Barford & Perkins
Spotted outside the Church of St Mary & St Nicolas in Spalding recently was this iron drain cover manufactured by Barford & Perkins.
The company...
Church Parade on Broadway (1914)
A nice 1914 postcard captioned "Reserve Battery R.F.A Church Parade Oct 25" and probably featuring the Northamptonshire Battery, Royal Field Artillery unit of the Territorial...
Moderno Coffee Bar Plans (1958)
Plans for Peterborough's first Coffee Bar, The Moderno on Queen Street, as featured on the letters page of the Peterborough Advertiser in February 1958
Amies & Barford Drain Cover (1865)
A very nice and rare agricultural cast iron drain cover made by Amies & Barford. Dated 1865, this was produced seven years before Thomas...
Queen Street Baptist Chapel (1905)
The morning after the fire that destroyed the Queen Street Baptist Chapel on 16th October 1905 with a pre-fire image below.
Barford & Perkins
A petrol driven Roller from Barford & Perkins probably being tested at their Queen Street base.
Heightons Depots Ltd, Queens Street c.1912
Heighton's Depots Ltd, Motor & Cycle Store stood on the junction of Queens Street and Deacon's Street which are both now buried under the...
Moderno Coffee Bar, Queen Street
Outside the Moderno Coffee Bar in the late 1950s. I believe the Moderno was on Queen Street near to where today's "H&M" Queensgate entrance...
Queen Street (1970s)
Looking along Queen Street towards Westgate in the early 1970s and not long before this entire scene was buried under the Queensgate shopping centre. Today...
The Moderno, Queen Street
An undated image showing the hugely popular Moderno Coffee Shop on Queen Street.
