Market Square c.1908
The Gates Memorial was erected in 1898 in memory of the first mayor of the city, Henry Pearson Gates (1818-1893).
At the base of the...
Newark Tram on Midgate (c.1905)
Midgate viewed from the junction with Long Causeway as an inbound Newark Tram approaches the turn into the city centre terminus. The top image...
Peterborough East Station 1970
Quite shocking and shameful that a building of such grandeur and beauty was completely demolished shortly after this photo was taken - and even...
Class 47 Diesel at Peterborough (1968)
Brush Sulzer Type 4 (Class 47) #D1547 awaiting northbound departure in 1968. Built in 1962 and introduced to traffic in late 1963, D1547 was...
Peterborough Electric Traction Company (1904)
A collection of weekly wage slips from the Peterborough Electric Traction Company dated 1904.
Motor Torpedo Boat, Embankment (1946)
A wartime motor torpedo boat berthed on the Embankment in 1946.
The wooden-built veteran of European hostilities arrived at Peterborough under tow from a small...
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...
Co-Operative Delivery Cart
A lovely early 1900s image showing a horse drawn Peterborough Co-Operative cart ..... exact location unknown.
Hill’s Yard in the Sixties
Looking back towards Broad Bridge Street from what is the now the very sterile Rivergate shopping complex.
Bishops Road (Late 1970s)
An aerial view of Bishops Road (top of picture) in the late 1970s and showing the Wirrina Stadium top left and the embryonic athletics...