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Market Square in the Forties
Market Square photographed at some point in the late 1940s.
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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...
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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Skegness DMU at Peterborough North (c.1969)
A Skegness diesel multiple unit at Peterborough North station in the late 1960s.
Image by Neil Pulling.
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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...
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...
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Bridge Street (1941)
Looking along Bridge street in 1941 with Albert Place heading off on the near left.
Today this would be taken at the busy pedestrian crossing...
Anabelles Night Club – 1977 Advert
A 1977 advert for one of Peterborough's few nightspots in the late 1970s, Anabelles on Bridge Street.
Bridge Street in the 1950s
A view down Bridge Street in the 1950s, taken from outside the City Cinema and showing Polyfoto, Hiltons and the Grand Hotel.
1970s Peterborough from above
A fascinating pre-Queensgate aerial shot over the Bridge Street/Albert Place/Wentworth Street area of Peterborough.
Albert Place is visible from top right down to bottom left...
Boots on Bridge Street
A 1960s view on Bridge Street showing Boots the Chemists, Janet & John Bourn's shoe shop and the old Angel Hotel.
