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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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Great Eastern Level Crossing
A superb photograph of the old Great Eastern level crossing that caused plenty of chaos on the busy London Road route into the city.
The...
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New Mermaid Inn, Wansford
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...
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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Timothy Whites on Bridge Street
The familiar sight of Timothy Whites on Bridge Street, albeit you could walk through and exit via the second entrance on Church Street.
The store...
City Hotel, Bridge Street (c.1908)
The old City (Temperance) Hotel on the corner of Bridge Street and Bishops Road and pictured around 1908. In 2017 we would be looking...
Rivergate
Looking back along "Broad" Bridge Street towards the Golden Lion Hotel.
POSH on the warpath (1960) !
A British Pathe video feature on a forthcoming FA Cup game with Sheffield Wednesday that shows brief clips of Bridge Street, Market Place and Church...
MacFisheries, Bridge Street (1968)
MacFisheries store on the corner of Bridge Street and Albert Place, pictured in 1968.
