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.
Boots on Bridge Street
A 1960s view on Bridge Street showing Boots the Chemists, Janet & John Bourn's shoe shop and the old Angel Hotel.
POSH on the warpath (1960) !
A British Pathe video feature on a forthcoming FA Cup game with Sheffield Wednesday that shows brief clips of Bridge Street, Market Place and Church...
Buses on Bridge Street
You wait for one and then a depot full all arrive together ...... buses everywhere on Bridge Street and Long Causeway in the 1970s.
Narrow Street Strollers (c.1902)
Peterborians taking a leisurely stroll along Narrow (Bridge) Street around 1902. On the left is the Angel Hotel which would be pretty much on...
Narrow Street c.1908
Hard to believe that the entire left side of Narrow Street had to be wiped off the map but with a maximum width only...
Angel Hotel, Narrow Bridge Street
On the land now occupied by WH Smith, once stood the Angel Hotel which offered a spectacular main room for "concerts, balls, dinners, wedding...
Shopping on Narrow Street
Lovely feel to this vintage image of shoppers on Narrow Street in the city centre.
Bridge Street in the Seventies
Does the pedestriansed Bridge Street really look better today ?
I'm not so sure !
Narrow (Bridge) Street (c1906)
One of the finest early photographs of Narrow (Bridge) Street looking back towards Market Square.