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Steam under Crescent Bridge (1913)

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A steam hauled departure for Kings Cross departs Peterborough North Station's canopy and under the newly opened Crescent Bridge in 1913.

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Canary Cottage, Thorney

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Any Peterborian who has headed east of Peterborough along the A47, maybe on a day trip to Hunstanton, will have seen the "cute" little...

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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Flower Girls (1908)

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No details on the location of this image captured in 1908 and appearing to show flower girls. The postcard that carried the image travelled from...

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Canary Cottage, Thorney

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Any Peterborian who has headed east of Peterborough along the A47, maybe on a day trip to Hunstanton, will have seen the "cute" little...

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...

Nobby the Tramp

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Royal Liver Assurance

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Looking across the Nene to the Royal Liver Assurance building from upstream of Town Bridge. Probably dated to late 1940s.

Granville Cafe

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The Granville Cafe sitting next to the vacant former Brierleys site with the power station in the background where the Asda store would be...

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...

Marks & Spencer on its way ! (1964)

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The site of the old City Cinema now levelled in readiness for the building of the new Marks & Spencer on Bridge Street. Next...

Brierleys & Bridge Street

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Crowds on a busy (Broad) Bridge Street with Brierleys in the foreground left. Image dates to the mid 1960s.

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