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Motor vehicles were not a common sight on the roads of Bourne when this photograph
was taken around 1920, most probably by the local photographer William Redshaw,
and the only sign of traffic is the manure dropped by horses pulling wagons and
carts which was quickly scooped up into buckets by home owners nearby to
fertilise the roses in their gardens. West Road at this time was not what we
call today a built up area because there were few houses and those we see here
enjoy a rural charm that would have made them most desirable homes during the
early years of the last century. This picture was taken from the west and showing the road
into Bourne, a scene of quiet and unhurried peace and charm that has long since
gone.
The development of the motor car and the subsequent changes it has made to
our road system are again the most striking differences in these two views. The
houses remain almost intact, No 10 "Westholme" and the adjoining No 12 "Hazeldene" on the
corner of what is now Westminster Lane, although the other cottage seen in the
picture above, No 10 West Road, has undergone a change of colour and another
house has been built on land between them. In fact, this entire stretch of West
Road has now been built up with houses from varying periods and it has also
become a very busy thoroughfare, now designated the A151 and therefore the main
road between Bourne and the west, thus destroying the idyllic peace that was
enjoyed by the inhabitants of yesteryear.
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