Cumbergate c.1902
The old 1835 built East Almshouses just prior to their demolition in 1903 and subsequent replacement by current buildings courtesy of a £5,000 legacy...
Cumbergate c.1902
Looking towards the junction of Cumbergate and Exchange Street. On the right centre of the image is the White Horse Inn and, beyond that,...
Cumbergate in the Sixties
The White Horse pub on the left c.1962, looking back towards what is now the Queensgate Centre entrance with The Still just beyond the...
Steam in the Fifties
The railways as they used to be in Peterborough with L.N.E.R. 4-6-0 Class B17 61654 "Sunderland" turning up from Peterborough East station (background right)...
Motorbike Rally in the Forties
Fantastic shot from the 1940s showing what looks like a motorbike rally being held within the Cathedral precincts.
Church Army c.1905
A fantastic shot of the "The Church Army" spreading the word somewhere in Peterborough in 1905.
Church Street in the Sixties
Looking down Church Street in the mid 1960s.
Boats For Hire c.1919
Pictured around 1919, and almost certainly taken from the Town Bridge alongside the Toll House with the grassy "embankment" in the background.
Cumbergate
1897 -v- 1908
Hard to imagine that beyond the Long Causeway entrance to Queensgate was once Cumbergate, a short L-shaped road that followed the current...
Crawthorne Road Garage c.1938
Still surviving 70 years downline and still a garage ..... albeit the cars were a lot more cute in 1938 !
