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Bridge Fair Crowds
Huge crowds make their way over Town Bridge on their way to the annual Bridge Fair.
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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...
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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Narrow Street c.1912
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
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
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
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
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
Looking back towards Broad Bridge Street from what is the now the very sterile Rivergate shopping complex.
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...
Old Peterborough from above !
An interesting shot showing the layout of Bridge Street at the bottom and the broadly recognisable road structure around the side and back of...
