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CITY CENTRE
Peterborough Press Ball (1957)
Footage of a 1957 "Press Ball" in Peterborough that includes parts of the city centre along with visiting Tommy Steele.
PUBLIC HOUSES
FEATURE POSTS
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...
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...
CITY CENTRE
Railway Ticket to Yaxley & Farcet
A Third Class ticket from Peterborough North to Yaxley & Farcet Station from 1947.
The station closed in 1959 but was sited just downline from...
PUBLIC HOUSES
FEATURE POSTS
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...
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...
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BRIDGE STREET
Broad Bridge Street
Looking back at Broad Bridge Street from just over Town Bridge ..... probably late 1950s/early 1960s.
Thanks to Melanie Pirie for the image.
Brierleys & Bridge Street
Crowds on a busy (Broad) Bridge Street with Brierleys in the foreground left. Image dates to the mid 1960s.
School Place Floods (1912)
One of the many low lying Peterborough yards that ran behind (Broad) Bridge Street and which were very vulnerable in times of flood as...
Edwardian Pubs on Broad Bridge Street
Adjacent pubs at the Town Bridge end of Broad Bridge Street with the Boat Inn on the left and the Rose & Crown on...
Marks & Spencer, Bridge Street (1964-2016)
25th February 2016 marked the final day of trading at the Bridge Street store of Marks & Spencer which was moving its business into...
