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Bateman’s Florist – Lincoln Road
Bateman's florists on the corner of Lincoln Road and Fitzwilliam Street.
Bateman's closed when the store owner died in 2002 but remained in the same...
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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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Boroughbury Garage c.1973
Looking down Lincoln Road from the junction with Westgate and showing Boroughbury Garage on the left.
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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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BRIDGE STREET
A Bridge Street Winter
A cold, wintry January on Bridge Street outside of the WH Smith and Eastern Electricity stores.
Thanks to Chris Allen for this image.
Bull & Dolphin on Bridge Street
A quiet Lower/Broad Bridge Street in the early 1980s with the Bull & Dolphin public house in the foreground.
Thanks to Chris Allen for this...
Last Days of Narrow (Bridge) Street (1927)
Locals gathering to ponder the imminent demise of Narrow (Bridge) Street in 1927 ? On the left is the boarded up premises of printers...
New Town Hall
Estate agent, Auctioneer and Councillor, Arthur Craig cutting the first sod for the foundations of the new Town Hall in the early 1930s.
Timothy Whites on Bridge Street
The familiar sight of Timothy Whites on Bridge Street, albeit you could walk through and exit via the second entrance on Church Street.
The store...
