a new world

9 Dec 2016

  Mays mystery book appears again after 60 years

23 Dec 2016

  Christmas Day in the workhouse

2015

2 Jan 2015

  Bourne's angels of mercy during WW1

16 Jan 2015

  The changing fortunes of the Bourne Eau

30 Jan 2015

  A remarkable medical man

6 Feb 2015

  Earthquakes past and present

13 Feb 2015

  The loss of our small shops

27 Feb 2015

  Memories of the bobby on the beat

13 Mar 2015

  Bourne vicar was scouting pioneer in Canada

27 Mar 2015

  Civic Society spreads the word about our heritage

10 Apr 2015

  Fashion trends in Victorian Bourne

24 Apr 2015

  How Bourne became twinned with Doudeville

8 May 2015

  Old John wins council seat at 80

22 May 2015

  Steamer trips from Bourne to Boston

5 Jun 2015

  Charles Worth nominated for new £20 note

19 Jun 2015

  Business that Jack built closes after 67 years

3 Jul 2015

  Prize fighting at Tongue End in past times

17 Jul 2015

  Tackling the rising tide of household rubbish

31 Jul 2015

  Date stones provide a guide to our old buildings

14 Aug 2015

  When Bourne was free of the motor car

28 Aug 2015

  Treading the boards at the Corn Exchange

11 Sep 2015

  Smallpox outbreak caused panic

25 Sep 2015

  The curious case of the stolen books

 9 Oct 2015

  Digging for evidence of Bourne Castle in 1861

 23 Oct 2015

  Woodland sculptures cause controversy

6 Nov 2015

  How the money was raised to buy the Town Hall

20 Nov 2015

  Why our historic buildings are under threat

4 Dec 2015

  2015 should have been the centenary of Bourne Hospital

11 Dec 2015

  The success of Charles Worth - in his own words

18 Dec 2015

  A glimpse of Christmas past in Victorian Bourne

2014

10 Jan 2014

  When Lawrence of Arabia visited Bourne

24 Jan 2014

  Faithful servant to the Queen

7 Feb 2014

  The ghost of the Red Hall

21 Feb 2014

  The violent storm that terrified a village

7 Mar 2014

  Taking tea inside the Bowthorpe Oak

21 Mar 2014

  Bourne lads who fought in the American Civil War

4 Apr 2014

   On parade with Bourne's wartime girls

18 Apr 2014

  Small family firm now leads Europe

 2 May 2014

  The woman who was auntie to 200 children

16 May 2014

  How Civic Sunday began in Bourne

30 May 2014

  Mystery book by Raymond Mays

13 Jun 2014

  Prison break foiled for Red Hall tenant

27 Jun 2014

  Council flats remember farmer and artist

11 Jul 2014

  Memories of the Hereward Labour Camp

25 Jul 2014

  Horrific case of child cruelty 150 years ago

8 Aug 2014

  Letters from the trenches

22 Aug 2014

  Bank manager's paintings go on sale

5 Sep 2014

  The Arnhem connection of 70 years ago

3 Oct 2014

  The squire throws a memorable party

17 Oct 2014

  The ancient pool around which Bourne began

31 Oct 2014

  Raymond Mays - man about town

13 Nov 2014

  Vicar sues churchwarden for libel

28 Nov 2014

  Worth family grave found after 160 years

17 Dec 2014

   Dad's Army in Bourne was no laughing matter

2013

11 Jan 2013

  Sugar beet growing in the Bourne area

25 Jan 2012

  Harnessing nature's power for the community

8 Feb 2013

  The demolition of Bourne Hospital

22 Feb 2013

  Caning to keep order in class

8 Mar 2013

  Sir Henry's night in the madhouse

22 Mar 2013

  How Bourne got its Corn Exchange

5 Apr 2013

  The public library's 150-year tradition

19 Apr 2013

