Queen at the NVR (1989)
In Spring 1989, the rock band Queen shot a video at the Nene Valley Railway HQ at Wansford for their single "Breakthru" that reached number 7...
New Mermaid Inn, Wansford (1940s)
Two 1940s images showing the New Mermaid Inn on the Great North Road at Wansford which was very popular at the time with airmen...
Paper Mills, Wansford (1925)
Standing on the Great North Road as it swings right into Wansford with the Paper Mills in the background right. The image below is...
Wansford Under Water (1998)
The old Great North Road under water in Wansford after the April 1998 floods.
The Old Mermaid Inn, Wansford
A lovely old view from above the bridge at Wansford looking up to what is now the main crossroads with the "Old Leicester Road"...
Wansford Railway Station
Wansford Station with the classic railway building still in good use. Efforts are being made today to raise funds to repurchase this fantastic piece...
The A1 at Wansford in the Fifties
The old A1 Great North Road in 1957, passing the familiar New Mermaid Inn building which has transformed from a popular drinking haunt with...
Wansford Sluice (1853)
Another wonderful early photo from city based photographic pioneer Samuel Buckle and featuring the sluice on the Nene downstream of Wansford in 1853.
Wansford Crossroads
Looking down towards Wansford Bridge from outside the old Mermaid Inn on the right. The AA patrol man was a regular sight at the...
Wansford Crossroads Demolition (1938)
I believe these are two rare 1938 images showing the demolition of Wansford's Olde Mermaid Inn to enable the widening/straightening of the Great North...
