Kettle & Son, Door Plate
A cast iron door plate marked Kettle & Son who may well be George Kettle Senior and George Kettle Junior. George Senior was born on...
GNR Ivatt F3 at New England (1920)
A superb 1920 image showing GNR Ivatt F3 #58A at New England. These engines dated well back into the latter 1800s and continued through to...
School Place Floods (1912)
One of the many low lying Peterborough yards that ran behind (Broad) Bridge Street and which were very vulnerable in times of flood as...
City Hotel, Bridge Street (c.1908)
The old City (Temperance) Hotel on the corner of Bridge Street and Bishops Road and pictured around 1908. In 2017 we would be looking...
J6 Outside New England Shed (1961)
Beautifully filthy New England based J6 #64253 sitting outside its home shed in February 1961 from where it was withdrawn in May 1962.
Corn Exchange Receipt (1904)
Some form of receipt/invoice from a Corn Exchange transaction in 1904.
H Mobb was Peterborough born Bridge Street boot maker Herbert Mobb (1860-1906) who was...
Sir Nigel Gresley at Peterborough
LNER Class A4 #4498 "Sir Nigel Gresley" at Peterborough in July 1967.
Clun Castle at Peterborough Station (1967)
A rare sight at Peterborough (North) Station on 17th September 1967 as GWR Castle Class #7029 "Clun Castle" visits on an Ian Allan Rail...
The Bells of St John’s (1910)
The ring of eight bells from St John's Church undergoing restoration in 1910 at the works of Gillett & Johnston in Croydon who are...