  The impact of Bourne's first department store

3 May 2013

  Ringing the changes at the Abbey Church

17 May 2013

  Musical interludes with the Bourne Town Band

31 May 2013

  Milestone reminder of when Bourn became Bourne

14 Jun 2013

  Ernest Foley - engineering pioneer

28 Jun 2013

  The perils of a 19th century stagecoach driver

12 Jul 2013

  The social event of the year in the 19th century

26 Jul 2013

  Priest becomes a pauper in his own parish

9 Aug 2013

  Portraits from the past

23 Aug 2013

  Memorial stone for our local hero

6 Sep 2013

  The battle over Bourne in 1941

20 Sep 2013

  Church kneeler remembers historic event

4 Oct 2013

  Escapees from Folkingham Gaol

18 Oct 2013

  Calling the school roll in past times

1 Nov 2013

  Remembering the fallen from past wars

15 Nov 2013

  Finding space for burials in Bourne

29 Nov 2013

  Attic photo remembers Bourne pioneer

13 Dec 2013

  When Bourne got lit up for Christmas

 27 Dec 2013

  The man who put magic into Christmas

2012

13 Jan 2012

  Ice skating in the bitter fenland winters

27 Jan 2012

  Celebrating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee

10 Feb 2012

  Raymond Mays and his Desert Island Discs

24 Feb 2012

  The creator of Private Bourne continues to inspire

9 Mar 2012

  A kind and respected workhouse master

23 Mar 2012

  Abbey House was the grandest in town

5 Apr 2012

  Civic reception marked BRM success 50 years ago

20 Apr 2012

  Keeping time with the Town Hall clock

4 May 2012

  Signing the pledge against the demon drink

18 May 2012

  The Battle of Bourne over market tolls

1 Jun 2012

  Open air swimming pool's 90th anniversary

1 Jun 2012

  American visitor seeks ancestors

15 Jun 2012

  The cemetery keeper who buried 3,000 people

29 Jun 2012

  Fighting fires on pints of beer

13 Jul 2012

  The town's first council chairman

27 Jul 2012

  Flooding in past times

10 Aug 2012

  The slaughter of 20,000 horses in Bourne

24 Aug 2012

  Gold brooch memory of nursing heroes

7 Sep 1012

  Putting the Bourne parish registers online

21 Sep 2012

  Town Hall faces an uncertain future

5 Oct 2012

  The town's mercy mission 40 years ago

19 Oct 2012

  20,000 mile round trip to trace ancestors

2 Nov 2012

  Evacuee seeks lost wartime years

16 Nov 2012

  Preserving the view of the Red Hall

30 Nov 2012

  Volunteers who ran the ambulance service

14 Dec 2012

  Christmas letters from the trenches

28 Dec 2012

  Early days in the fox hunting field

2011

14 Jan 2011

  Memories of Bourne's own railway children

28 Jan 2011

  Remembering the town's lost public houses

11 Feb 2011

  Street named after Bourne's own warship

25 Feb 2011

  Canadian visitor's trip down memory lane

11 Mar 2011

  Royal celebrations from past times

25 Mar 2011

  Our pioneers of motor rallying

8 April 2011

  Early days at Bourne Grammar School

22 Apr 2011

  The popularity of penny readings

7 May 2011

  Bourne prepares for an invasion

20 May 2011

  The controversy over the church pulpit

3 Jun 2011

  Everyone has a chance to be Mayor of Bourne

17 Jun 2011

  Old documents reveal hospital's past history

1 Jul 2011

  The weekly market survives after 700 years

15 Jul 2011

  The struggle for a youth centre in Bourne

29 Jul 2011

  Water cress was a successful industry

12 Aug 2011

  Did Good Queen Bess sleep here?

