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Market Square c.1904
With the Guildhall in the background and the Town Clerk's Office to the left, this was the traditional spot for fish traders - much...
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Canary Cottage, Thorney
Any Peterborian who has headed east of Peterborough along the A47, maybe on a day trip to Hunstanton, will have seen the "cute" little...
Nobby the Tramp
A well known and much loved living legend of the city, "Nobby the Tramp" as he has been known in recent decades, became a...
CITY CENTRE
Westwood Works Pin Badge (1915)
A nice WW1 lapel pin badge from Westwood Works on Westfield Road
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Canary Cottage, Thorney
Any Peterborian who has headed east of Peterborough along the A47, maybe on a day trip to Hunstanton, will have seen the "cute" little...
Orton Staunch on the River Nene
In the early 1700s, the Nene was considered navigable upstream only as far as the mill at Alwalton. Beyond that the river course was...
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BRIDGE STREET
Bridge Street (1982)
A busy Bridge Street in 1982 just before the official opening of the Queensgate Shopping Centre.
Anabelles Night Club – 1977 Advert
A 1977 advert for one of Peterborough's few nightspots in the late 1970s, Anabelles on Bridge Street.
Narrow Street
Looking along Narrow Street towards Market Place in the early 1900s. The building behind the Angel Hotel sign would be on the site of...
Bridge Street in the Sixties
The original Woolworths site on the far left and the old City Cinema a little further along with the tall "dome" roof. Both were...
Last Days of Narrow (Bridge) Street (1927)
Locals gathering to ponder the imminent demise of Narrow (Bridge) Street in 1927 ? On the left is the boarded up premises of printers...
