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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Lincolnshire => Topic started by: SharonAnne on Tuesday 19 April 16 14:58 BST (UK)
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I have a photo of my grandfather when he was working either on a farm in the Bourne area or when he was at agricultural college in the area in 1934. On the back it says, "January 1934. Bourne T.I.C. Taken while working in the grounds" - the C could be an unclosed O so it could be T.I.O. No one in the family knows what this is and searching the internet doesn't help locate the place so I wondered if anyone here had any idea what or where Bourne T.I.C (or T.I.O.) was.
Thanks in advance.
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The last letter looks like a C to me.
Wonder if it is C for College as you say he was at agricultural college ....
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Rex Needle probably knows more than anybody about Bourne.
It might be worth contacting him - http://homepages.which.net/~rex/bourne/
David
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Thank you both.
I think it is most likely is a C and it's T.I.College.
I'll take a look at the Bourne website and get in touch with the owner.
It could be that this is just some shorthand that my grandad used that means nothing to anyone else, but it would be nice to know where he worked back then.
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Hi...... Does the actual photo on the other side hold any clues ?.......bit of a long shot, but someone might recognise something.
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The 1931 map shows a large ministry of labour training centre just outside Bourne, labelled as Bourne Camp.
Mike
http://maps.nls.uk/view/101591276
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It looks like T.I.C. stood for Training Instructional Centre......there were several of them up and down the country in the 1930's, including the one at Bourne, they were initially for the unemployed, to train them, with a view to getting back into work......hope this helps.......Del.
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The T.I.C. at Bourne was a residential centre, there were also summer camps at Kirkby Underwood, Pickworth Wood and other places in the vicinity.
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http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1935/may/02/training-and-instructional-centres Have a look at this.
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Looking at the old maps from 1930-1986, some of the trees from the site are still there. They are those along Woodland Avenue and down the centre of the open space bounded by Beech Avenue and Forest Avenue.
David
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Hi...... Does the actual photo on the other side hold any clues ?.......bit of a long shot, but someone might recognise something.
I should have said, it's just of a group of men in work clothes, holding muddy shovels and standing in a field next to a dry stone wall. Other than the end of a shed of some kind, there are no other features. I've attached it though, in case anyone comes to this thread looking for info and recognises anyone on the photo.
The 1931 map shows a large ministry of labour training centre just outside Bourne, labelled as Bourne Camp.
Mike
http://maps.nls.uk/view/101591276
Thank you. I didn't think to look at old maps, that's very useful.
It looks like T.I.C. stood for Training Instructional Centre......there were several of them up and down the country in the 1930's, including the one at Bourne, they were initially for the unemployed, to train them, with a view to getting back into work......hope this helps.......Del.
The T.I.C. at Bourne was a residential centre, there were also summer camps at Kirkby Underwood, Pickworth Wood and other places in the vicinity.
That explains a lot. He came from Bolton, so I wondered how he ended up in Lincolnshire. I know he was unemployed in 1933 so a kind of adult YTS of the 30s would make sense. The training worked for him, he worked with heavy horses on farms and then in deliveries until the early 50s.
Looking at the old maps from 1930-1986, some of the trees from the site are still there. They are those along Woodland Avenue and down the centre of the open space bounded by Beech Avenue and Forest Avenue.
David
Thank you.
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The 1933 Kelly Lincs diectory has this at Bourne -
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Hi,
Just saw this post. I have two photos very similar of my great Granda at the same place 4 years later. Also with the same writing on the back and one of the photos is of a bunch of men with shovels.
Hoping to find out more about this occupational training camp place.