TL Barrett – Then and Now
The images below show TL Barretts in the early 1960s with a recent day image immediately below.
Underneath that are three fascinating images kindly donated...
B-Wise
The B-wise store on the corner of Midgate and Broadway, pictured c.2001.
Midgate
Midgate photographed from the junction with Long Causeway with a Newark tram approaching - date unknown.
Midgate & Swan Place (1961)
A 1961 shot of a quiet Midgate looking up towards the Long Causeway junction. The road to the immediate right was Swan Place.
Phipps & Co Ltd, Midgate
The Midgate premises of Pickering Phipps & Co Ltd who had expanded east from their Towcester/Northampton base to Peterborough ...... date unknown.
Sticky Backs on Midgate (c.1900)
This bizarre property dated back to the 1600s and was positioned at the junction of Midgate (to the right) and Long Causeway/Broadway (to the...
The Swan, Midgate
The Swan Inn on Midgate with Swan Place just around the corner and New Road in the distance.
B Wise – Midgate
The old B wise store on Midgate - date unknown.
Image kindly provided by Dale Freeman.
Midgate Shops
A row of shops along Midgate pictured in the latter days of their existence with the Coltons Cycles shop sitting under the "To Let" sign.
The...
Midgate
Looking along a tired looking Midgate in the 1960s between what would have been Swan Place (far left) and Cattle Market Road (far right).
