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Peterborough East Station

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Peterborough East Station pictured in the early 1960s.

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The Watermill at Alwalton

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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Looking back along "Broad" Bridge Street towards the Golden Lion Hotel.

POSH on the warpath (1960) !

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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)

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MacFisheries store on the corner of Bridge Street and Albert Place, pictured in 1968.

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