Manor Farm, Bourn, 1928 (photo J H Bullock) (Cambridgeshire Collection)

Manor Farm, Bourn

History of Manor Farm

28 July 1911

Inhabitants of the beautiful village of Bourn have been turning the clock back to days before folk were choked with motor-made dust and dazzled by an air thick with flying machines. The old barn with great creaking doors and without a cobweb removed combined with the incomparable scent and music of a farmyard made a perfect setting for the performance of ‘A Legend of Bourn’ with scenes of ‘Merrie England’ when laughter and frolic went hand-in-hand 11 07 28f. Pageant of Bourn – 11 07 28l — Mike Petty, Bourn Scrapbook 1897 to 1990.

4 August 1911

Everyone who visited the delightful 13th Century Fete at Bourn Manor or saw the unique musical play ‘A Legend of Bourn’ by the Vicar and Mrs Baker would like some souvenir. A series of postcards formed an admirable memento and now the News publishes the words of the songs. The first was entitled ‘Sorry to give you away sir’ and contains the verse ‘This is the man who keeps the inn, And welcome thirsty souls within: He waters the whisky, brandy and gin.’ Another gives a vision of life in 1912. 11 08 04c & d — Mike Petty, Bourn Scrapbook 1897 to 1990.