LNWR Depot and Bridge – 1932
Superb shot which I initially believed was looking across the Nene to Black Bridge and the Stanground backwater beyond in August 1932. However, I now tend...
Miss Pears Almshouses on Cumbergate
Miss Pears Almshouses on the left with Cumbergate heading off to the right. The Almshouses housed Topo Gigio pizza house right up to 1996...
Cowgate
Looking down Cowgate towards Market Square and the cathedral.
On the immediate left in the top image is the old Corn Exchange building which was replaced...
Flying Scotsman departing Peterborough (1983)
LNER Class A3 #4472 "Flying Scotsman" snakes out of Peterborough Station and onto the mainline with a steam excursion in 1983.
Old Westgate from the air !
A view along Westgate and the surrounding area probably taken in the 1920s.
VE Day on Percival Street (1945)
VE Day celebrations at a street party on Percival Street in May 1945.
Cowgate (1907)
Edwardian Cowgate dominated in the foreground by WA Rands "Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe". William Rands was born in Werrington and ran his furniture store...
Great War Recruits (c.1915)
A wonderful but very poignant 1915 image showing new recruits for the Great War assembled at the Cattle Market with the Hippodrome Theatre in...
Brainsby’s Garage, Broadway
Brainsby's Garage on Broadway with the Kinema theatre on the right. Brainsby's had garage premises opposite each other on either side of Broadway. Today...
