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Crescent Station
A rare undated image of the old Crescent Station buildings that sat just south of Crescent Bridge. Owned by the Midland Railway, Crescent Station ran briefly in...
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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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The Watermill at Alwalton
Few people who take the scenic walk across the fields from the foot of Mill Lane, Alwalton to Castor will be aware that their...
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...
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BRIDGE STREET
Broad Bridge Street (c.1911)
A wonderfully atmospheric shot along the west side of Broad Bridge Street taken from just off Town Bridge, showing the Boat Inn and the...
Town Hall Construction (1932)
The new Town Hall on Bridge Street under construction in 1932 ready for the opening the following year.
Inside the City Cinema
The interior of the City Cinema on Bridge Street, pictured in the late 1950s.
The City Cinema was opened on 27th March 1927. Seating was...
City Cinema, Bridge Street
The City Cinema on Bridge Street and surrounding shops pictured just before the cinema's last stand in the early 1960s.
Broad Bridge Street (1908)
Looking along Broad Bridge Street towards the Golden Lion in 1908 when horse drawn transport was clearly the order of the day.
