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CITY CENTRE
Demise of the Peterborough Trams (1930)
A 1958 look back feature from the Peterborough Citizen that takes a less than sympathetic view of the end of the tram era in...
PUBLIC HOUSES
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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...
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...
CITY CENTRE
Tommy Trinder – Live at the Embassy
Columbia Records 78rpm release of Tommy Trinder on stage at the Embassy Theatre on Broadway. Highlights from his November 1940 show were delivered on a...
PUBLIC HOUSES
FEATURE POSTS
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...
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...
VIDEOS
BRIDGE STREET
Bridge Street c.1950
If you look closely on the far left of this image, you will see a sign for the City Picture House which opened in...
Golden Lion Hotel c.1907
Built in the late 1700s, the Golden Lion sat at the end of Narrow Street where it met Bishops Road. It later became Murkett's...
Narrow Street
A nice view down Narrow Street probably dating to the late 1920s.
Broad Bridge Street (c.1918)
Looking along (Broad) Bridge Street around 1918 with transport ranging from an early motor car far left to horse drawn carts centre and an...
Busy Bridge Street (1960s)
A very wet and very busy Bridge Street in the 1960s
