BOURNE DIARY INDEX A-K A15 speed limit at Baston, Langtoft and Thurlby (WTPS) 23 Aug 03 - double fatality north of Bourne (WTPS) 21 Feb 04 - call for safety measures 21 Feb 04 - A15 through Bourne is dangerous 28 Feb 04 - closed for roadworks for two weekends north of Bourne 19 Mar 05 - need for a bypass/history 14 May 11 A A Gill – quote re life with small joys (TFTW) 15 Dec 07 Abbey Church – should not be locked 2 Apr 02 - financial problems (WTPS) 14 Dec 02 - churchyard a drinking den for teenagers 23 Aug 03 - needs funds to survive/the financial challenge 12 Jun 04 - photos from the tower and its height 4 Dec 04 - tombstone and south porch window vandalised 26 May 07 - churchyard neglected 25 Oct 08 - new DVD on church and its history 19 Sep 09 - once named St Simon and St Jude 16 Jan 10 - documentary proof re St Simon & St Jude 23 Jan 10 - voluntary work best in Bourne 18 Sep 10 - cleaning the chandelier in the nave 25 Sep 10 - £300 short on weekly income/new appeal for funds 6 Nov 10 - new curate is a woman/curate’s duties 4 Dec 10 - east section of churchyard neglected/complaint to vicar 30 Jul 11 - building the Abbey Church/history of construction 17 Dec 11 - royal peal of bells for Queen’s Diamond Jubilee 16 Jun 12 - fire breaks out in 1882 20 Apr 13 - prayer kneelers/more being done/short history 3 Aug 13 - bats leave a mess in the church 17 Aug 13 - budget shortfall results in appeal for £6,000 7 Sep 13 - congregations dwindle/religion on the decline 30 Nov 13 - fund raising bazaar in 1841 11 Jan 14 - changing the light bulbs in the church 7 Feb 14 - installing gas lighting in 1841 8 Mar 14 Abbey Church – incense controversy - incense introduced for a trial period 3 May 08 - incense causes problems for some 2 Aug 08 - to continue but on limited Sundays 25 Apr 09 Abbey Church appeal and restoration - repair fund for £100,000 to be launched 4 Nov 06 - £100,000 repair fund launched (WTPS) 9 Dec 06 - appeal gets £10,000 from Len Pick Trust (WTPS) 16 Oct 06 - £11,000 so far/letters to 24 people go out 17 Feb 07 - bric-a-brac market stall appeal 10 Mar 07 - fresh appeal to meet target by year’s end (WTPS) 27 Oct 07 - £40.000 needed with four weeks to go (WTPS) 5 Jan 08 Bourne Diary Index - 2 - contrasting donations and pennies from heaven 5 Apr 08 - diocese refuses permission for toilet modernisation 26 Jun 10 - proposed appeal abandoned as too costly 18 Sep 10 Abbey House – why was it pulled down? 21 Feb 04 - George Pochin’s secret wine hoard discovered by workmen 30 Sep 06 Abbey Lawn - history 14 Oct 00 - more vandalism (WTPS) 21 Feb 04 - patrols to stop vandals (WTPS) 28 Feb 04 - fresh outbreak of vandalism (WTPS) 8 May 04 - bottle vandalism on soccer pitch (WTPS) 4 Dec 04 & 14 Apr 12 - putting green in 1965 16 Jul 05 - gang fight prompts fresh security calls (WTPS) 20 May 06 - emergency meeting called over vandalism (WTPS) 24 Jun 06 - new measures proposed to combat vandalism (WTPS) 8 Jul 06 - Abbey Lawn Action Committee formed 8 Jul 06 - Bourne United Charities should finance CCTV 15 Jul 06 - more vandalism/BUC should finance CCTV (WTPS) 16 Sep 06 - trees cut down in 1891 20 Jan 07 & 22 Aug 09 - vandalism to football stand (WTPS) 2 Jun 07 - evergreen hedge to isolate football pitch 31 May 08 - main wrought iron gates to be replaced/short history 22 Nov 08 - main gates replaced after refurbishment 23 May 09 - improvements to the garden by Green Gym team 29 Aug 09 - Horace Stanton Memorial Garden replaced 29 Aug 09 - best kept town plaque restored 12 Sep 09 - skateboard park to be sited at the Abbey Lawn 14 Apr 12 Abbey Lawn – security - fencing may be used to deter vandals (WTPS) 21 Oct 06 - fencing would be most unpopular/history 2 Dec 06 - action committee statement from Terry Bates (WTPS) 2 Dec 06 - debate continues/high fence will ruin town’s approaches 9 Dec 06 - representation on action committee inadequate 13 Jan 07 - decision made over security and statement awaited 3 Feb 07 - ring of steel fencing, predicts Stamford Mercury (WTPS) 3 Feb 07 - fencing to go ahead/where the money comes from (WTPS) 10 Feb 07 - test section erected in Abbey Road 18 Aug 07 - no movement on fencing project/right of way appraisal 26 Jul 08 - security guards to be employed rather then fencing 16 Aug 08 - fencing to go ahead but right of way may be challenged 13 Dec 08 - cost of railings to be borne by Bourne United Charities 13 Dec 08 - fencing to go ahead/short history of the site 2 May 09 - fortress Bourne mentality developing 20 Jun 09 - fencing well advanced 22 Aug 09 - curfew imposed/right of way questioned 28 Nov 09 Abbey Road Primary Academy Bourne Diary Index - 3 - launches web site 17 Jun 00 - photo from 1938 5 Apr 03 - date changed to 1936 12 Apr 03 - senior teacher made redundant by cash crisis (WTPS) 7 Jun 