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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...
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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Woolworths – 1920s ?
Although the date of this excellent image is unknown, this would presumably be the original Woolworth store on Bridge Street which opened in 1915 close...
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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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BRIDGE STREET
Bridge Street Construction (1970)
Bridge Street in 1970 with the new Woolworths (now TKMaxx) building taking shape alongside and totally dwarfing the older premises of MacFisheries. Across the...
Brierleys & Bridge Street
Crowds on a busy (Broad) Bridge Street with Brierleys in the foreground left. Image dates to the mid 1960s.
Bridge Street Construction (1962)
Bridge Street in 1962 with the Marks & Spencer store being constructed between Halfords (right) and the original Woolworths store (left).
Bridge Street
At a guess, a mid to late 1960s image looking down Bridge Street towards the Town Hall.
Broad Bridge Street
A superb view along a busy Broad Bridge Street as captured from the old Town Bridge in the early 1900s. In the foreground is...
