Retro

Bridge Street

10 Peterborough scenes from the late 1970s

Action from Posh v Bury in 1980

Looking Back: Changing world of pitchside photography

A view from Cumbergate looking towards St Johns's Church

The history behind Cumbergate: Peterborough’s fascinating medieval street

Reputedly the most haunted building in the city, the historic Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery was once a hospital.

WATCH: Is Peterborough Museum really the most haunted place in the city..?

Hollywood and Shakespearean actor Patrick Stewart was invited by MP Barry Sheerman to unveil the new weather centre at John Clare cottage in Helpston.

The day Sir Patrick Stewart came to Helpston’s John Clare Cottage

There's another chance to celebrate 50 years of Anabelles on November 14 at The Met Lounge

Peterborough 70s nightclub reunion - and the return of the 'slowies section'

The 2016 reunion at London Road

Looking Back: When Farley returned to London Road

This photo shows the 1976 North Ward Christmas Dinner at Unity Hall in Millfield

10 of the best photos to take you back to Peterborough in 1976

Three youngsters sitting inside Queensgate shortly after it opened

10 heartwarming photos of everyday Peterborough folk in the 1980s

BBC weather presenter Michael Fish was quick to play down the storm's potential

Reader memories to mark 39 years since the Great Storm of 1987 hit Peterborough

A stage adaptation of hit BBC sitcom Porridge (inset) is coming to New Theatre next year.

70s sitcom to return to stage with new adaptation coming to Peterborough

Central Park's sunken garden in 2009

Looking Back: Central Park's sunken garden in all its glory

Do you remember shopping in Timothy Whites?

10 vintage photos of Peterborough people and places in the 1960s

Have you ever wondered about this concrete block beneath the Nene Viaduct?

The little-known Peterborough WW2 relic that you've walked past without knowing

This great snap shows a traditional 1980s corner shop. Cigarettes, tobacco and cigars proudly on sale, as was the norm for the era.

8 nostalgic photos of Peterborough shop owners and market traders from the 1980s

Originally built in 1842, the Grade II listed Sessions House on Thorpe Road has sat empty for the past 14 years.

The history and future of Sessions House
As yet another new venture takes shape for Sessions House, we look at the history of the former prison, courthouse, pub and restaurant
Darren Calpin

Some superb punk haircuts on show here!

Inside Peterborough’s Queensgate Shopping Centre when it first opened in 1982

Deeping St James Cross was built in the 15th century.

The medieval monument near Peterborough that became a lock-up for drunken locals

Antony Gormley statue in Cowgate

Do you still 'look up' at the rooftop statues overlooking Cathedral Square?

Born in Alwalton in 1863, Henry Royce would famously go on to co-found Rolls-Royce. Dissatisfied with the poor quality of early motor cars, he designed and built his own car in 1904, creating the Royce 10. His engineering talent attracted the attention of Charles Rolls, a wealthy motoring pioneer and car dealer. The two met in 1904 and formed a partnership, with Rolls agreeing to sell cars built by Royce. In 1906, their businesses combined to form Rolls-Royce Limited, which quickly became renowned for producing some of the world's finest motor cars. Royce had a Peterborough pub named after him, which closed earlier this year.

5 inventions that Peterborough gave to the world

A busy Saturday rail scene at Peterborough East station in April 1964.

GALLERY: Remembering 'Peterborough East' railway station

Fun at Ferry Meadows

How a Peterborough bank holiday would’ve been spent in the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s

Cathedral Square in the early 1970s

10 nostalgic photos that capture life in Peterborough in the early 1970s

The first skeletons were found in July

What happens to the 37 skeletons that were found at the Queensgate roundabout?

Situated west of Peterborough on the banks of the River Nene, Fotheringhay is best known for its church, All Saints, which stands dominant above the flat landscape. The impressive building was rebuilt between 1411 and the 1430s as a college of priests. The remains of Fotheringhay Castle - founded around 1100 - can still be found in the village.

8 medieval villages near Peterborough that have barely changed in centuries

The opening of the Serpentine Green Shopping Centre in 1999

These 10 retro photos show a very different Peterborough in the late 1990s

Fotheringhay Castle - an 11th century Norman motte-and-bailey fortress - was founded by Simon de Senlis, Earl of Northampton.As well as being the birthplace of King Richard III, the castle was the location of Mary, Queen of Scots’ trial and execution in 1587. Today only a small section of the castle’s masonry remains intact, which visitors can find to the very east of the village.

5 castles that dominated the skyline near Peterborough hundreds of years ago
These castles stood high and mighty centuries ago
Daniel DeFalco

Toby Wood (right) in August 1969 when he was running the first summer playscheme based at Neighbourhood House, 30 Cromwell Road.

Civic Pride: Our ever-changing multicultural city

Saturday, August 22 marks exactly 70 years since the fire

IN PHOTOS: Remembering the Great Fire of Peterborough 70 years on

Bridge Steet was known as Narrow Street a hundred years ago.

GALLERY: Peterborough’s Bridge Street looked VERY different 100 years ago

Bikers outside The Norfolk pub

Memories of the ‘old school’ Peterborough pub that poured its last pint in 2001

Town Bridge was built over 90 years ago.

Archive footage of Town Bridge showcases Peterborough’s aged river crossing

The oncology day unit in 2015

Looking Back: Another busy day at PCH

A cataract operation at PCH in 2015

Looking Back: A quick but life-changing op

One more time on the dancefloor

50 years Peterborough's Anabelles.... one more time

The Peter Pan on Eastern Avenue in Dogsthorpe.

GALLERY: Peterborough pubs from the 1970s

Set on a three-acre site at the bottom of Cowgate, the Parish Burial Ground was in use from 1805 and 1858.

GALLERY: What Peterborough's old burial ground looked like before Queensgate

Queensgate Roundabout was built on the old Parish burial ground

The Victorian graveyard that existed on the site of the Queensgate Roundabout

Oundle Road

More calls for action to make Oundle Road safer

PDH in 1982

Looking Back: From uniforms to scrubs!

Rauceby Hospital Cemetery. Photo: Jo Thompson

Hospital cemetery group called upon to help trace last resting place of patient

Sam Draper with a copy of the newspaper from 1969

Moon landing front page uncovered during bookshop makeover

A recent event at the museum

Step back in time at King's Cliffe Airfield Museum’s summer open day

Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town comes to the Key Theatre in September

50 years after The Two Ronnies, the Phantom returns

Peterborough City Centre in the 1960s - Church Street, which was home to Hepworths

Civic Pride: 1966 and all that... football 1, shopping 0

Radiographer Steve Littlefare and doctor J Urwin in 1980

Looking Back: X-raying the way it used to be

Do you remember Long Causeway looking like this?

12 amazing photos that prove why the 1970s was Peterborough’s golden era

The National Trust is offering free access to Lyveden this weekend

Free entry to ‘mysterious’ Lyveden National Trust site this weekend

1984 in the Biochemistry Department at Peterborough District Hospital

Looking Back: How technology has changed

Canary Cottage dates back to 1750

Inside Canary Cottage - the mysterious A47 landmark near Peterborough

A reminder that Waitrose used to be in Queensgate

Peterborough as it used to be: The opening of Queensgate Bus Station

The Crown - the start of the most famous pub crawl in Peterborough

What the local boozers on Peterborough's Crown to Town pub crawl look like now

Queensgate under construction

8 era-defining photos of Queensgate Shopping Centre being built

A small army of dedicated volunteers take care of the library

Inside Peterborough Cathedral’s hidden library that’s off-limits to the public

2015- Health Care Assistants at Peterborough City Hospital

Looking Back: A crucial part of the NHS team