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Long Causeway

Parking on Church Street

Whittlesey Washes in Flood

Broad Bridge Street from the Nene

Embankment from Town Bridge

Westgate (c.1904)

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Strilton after the Bypass (1962)

Western Hydraulic at Peterborough (1976)

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City Centre Aerial Tour (1947)

Gills China Store, Midgate (1910)

Midgate Under Water (1910)

Parliament Street (1910)

VILLAGES & SUBURBS

CITY CENTRE

Peterborough Floods (1912)

The embankment area in flood after the infamous storms of August 1912.

Wood Street FC (1907)

Peterborough Library c.1919

Lower Bridge Street (c.1902)

Brush Type 4 at Peterborough (1967)

MUSIC

Pete Bowyer Band

The Pete Bowyer band pictured at the Dujon which was on Market Place.

Studio Rockers

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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

Canary Cottage, Thorney

VIDEOS

Thorney Wildlife Park (1975)

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Footage of the long closed Wildlife Park in Thorney from 1975.

Brotherhoods Factory (1971)

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Classic footage from 1971 showing the Peter Brotherhoods factory on Lincoln Road as workers leave at the end of their shift.  

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