26 Aug 2011

  Tree planting marks special occasions

9 Sep 2011

  The first BBC broadcast from Bourne 77 years ago

24 Sep 2011

  Flax industry attracted hundreds of workers

7 Oct 2011

  Harsh conditions at the House of Correction

22 Oct 2011

  New lodge headquarters for local freemasons

4 Nov 2011

  Riotous behaviour on Bonfire Night

18 Nov 2011

  Memories of a wartime friendship

2 Dec 2011

   Hotel landlady who put the Angel on the map

16 Dec 2011

   Festive fare in past times

30 Dec 2011

  The Parisian courtesan who modelled for Worth

2010

8 Jan 2010

  Water, water everywhere from Bourne's boreholes

22 Jan 2010

  The woman who inspired the Darby and Joan hall

5 Feb 2010

  How they brought the bible to Tongue End

19 Feb 2010

  Tracing the Trollopes of Bourne

5 Mar 2010

  Fine art link to Red Hall artists

19 Mar 2010

  Memories of the Bourne school for bad lads

16 Apr 2010

  When the Wellhead was used as a dog bath

23 Apr 2010

  Fighting the pong from the glue factory

7 May 2010

  Bourne grandson became a friend of the U S President

21 May 2010

  Lord of the Manor who liked a tipple

4 Jun 2010

  Sale of the century from collector's hoard

18 Jun 2010

  Changing times at the doctor's house

9 Jul 2010

  Two hundred years of Methodism

16 Jul 2010

  Remembering the town's lost cottages

30 Jul 2010

  The perils of carrying the mail in past times

13 Aug 2010

  A headmaster who was revered by all

27 Aug 2010

  The chequered history of Wake House

10 Sep 2010

  Railway age ended with a bang

24 Sep 2010

  Royal visits keep Bourne on the palace diary

8 Oct 2010

  Tea and politics for the Tory ladies

22 Oct 2010

  Masons lose their lodge after 70 years

5 Oct 2010

  The Old Grammar School needs urgent attention

19 Oct 2010

  From cottage hospital to day care centre

3 Dec 2010

  House of Worth chairs join the Bourne collection

17 Dec 2010

  Memories of a Victorian Christmas in Bourne

31 Dec 2010

  Census returns provide vital link with the past

2009

2 Jan 2009

  Stone memorials are under threat

23 Jan 2009

  Tireless worker for the Abbey Church

30 Jan 2009

  Changing times at the Angel Hotel

13 Feb 2009

  When snow cut off Bourne for a week

27 Feb 2009

  A thirst for reading 150 years ago

13 Mar 2009

  Bank manager and talented artist

20 Mar 2009

  The birth of The Local newspaper

27 Mar 2009

  A history of the Ostler memorial

10 Apr 2009

  Bourne's reluctant hero is awarded the V C

24 Apr 2009

  Twinning celebrates its 20th anniversary

8 May 2009

  Charles Worth always remembered Bourne

22 May 2009

  Did Cromwell once worship in Bourne?

