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A new page has been added to this site. It shows a massive piece of work done around 2000 to record the position and detail of each gravestone/tomb in the Churchyard. The full Index of names is included and the full set of Maps showing the position of each memorial…

We are pleased to announce the return of a mail order service for our publications.  Thankyou, Nigel Peake. See the Publications page for details. Both of our CDs – “Bourne in the Past” and “Out of Print Booklets” are now available for purchase at The Village Stores, via Mail Order…

–    for a long quiet period. We have had some technical difficulties.

A second CD !  Or it will be. Out of Print Booklets – Scans of our four out-of-print booklets   £5.00 (when available) Currently only available via Internet File transfer – £3.00 These four booklets have been out of print for some time. In order to make them available again the Group…

We are very sad to report the death of two of our long-standing members, Tom Edwards and Peter Barge. Tom died in April, having been in poor health for some time. He will best be remembered for his detailed and enjoyable memories of Westbourne during WWII when he was a…

A number of people asked at our Local History Day to join the Group. After some difficulties finding a venue for a group more than double our previous size (we used to meet in Peter Barge’s front room) we managed two enjoyable meetings of the enlarged Group before lockdown intervened.…

Our repeat of the Local History Day was, of course, cancelled. The Museum has asked us to retain the material in case a space falls open when the re-open and we have done this.

The History Day went well. We had lots of visitors, lots of interest and some nice compliments, which made all the hard work worthwhile. The news is that we have committed to do the show again at Emsworth Museum. This will be for a much longer period thus Group members…

THE PARISH HALL, WESTBOURNE, PO10 8UL SATURDAY 18 JANUARY 2020, 11.00 – 16.00. The Westbourne Local History Group presents a working exhibition of its interests in uncovering and recording the history of Westbourne, featuring “Old Maps, New Names – The route to Emsworth and Westbourne via Cinsworth and Eastbourne”. “The…

We have just completed a major upgrade of the PHOTOS section and there are many new photos to view, comment on and add information about.  Please have a look. There are gaps and weaknesses in the collection.  Please let us copy any old photos that you have so we can…