Steam from Spital Bridge (1962)
A3 Pacific 60107 "Royal Lancer" powers northbound out of Peterborough North station in June 1962.
WH Speechley & Sons
A promotional card for WH Speechley & Sons of Monument Street - possibly captured alongside Central Park.
The Speechley business started in 1912 with horse-drawn carriages before...
Steam Arrival (1958)
A classic steam hauled arrival at Peterborough North in 1958. The engine is Gresley A3 #60108 "Gay Crusader" which was a regular on the...
Bains Butchers
Rabbits strung up across the shop front of GE Bains Butchers. Taken between 1910 and 1920, location unknown but it has a Westgate feel about...
Toogood Strawberries, Alwalton (c.1908)
The market stall of Somerset born Joseph Toogood who was an Alwalton based nurseryman. In this Market Place image from around 1908, he was...
Church Street Market Stall
Busy shoppers on Church Street during Market Day.
Lincoln Road Boys School
Lincoln Road Boys School probably pictured shortly before it closed in 1983.
Thanks to Chris Allen for this image.
Queens Drive
Not too sure why the photographer chose this as his subject matter with Queen's Drive looking about as interesting then as it does today...
Early start on Market Day
Looks like an early morning on Market Square as stallholders prepare for market day in the early 1960s.
Thanks to Chris Allen for this image.
County Girls School (1915)
This 1915 image is simply marked "Girls Secondary School, Peterborough" so I'm guessing that its the County School on Lincoln Road which opened at...
