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.
Bishops Road Bus Station (1950s)
Bishops Road bus station sometime in the 1950s with the Lido just visible in the background on the right.
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Discharged Soldiers – Church Parade (1918)
A church parade for discharged WW1 soldiers from the Cathedral onto Market Square on 14th April 1918.
Cropleys of Cobden Street (1907)
A 1907 shop receipt/invoice for a Mr Goddard from the Grocers of William Henry and Dorothy May Cropley which was based at 1 Cobden...
Beatles Bomb in Peterborough (1962)
The infamous welcome from the Peterborough Standard after the Beatles eleventh hour addition to the Frank Ifield show at the Embassy on Broadway in...
“Thomas” at work at British Sugar
1947 built Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0T #1800 working at the British Sugar Corporation sidings off Oundle Road in the early 1970s. The engine was later...
New England Shed
Ivatt 4MT #43084 at its home base at New England Shed in March 1964 just before heading up north to Barrow Hill to see...
Cathedral Square (2013)
Cathedral Square viewed in 2013.
The local authorities have taken a lot of criticism over the non-joined up development of the city centre but looking...
St Mary’s Church, New Road c.1906
The original St Mary's Church on New Road was built in 1859/60 to serve the parishes of Eastfield, Boongate and Newark from where the...
Daking & Daking on Broadway
Looking across Broadway in the 1960s towards a path heading for the Stanley Recreation Ground. The Cattle Market is to the right of the...
