Hereward Arcade
Two images from c.2001 and showing the now lost interior of the Hereward Arcade that ran from Midgate to Broadway.
Peace Day (1919)
The Peace Day parade of Saturday 19 July 1919 to celebrate and mark the end of the First World War. The view is looking...
Peterborough Library – Broadway
Peterborough Library pictured in its early years after opening in 1906.
Odeon Cinema programme 1937
A rare copy of the programme for the official opening of the Odeon Cinema on 2nd September 1937
All change on Broadway
The Broadway shops have been leveled in preparation for what is today the Central Library building.
Thanks to Chris Allen for this image.
Embassy Theatre poster 1963
A classic early 1960s line-up at the Embassy Theatre featuring Helen Shapiro, Bobby Rydell and The Fourmost !
The Chants were a popular black Merseybeat outfit who,...
Broadway Kinema (1948)
Crowds waiting outside the Broadway Kinema for admission to see Jack Warner starring in the Ealing Studios WW2 sabotage/resistance movie "Against The Wind" which also...
Hippodrome Theatre, Broadway
The imposing Hippodrome Theatre sat on Broadway just alongside where today's Tesco supermarket is sited.
The theatre opened on 16th September 1907 and very quickly discovered...
Evening Follies (1933)
A promotional card for the multi-talented "Evening Follies" three week residence at The Empire on Broadway in April 1933.
Broadway
A nice undated image looking back down Broadway towards the Kinema, taken from outside the old library (right) and the road to the cattle...
