A big part of the attraction of the ‘local’ was the people behind the bar, not just your drinking partners.
Maybe you were greeted with a friendly smile and a “what you having” by one or more of these landladies and landlords uncovered in the PT archives?
Back in the 2000s they were running the likes of The Volunteer, Old John Clare, Elm Tree Tavern, The Triangle, Goodbarns Yard, Wheatsheaf and The Oxcart.
And while you are feeling nostalgic, here’s some old pubs we have lost.

5. Peterborough pubs
Karen King, landlady of the Palmerston Arms pub on Oundle Road in 2008. Photo: PT

6. Landlord Steve Boddy
Stephen Pitts, landlord of the Oxcart pub in Bretton, wife Sylvia in 2003 Photo: Andy McCharen


8. Peterborough pubs
Landlord Michael McNally at The Royal pub on Westgate in 2002. Photo: Alan Storer
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