Boots on Bridge Street
On of the very many Boots stores that have adorned the city over more than 100 years. This one will be familiar with 1970s/1980s...
Dance Cards
Some wonderful dance cards from the first half of the 1900s. Ladies attending these local dances would enter the names of the gentlemen they...
Bernie Bryan & POSH Benefit Game (1951)
A superb set of images taken of Posh’s ‘Benefit’ match for Bernie Bryan, Cliff Woods and Cyril Parrott against Hull City on 23rd April...
Steam on Peterborough Shed
A superb collection of mainline steam engines stabled at Peterborough - date unknown.
Engines include New England based 9F 2-10-0 heavy freight engines #92187 and...
Dickens Stonemasons, Eastfield Road
Looking out towards Eastfield Road from the back yard of Dickens Stonemasons of 79 Eastfield Road.
Head mason was Castor born George Robert Dickens (1858-1926)...
Jack Fairbrother, POSH Manager
POSH manager Jack Fairbrother (standing left) pictured in the boardroom in the early 1960s with chairman Tommy Peake (seated) and club secretary Harold Pepper (standing...
Railway Open Day (c.1959)
A railway open day in Peterborough in 1958/1959 that evidently featured the opportunity to be lifted high by the resident railway steam crane !
Longlands Bus (1940s)
A lovely old 1940s Longlands bus probably at Bishops Road bus station.
Longlands were based in Crowland and were one of many small regional bus/coach...
Lido Swimming Pool (1938)
A busy shot of the Lido pool captured in 1938, two years after opening.
Sebastians People (1960s)
Local beat group Sebastian’s People featuring Pete ‘Rattler’ Lane, Maurice Stacey, Phil Cox and Godfrey West on drums, later joined by keyboard player Martin...
