September 2023

The group has a new recruit, Jim Clarke, and he has taken on the task of producing a book, project name, “Westbourne’s Lost Shops & Businesses”. The idea is to show the history of the many businesses and shops that Westbourne used to have, now largely converted into dwellings, as…

Roger Wilding has been working on a project “The Watermills of Westbourne” for some time. He admits to making slow progress as other interesting smaller projects (like updating this part of the village website) keep arising and distracting him. Anyone with documents, photos or any other information regarding waterways, mills…

Please seach your bookcases for a copy of the booklet “Valley of the Ems”  1863 by C J  Longcroft   of Havant. Part of the booklet has been published more recently, but it is just a part of a  printer’s draft with many hand amendments.  Even the eminent Rev. Dr. Mee did not own a copy  –…