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Bridge Fair Crowds

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Huge crowds make their way over Town Bridge on their way to the annual Bridge Fair.

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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...

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Narrow Street c.1912

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A classic view of Narrow Street with little more than the Midland Bank building to recognise today. The width of the road, which narrowed to...

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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...

The Watermill at Alwalton

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Few people who take the scenic walk across the fields from the foot of Mill Lane, Alwalton to Castor will be aware that their...

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Andys Records – Bridge Street

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Inside the original Andys Records store on Lower Bridge Street in the late 1970s. The store later moved to new premises on the main...

Bridge Street 1938

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A nicely detailed shot of Bridge Street from the junction with Albert Place (left). Today you would be waiting to cross the busy Bourges...

Hill’s Yard in the Sixties

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Looking back towards Broad Bridge Street from what is the now the very sterile Rivergate shopping complex.

Broad Bridge Street (1913)

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Broad Bridge street pictured in 1913 looking up towards Narrow Bridge Street with the Golden Lion Hotel on the right and the turning down...

Old Peterborough from above !

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An interesting shot showing the layout of Bridge Street at the bottom and the broadly recognisable road structure around the side and back of...

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