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Lovells Garage
An undated image showing the interior of Lovells Garage workshop which probably dates back to their time at Westgate.
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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...
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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Bull & Dolphin, Bridge Street
The Bull & Dolphin pub situated on Bridge Street between Milletts, selling government surplus, and E M Barron stationers and printers.
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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...
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...
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BRIDGE STREET
Bridge Street Shops (1960s)
A line up of shops on Bridge Street that will be familiar to those who lived in the city in the 1960s.
Bridge Street
The title "Broad Bridge Street" probably dates this one back to the early 1930s not long after the new Town Hall had opened.
Brierleys / Hillards on Bridge Street
Boarded up and awaiting its demise in favour of new Rivergate developments, the old Brierleys and Hillards store at the low end of Bridge...
1970s Peterborough from above
A fascinating pre-Queensgate aerial shot over the Bridge Street/Albert Place/Wentworth Street area of Peterborough.
Albert Place is visible from top right down to bottom left...
Town Hall Construction (1932)
The new Town Hall on Bridge Street under construction in 1932 ready for the opening the following year.
