From Thorpe Hall to the Sessions House and the iconic Crescent Bridge Thorpe Road has always been one of the city’s best known streets.
In this look back into the PT’s archive we look at people, places and the changing street scene.
What are you favourite memories of Thorpe Road?
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A picture of the Sessions House in Thorpe Road in 1924 before the construction of Peterborough District Hospital.
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Thorpe Road level crossing with the newly opened Crescent Bridge in the background, making the level crossing redundant.
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Special constables pictured during the Second World War at Peterborough Gaol on Thorpe Road leter to become the Sessions House.
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