Thorpe Hall Maternity Wing (c.1945)
The maternity wing of Thorpe Hall captured around 1945. Thorpe Hall had been requisitioned for use as a hospital during the Second World War...
Thorpe Park
Cattle roaming in the grounds of Thorpe Hall - date unknown but a photograph taken by and traded as a postcard by Westgate's Harrison...
The Old House, Longthorpe
The 16th Century "Old House" on Thorpe Road in Longthorpe which was badly damaged in a fire in 1970 and was subsequently levelled.
DT Myers – Peterborough Execution (1812)
A fascinating notice printed after the death of DT Myers who was executed at the fengate Gaol in 1812. His crime was an act of...
The Crescent, Thorpe Road
An early 1900s image showing the entrance to the Crescent, the small group of houses after which the Crescent Bridge was named.
This entrance was...
New Legion Club (1920)
This old 1920 image shows the New Legion Club which was soon to be lost under the development of the War Memorial Hospital which...
Thorpe Road
A wonderfully random image of a horse seemingly making his own way along a desolate Thorpe Road. The building on the left is today...
The “new” Crescent Bridge (1913)
The newly opened Crescent Bridge in 1913.
The Old Gaol, Thorpe Road (1924)
A rare 1924 aerial shot showing the old Gaol buildings on Thorpe Road ...... the surviving frontage more recently housing the Sessions House restaurant.
Built...
Thorpe Road (c.1914)
Despite the quiet rural feel, this scene is still recognizable today as you look along Thorpe Road towards the Longthorpe Parkway roundabout.
