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This view of North Street seen from the Market Place was taken from a postcard published in
1906, hand-tinted by the publishers, Valentine's, and sold by William Pearce,
stationers, of North Street, Bourne. The hanging sign on the left says Townson's Angel Hotel, referring to
the owner, Mrs Annie Townson, who kept it from 1902 until 1916, originally with her husband, a retired army officer, but he died within a few months of taking over. The baskets on the handcart outside the hotel are a delivery of some sort, probably of bread.
The card was posted in Bourne on 27th July 1906 to Miss Aspell at Brazil Street,
Aylestone Road, Leicester, and the message reads: "My dear Nellie: You will
see from this I got here alright. The wedding passed off splendidly but will
write a letter soon. Much love."
The main change in the street scene is the disappearance of the telegraph poles along the south side and the large, white-fronted cottage on the left, demolished in 1967 to make way for the Woolworths store, and of course the shops on the right, including Judge's, the chemists, which were pulled down in 1989 as part of the Burghley Centre development. But despite these changes, North Street is still easily recognisable and once again, the influence of the motor car is most marked. See also North Street today
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