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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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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...
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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Motorbike Rally in the Forties
Fantastic shot from the 1940s showing what looks like a motorbike rally being held within the Cathedral precincts.
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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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Sturton & Son Chemists
Two very early, probably Victorian, images relating to Sturton & Son(s) Chemists with the likely location being 42 Bridge Street with the Angel Hotel...
Rivergate c.1907
A tough image to match up as the original was taken to the left-centre of where the current Town Bridge is now sited, probably...
Bridge Street (1950s)
Looking along Bridge Street towards Market Square in the 1950s. Both the Grand and Angel Hotels are still in business with other shops including...
Waggon & Horses, Bridge Street c.1920
The Waggon & Horses public house sat on the southern end of Narrow Street, opposite the Golden Lion Hotel ...... note the very early...
City Cinema, Bridge Street (1959)
The City Cinema on Bridge Street, pictured in 1959, just before closure.
The cinema was opened on 27th March 1927 with seating provided in stalls and...
