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Rivergate c.1907

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A tough image to match up as the original was taken to the left-centre of where the current Town Bridge is now sited, probably...

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New Mermaid Inn, Wansford

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The former New Mermaid Inn on the A1 at Wansford re-opened in 2016 after significant, superb and sympathetic restoration took it from the decaying...

Canary Cottage, Thorney

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Any Peterborian who has headed east of Peterborough along the A47, maybe on a day trip to Hunstanton, will have seen the "cute" little...

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Ship Inn, New Road

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The Ship Inn that used to be on New Road, near to Midgate. Date unknown but possibly late 1960s.  

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Nobby the Tramp

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A well known and much loved living legend of the city, "Nobby the Tramp" as he has been known in recent decades, became a...

Canary Cottage, Thorney

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Any Peterborian who has headed east of Peterborough along the A47, maybe on a day trip to Hunstanton, will have seen the "cute" little...

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Coronation Procession (1911)

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A procession on (Broad) Bridge Street to celebrate the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary on 22nd June 1911 and photographed from...

Broad Bridge Street (c.1918)

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Looking along (Broad) Bridge Street around 1918 with transport ranging from an early motor car far left to horse drawn carts centre and an...

Coronation Day 1911

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The top image shows a packed Market Square and Long Causeway on the occasion of the coronation of George V on 22nd June 1911. Below...

Firefighters from Town Bridge

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A wonderful undated image showing firemen putting on what was presumably an impressive display outside the Customs House with (Broad) Bridge Street in the...

Broad Bridge Street (1987)

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Town Bridge end of Broad Bridge Street in 1987

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