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1980s Peterborough Soul Patches
A selection of 1980s and early 1990s Peterborough soul patches featuring The Fleet at Fletton and, probably, The Wirrina on Bishops Road.
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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...
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...
CITY CENTRE
“Werner’s Own” Leaving for War (c.1914)
A poignant image from the Great War days showing recruits walking in good spirits down Cowgate towards the railway station on the first leg...
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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...
Canary Cottage, Thorney
Any Peterborian who has headed east of Peterborough along the A47, maybe on a day trip to Hunstanton, will have seen the "cute" little...
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BRIDGE STREET
Bridge Street (c.1964)
Looking along a busy Bridge Street in early 1964 with Huntings at the junction with Albert Place, MacFisheries, Woolworths and Marks & Spencer getting...
Pocket Watch Back Papers (1890s)
A fascinating collection of back papers from inside Victorian pocket watches sold in the city centre. These include .......
Charles Norman, 30 St Leonards Street
George...
Temperance Hotel, Broad Bridge Street
A lovely view from the river looking across to Broad Bridge Street with the old Temperance Hotel and Restaurant on the far left. The...
Royal visit to Peterborough 1929
Fantastic British Pathe footage of the royal cavalcade travelling along a crowded Narrow Street to the site of the new Town Hall where Prince...
Coronation procession in Bridge Street
A procession to celebrate the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary on 22nd June 1911 and photographed from an upper floor of...
