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The Group has continued in much the same format since it’s inception in 1978 as a group of potential authors of booklets about Westbourne history. There have been occasional History exhibitions, all well received and latterly causing an influx of new members, but the Group struggled to find a method…

Peter Wilkinson, our Chairman for many years, has decided to step back from the role. We are honoured and delighted that he has accepted the position of President. Thus we hope to continue to benefit from his massive knowledge and experience. Peter was a founder member of the Group in…

The History Group’s Exhibition at Emsworth Museum (above the Fire Station) will close on Sunday September 5th.   The Exhibition can be seen on Saturday 10.30am – 4.30pm and on Sunday 2.30pm – 4.30pm. Thus the weekend is a last opportunity for viewing if you have not managed it so far

Some 15 months later – the repeat of our Parish Hall History Exhibition is to take place at Emsworth Museum (above the Fire Station). Some new photos and material will be on display, in addition to the material that was well received in 2020. The Exhibition can be seen from…

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.…