1975: Bourne: a Town Study

Bourne is a town in Lincolnshire. This was the location of filming for a series called 'Studying the Landscape'. Over the years, there has been some education programming, and many GA Presidents were great supporters of this sort of resource.



Presented by David Stewart
Viewable for free on BFI player
https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-bourne-a-town-study-1975-online

Pencils, notebooks and microphones at the ready! The people and industries of Bourne are put under the spotlight by the local kids in this unusual geography teaching film for schools. There are some surprising discoveries to be made: as well as glasshouses and iron foundries, the kids get to study the factory floor of a plastic toy manufacturer and interview the boss of racing car specialists BRM.

It's amazing how similar some fieldwork enquiries are today...
I wonder whether Bourne market is still as popular... 

Any other classic schools TV that people can remember? 
I remember the countdown clock before a programme started.

Perhaps you had them on VHS cassette - here's Margaret Roberts in 'Teaching Geography' on that topic...