Bourn, High Street c.1955
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B713006
Photo ref:
B713006
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Charming thatched cottages on Bourn's High Street. These days, Bourn is probably best known for Bourn Hall clinic, renowned the world over for its pioneering work with test-tube babies. The hall itself, an Elizabethan mansion, was built on the site of a former castle built by the Sheriff of Cambridgeshire after the Norman conquest.
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Memories of Bourn, High Street c1955
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Bourn, High Street c.1955
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One of my first childhood memories is of dad driving our car through the Bourn ford. We lived at the Hardwick Service Station on St Neots Road. Every six months we would drive to London to meet the relatives for Christmas or summer holidays. In 1953 the giant floods hit East Anglia and as a treat dad drove through the ford. l still remember having nightmares after... of the car getting stuck and us ...see more
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