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Peterborough GER Cricket Club (1923)
The Peterborough Great Eastern Railway cricket team pictured in 1923 after winning the Peterborough (Southern) League.
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The Watermill at Alwalton
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
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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Letter from Iowa (1896)
A letter sent from Dubuque, Iowa, USA to a Miss Fannie Ward of 13 Cromwell Road in 1896.
Francis "Fanny" Ward was born in Peterborough...
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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...
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...
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BRIDGE STREET
Ginger Beer Bottle – Sturton & Sons
A classic stone Ginger Beer bottle produced by Sturton & Sons chemists who were based at 42 Bridge Street having been founded as far...
Buses on Bridge Street
You wait for one and then a depot full all arrive together ...... buses everywhere on Bridge Street and Long Causeway in the 1970s.
Narrow Street
A nice view of Narrow Street with Pearson's Chemist on the immediate left.
383 Bus on Bridge Street (1978)
A number 383 bus travelling down Bridge Street in 1978.
Bridge Street Construction (1970)
Bridge Street in 1970 with the new Woolworths (now TKMaxx) building taking shape alongside and totally dwarfing the older premises of MacFisheries. Across the...
