1970s Peterborough from above
A fascinating pre-Queensgate aerial shot over the Bridge Street/Albert Place/Wentworth Street area of Peterborough.
Albert Place is visible from top right down to bottom left...
Broad Bridge Street (1913)
Broad Bridge street pictured in 1913 looking up towards Narrow Bridge Street with the Golden Lion Hotel on the right and the turning down...
Lower Bridge Street (c.1902)
An old shot along Lower Bridge Street around 1902 with the Golden Lion Hotel in the background.
In 2014 you would have Rivergate to your...
Off to the Bridge Fair (1912)
A fantastic image from October 1912 showing crowds heading over Town Bridge towards Oundle Road and the Bridge Fair at Fair Meadows.
Bodgers Yard under water (1912)
The area behind (Broad) Bridge Street, now occupied by the likes of Asda and the Rivergate developments, was once a network of well populated...
A Bridge Street Winter
A cold, wintry January on Bridge Street outside of the WH Smith and Eastern Electricity stores.
Thanks to Chris Allen for this image.
Brierleys / Hillards on Bridge Street
Boarded up and awaiting its demise in favour of new Rivergate developments, the old Brierleys and Hillards store at the low end of Bridge...
Peterborough Leisure Amusements on Bridge Street
The Peterborough Leisure Amusements premises on Lower Bridge Street in the early 1980s - now lost under Rivergate flats.
Thanks to Chris Allen for this...
Hereward Radio on Bridge Street (1980s)
Hereward Radio on Bridge Street in the early 1980s with the former Brierleys store alongside ...... both awaiting their demise as part of the Rivergate...
Andys Records Bridge Street (1980s)
A boarded up Andys Records at its original localtion on Lower (Broad) Bridge Street. At the time of this image in the 1980s, Andys...
