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...
Peterborough Library
The original Public Library building probably captured in the years after its opening in 1906. The library moved to its current premises in 1990,...
Laurel & Hardy Come to Peterborough (1952)
Slapstick comedy legends Laurel & Hardy, stars of the silver screen since the early 1920s, visited the UK in 1952 for a nationwide theatre...
Cattle Market c.1906
The old cattle market was opened in 1866 and continued to operate right through to 1972. Today, the bulk of the site continues to...
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...
Pavillion Skating Rink c.1910
The Pavillion Roller Skating Rink sat on Broadway alongside the Hippodrome Theatre (left edge of image). The rink opened in 1909 but lasted only...
The Dynatones at the Embassy
Local band The Dynatones on stage at The Embassy on Broadway where they supported The Beatles in 1963.
Reeds Garage Staff
Staff from Reeds Garage on Broadway, pictured in the early 1960s on the steps of the Embassy.
Tommy Trinder – Live at the Embassy
Columbia Records 78rpm release of Tommy Trinder on stage at the Embassy Theatre on Broadway. Highlights from his November 1940 show were delivered on a...
Electric Theatre, Broadway
The Electric Theatre on Broadway - date unknown.
