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Dramatic plea as new home wanted for Bourne Players memorabilia

Stella Wiseman

<p>Programme, review and photos of an early Bourne Players production. Margaret Ham is pictured on the left of the bottom right photograph.</p>
<p>Programme, review and photos of an early Bourne Players production. Margaret Ham is pictured on the left of the bottom right photograph.</p>

Do you remember the Bourne Players? If so, you might be interested in the archives collected by founder member Margaret Ham.

These map the history of the popular amateur theatre company from its inception in 1962 to 2015 when it amalgamated with the Tilford Players.

They became the Tilbourne Players who now stage regular plays at the Tilford Institute.

Margaret collected every programme, review and photograph of the Bourne Players and displayed them in four albums which David Ham, her son, inherited after her death in 2023.

David would like these, and a history of the first 40 years of the Bourne Players written by co-founder Vi Sparrow, to go to someone who knew the company.

To find out more, contact David Ham on 07811507914.