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Trinity Street (Now and Then)

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A wonderful 1960 image showing a cyclist on Trinity Street heading for what today would be the busy Bourges Boulevard which now separates the...

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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...

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...

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Peterborough Bus Station (1976)

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Green's of Thorney SB/Duple leaving Peterborough Bus Station on Saturday 21st August 1976. Photo by Steve Thoroughgood.

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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...

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...

Nobby the Tramp

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Bridge Street in the Seventies

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Dunn & Co, James Walker, Frames Travel Agents and Millets in this 1970s Bridge Street scene. 

Broad Bridge Street (1987)

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Town Bridge end of Broad Bridge Street in 1987

A busy Narrow Street

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A delivery boy on the left waits to cross Narrow Street just as the blur of a cyclist passes by !

Hill’s Wharf, Bridge Street (1833)

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A wonderful old notice of a sale on Hill's Wharf next to the Customs House at Lower Bridge street in 1833. The wharf now sits...

Brierleys & Bridge Street

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Open 8am to 8pm, the familiar store of Brierleys at the top end of Bridge Street.

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