03 - letters to newspaper about the dispute (WTPS) 5 Jul 03 - pupils nominate redundant teacher for Rose Award (WTPS) 19 Jul 03 - redundancy story loses interest 16 Aug 03 - head teacher Mark Gray leaves (WTPS) 15 Nov 03 - senior teacher redundancy recalled in school round-up 24 Jul 04 - school must pay to have recycled paper collected (WTPS) 29 Sep 07 - school to go Church of England 10 Nov 07 - Ofted report gives outstanding rating 15 Dec 07 - Prince Edward visit planned 7 Aug 10 - school wins academy status/short history 11 Dec 10 - school records to go on Internet to help genealogists 2 Jul 11 - to run new school at Elsea Park 22 Jun 13 Academies – may not be such a good idea after all 22 Jun 13 Accommodation – SKDC drive to fill empty rooms 17 Nov 07 Addison, Joseph – quote re earthquake pills (TFTW) 26 Sep 09 Advertising signs on the pavements to be controlled (WTPS) 30 Oct 94 - advertising newspapers/leaflets waste of paper (WTPS) 22 Sep 07 - unwanted intrusion in our lives 7 Jul 12 Aeschylus – quote re time teaches lessons (TFTW) 28 May 11 Aesop quote re fools in office (TFTW) 12 Oct 02 - quote re prayers being heard (TFTW) 13 Dec 08 Affordable housing waived foe estate/possible consequences 20 Sep 14 Afghanistan bombings – possible consequences (TFTW) 20 Oct 01 - effect on Afghan mothers 27 Oct 01 - Afghanistan bombings (TFTW) 3 Nov 01 - old Afghan saying (TFTW) 10 Nov 01 - 12,000 bomb strikes so far (TFTW) 19 Jan 02 Agate, James – quote re suffering fools gladly (TFTW) 5 Jan 08 Ahmed, Imad – message from California re web site 19 Oct 02 Alexander, Dorothy – youth work at 89 2 Oct 10 Alexander, Shana – quote re rumours (TFTW) 11 Dec 10 & 3 Jan 15 Alcohol warning signs erected in Bourne 7 Jun 08 Bourne Diary Index - 4 A level passes – Spectator quote (TFTW) 23 Aug 03 Allison Homes – refuses to open relief road (WTPS) 6 Aug 05 (also previous entries on this subject) Allotments – rabbits cause problems (WTPS) 28 Sep 02 - articles in The Local re 2003 council competition (WTPS) 3 Sep 03 - allotment competition begins and a short history (WTPS) 3 Jul 04 - keen demand/a short history 25 Jul 09 - 40 new allotments offered in housing application 11 Jun 11 Ambulance station under threat from new houses (WTPS) 26 Apr 03 - assurances sought over future of Bourne service (WTPS) 3 Jan 04 - ambulance HQ replies to criticism of cover (WTPS) 24 Jan 04 - ambulance re-organisation/paramedics take over (WTPS) 27 Mar 04 - housing development puts station at risk (WTPS) 14 Jun 04 - ambulance service to be cut back, says Unison (WTPS) 12 Nov 05 - community paramedics on the way for Bourne (WTPS) 28 Oct 06 - firemen will not be paramedics in the future (WTPS) 28 Oct 06 - concern over slow turnouts in Lincolnshire 24 Sep 11 - history of ambulance service in Bourne 24 Sep 11 - future of Bourne ambulance station 24 Sep 11 - ambulance station to close/history of service in Bourne 28 Jul 12 - ambulance station closure public consultation 3 Nov 12 - town council calls protest meeting 17 Nov 12 - public consultation fails to convince/protest round-up 1 Dec 12 - station to close under re-organisation 30 Mar 13 - station saved after operational twinning with Stamford 9 Nov 13 - ambulance disasters in Bourne in past years 9 Nov 13 & 8 Nov 14 - re-think for ambulance closure scheme 8 Nov 14 American Civil War – Bourne boy dies on battlefield 20 Jul 13 American TV and influence on crime (TFTW) 9 Mar 02 Americans don’t know where Iraq is (TFTW) 23 Nov 02 Ancaster Road – mother complains of heavy traffic 5 Jan 08 Ancient Woodland Project in Bourne Woods 17 Mar 01 Andersen, Hans Christian – quote re nature (TFTW) 27 Aug 11 Angel Hotel - painted green and cream dispute 6 Apr 02 - dispute continues 11 May 02 - criticism of new colours from Australia 15 Jun 02 - relative of the former ostler Samuel Griffin seeks info 13 Jul 02 - legal action pending over colour scheme (WTPS) 24 Aug 02 - claims of victimisation 9 Nov 02 Bourne Diary Index - 5 - battle lost and hotel repainted black and white 10 May 03 - hotel to close for refurbishment until July (WTPS) 26 Feb 05 - owner Nick Frankgate leaves amid financial troubles WTPS) 26 Aug 06 - modern décor and food no comparison with old style 7 Mar 09 Angel of the North replica for the town cemetery 29 Mar 08 Anglia Regional Co-operative Society (including Rainbow & AHF) - Rainbow supermarket defaults on bargain offers (SW) 17 Jan 04 - Home Furnishings – definition of a sale (Shop Watch) 12 Mar 05 - to develop the Opico factory site as a supermarket (WTPS) 24 Jun 06 - plans for Opico site revealed (WTPS) 18 Nov 06 - Tesco development may close Rainbow store 2 Jan 10 Anglian Water: - old water pump at depot 15 Sep 01 - burst water main takes 8 days to repair (WTPS) 11 Nov 06 - historic water pump sold to