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Cole & Son Nurseries, Midland Road
A lovely old 1923/1924 plant catalogue issued by JW Cole & Son nurseries on Midland Road.
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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...
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...
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Prototype Deltic at Peterborough North
Prototype "Deltic" #DP1 at Peterborough North Station in 1959. Built in 1955, the demonstrator engine proved its capabilities such that 22 similar locomotives were...
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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
Broad Bridge Street (1913)
Broad Bridge street pictured in 1913 looking up towards Narrow Bridge Street with the Golden Lion Hotel on the right and the turning down...
POSH on the warpath (1960) !
A British Pathe video feature on a forthcoming FA Cup game with Sheffield Wednesday that shows brief clips of Bridge Street, Market Place and Church...
Bridge Street Shops (1960s)
A line up of shops on Bridge Street that will be familiar to those who lived in the city in the 1960s.
Broad Bridge Street
A nice detailed shot across the Customs House quayside along Broad Bridge Street - date unknown.
Peterborough in the Fifties
Footage captured by the Film Unit of Frank Perkins Limited opening with the Gordon Arms on the Oundle Road followed by footage of a...
