Looking Back: Bridge Street before pedestrianisation
Today’s photograph of mine shows Peterborough city centre’s Bridge Street in 1980, just before pedestrianisation, when it was a busy road with bus stops, writes street photographer Chris Porsz.
Who was the lady in torrential rain (with Chelsea Girl bag) and her toddler who would be mid-forties now?
The street has changed quite a lot over the years. Peter Lord is now an amusements centre, Burton is Yours, Jerome jewellers is Timpson, Timothy Whites is the Entertainer toy shop and Dolcis is now Moss .
The mighty English Plane trees were planted in 1982.