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A CHILDREN'S HISTORY OF BOURNE has been specially written for the younger reader. Children are often given school projects about the town past and present and although A Portrait of Bourne contains all they require, the mass of information can prove daunting without the supervision of a parent and so local historian Rex Needle has written this book specifically for them although it contains so much information about our past that it will also appeal to the more mature reader. Read more. |
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STAMFORD, BOURNE AND THE DEEPINGS has been written by local historian Rex Needle and illustrated with a series of watercolours by the Rutland artist Alan Oliver. The result is this beautiful volume of almost 100 pages in full colour and printed on art paper to ensure that the paintings are shown to their full effect. Copies may now be obtained from selected retail outlets or by post direct from the publishers. Read more. |
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TALES OF BOURNE FROM PAST TIMES is a substantial work running to some 200 pages with 150 illustrations in colour and black and white, and deals with people, places, events, disasters and public services, as well as Bourne at war from the imperial conflicts of the Victorian age through to the two world wars of the last century. The author, local historian Rex Needle, intends it to be a serendipity of our history and heritage and although it can be read straight through from cover to cover by the dedicated reader, it can also be used for random selection or serene dipping, the reader knowing that whichever passage they choose will not affect the continuity and therefore spoil the enjoyment. Read more. |
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BRIEF LIVES OF BOURNE PEOPLE - FIFTY BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GREAT AND THE GOOD is a new book by Rex Needle about the men and women who helped shape the Bourne we know today, from the earliest times through to the present day. Many of those featured are known to us and many are not but all played their part in the life of this town in years gone by, from Hereward the Wake who flourished in the 12th century to one of our longest serving councillors, Marjorie Clark, who died in 2007. Read more. |
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A PORTRAIT OF BOURNE on CD-ROM, written and researched by Rex Needle, is the definitive history of this small market town with more than a million words of text and some 4,000 photographs chronicling its origins as a settlement to the present day, listing the places and the people and literally hundreds of them are mentioned here together with accounts of the progress of agriculture, religion, education, health, public services and buildings and for good measure, there are short illustrated histories of the surrounding 60 villages. See A Portrait of Bourne |
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BOURNE IN PAST TIMES is an evocation of yesteryear through the eyes of our local photographers who recorded people, places and events and whose work has been preserved. The DVD contains many old photographs showing the town as it was in the 19th and early 20th centuries and enables us see how much our streets and buildings have changed as well as recording some of the major events that influenced the community. The disc has been compiled and produced by Rex Needle, running time is one hour, with music accompaniment. Read more. |