5 Jun 2009

  Fencing off the Abbey Lawn

19 Jun 2009

  Royal honours for local people in past times

3 Jul 2009

  Plaques that remember the famous

17 Jul 2009

  Keeping the town smart in pursuit of gold

31 Jul 2009

  New lease of life for the Vestry Hall

14 Aug 2009

  Small plots produce great fruit and veg

28 Aug 2009

  A glimpse of village life half a century ago

11 Sep 2009

  Words written in stone remember the great and good

25 Sep 2009

  Memorial room remembers motor racing pioneer

9 Oct 2009

  Mourning brooch links Bourne with Australia

23 Oct 2009

  Welsh mountain named after Sempringham princess

6 Nov 2009

  Lone bugler remembered Bourne's war dead

20 Nov 2009

  Soccer shield remembers Bourne war hero

5 Dec 2009

  Lady Godiva raises cash for the Butterfield

18 Dec 2009

   Boer war veteran's gift from Queen Victoria

2008

18 Jan 2008

  How we got our Corn Exchange

1 Feb 2008

  Welcoming the wartime evacuees

15 Feb 2008

  Memories of a Bourne childhood

29 Feb 2008

  A new Robert Manning translation

14 Mar 2008

  Past vicar's jottings found in parish registers

28 Mar 2008

  A glimpse of Bourne 40 years ago

11 Apr 2008

  Court hearings end in Bourne

25 Apr 2008

  When the corn trade flourished

9 May 2008

  Listing protects our ancient buildings

16 May 2008

  The man who gave racing a royal touch

23 May 2008

  The men who built Bourne's railways

6 Jun 2008

  The outdoor pool is one of the oldest in England

20 Jun 2008

  The trumpet that entertained Victorian Bourne

4 Jul 2008

  Lady Catherine of the Red Hall

18 Jul 2008

  When a gasometer lit and heated the town

1 Aug 2008

  How Bourne celebrated Victoria's Diamond Jubilee

15 Aug 2008

  The Bourne boys' playground protest of 1890

30 Aug 2008

  The market cross was the centre of activity

5 Sep 2008

  An ancient waterway left to us by the Romans

12 Sep 2008

  Remembering the Arnhem connection

26 Sep 2008

  A pub crawl around Bourne in past times

10 Oct 2008

  The October Fair may have lost its welcome

24 Oct 2008

  The myth of the Red Hall and the Gunpowder Plot

7 Nov 2008

  Letters from the trenches during the Great War

21 Nov 2008

  Innocent victims of the railway age

7 Dec 2008

  The Boer War peace celebrations

19 Dec 2008

  Christmas Day in the workhouse

2007

5 Jan 2007

  Abbey Church restoration 100 years ago

19 Jan 2007

  Frederic Manning - Private Bourne was his hero

16 Feb 2007

  The Abbey Lawn in past times

2 Mar 2007

  Bryan Browning - the man who designed the Town Hall

16 Mar 2007

  A twinning link with the United States

13 Apr 2007

  Sunday School feasts and treats

27 Apr 2007

  The end of Worth Court

11 May 2007

  A police presence for 150 years

22 Jun 2007

  Teaching children the three Rs

24 Aug 2007

  Alfred Stubley - master of make believe

7 Sep 2007

  Dr Gilpin - pioneer of early motoring

21 Sep 2007

  The Barsby family in old photographs

5 Oct 2007

  Early years at the Abbey Primary School

19 Oct 2007

  When the mail was rarely late

2 Nov 2007

  The warship that Bourne adopted

16 Nov 2007

  Changing face of the market place

30 Nov 2007

  The importance of our Town Hall

14 Dec 2007

  Getting lit up for Christmas

28 Dec 2007

  Pioneering photographs from 1861

2006

6 Jan 2006

  Memories of the hunting field

20 Jan 2006

  Bourne's military hospital during WWI

3 Feb 2006

  Pictures in the post - memories of a station bookstall

10 Feb 2006

  The importance of the Butterfield Hospital

17 Feb 2006

  Welcoming the Belgian refugees during WWI

3 Mar 2006

  The Bourne lad who joined the 1849 gold rush

17 Mar 2006

  The Eastgate plane crash

31 Mar 2006

  A history of the indoor rifle range

14 Apr 2006

  The saintly life of Jane Redmile

5 May 2006

  Dr John Galletly - a remarkable medical man

30 Jun 2006

  Opium addition in the 19th century

14 Jul 2006

  The woman who founded the Darby and Joan club

28 Jul 2006

  The mystery of the unknown matron

11 Aug 2006

  Memories of children in care

25 Aug 2006

  A history of the Jubilee garage and bar

8 Sep 2006

  A forgotten hero of the Great War

22 Sep 2006

  The Nag's Head - a popular hostelry from past times

6 Oct 2006

  Haunted Bourne

20 Oct 2006

  A history of the Abbey Church bells

17 Nov 2006

  The Bourne Institute - a club for self improvement

1 Dec 2006

  Building the Toft railway tunnel

15 Dec 2006

  Remembering Christmas past in 1887

2005

7 Oct 2005

  The Great Flood of 1910

18 Nov 2005

  A history of the War Memorial

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