Jauncey’s Cutlery & Tools Store (1934)
Three generations of Jaunceys traded from their Broad Bridge Street premises dating back to at least the very early 1800s. The Tudor half-timbered shop...
Carolas Dance Orchestra (c.1932)
Peterborough's Carolas Dance Orchestra captured performing in the city around 1932. The venue was the ballroom at the Angel Hotel on Bridge Street.
The band...
Edwardian Narrow Street
A wonderfully atmospheric and Dickensian view along one side of Narrow (Bridge) Street looking up towards Market Place.
Narrow Street
An Edwardian scene showing Narrow (Bridge) Street. Where Herbert Hubbert's Waggon & Horses public house on the near left stands would, in 2016, be...
Inside the City Cinema
The interior of the City Cinema on Bridge Street, pictured in the late 1950s.
The City Cinema was opened on 27th March 1927. Seating was...
Broad Bridge Street
An undated image taken from alongside the Customs House with Town Bridge behind the photographer.
Bridge Street Wharf
A wonderful undated image showing the Town Bridge end of Bridge Street and the Customs House wharf which is today lost under the current...
Broad Bridge Street (1908)
Looking along Broad Bridge Street towards the Golden Lion in 1908 when horse drawn transport was clearly the order of the day.
Bridge Street (1981)
Bridge Street in 1981 featuring (l-r) Boots, WH Smiths, Freeman Hardy Willis, Peter Lord, Burton, Jerome, Timothy Whites and Dolcis.
MacFisheries on Bridge Street
A late 1960s shot of Bridge Street when the MacFisheries store was still hanging on to the side of Woolworths. The widening of Albert...
