In pictures: Views that make up Peterborough

Today's Looking Back pictures are a random collection of Peterborough views, but what I love about them is they capture some of the variety that goes to make up a modern city, yet one with much history.
By The Newsroom
Published 26th Apr 2018, 10:44 BST
Updated 22nd Jun 2018, 17:58 BST
Peterborough's first electricity station at RivergatePeterborough's first electricity station at Rivergate
Peterborough's first electricity station at Rivergate

The top photograph it is of the city’s first electricity station at what is now Rivergate.

The picture below it shows the sculpture which was placed outside the offices of Royal Life in LynchWood.

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The third picture shows a little seen view of the exterior of Longthorpe Tower.

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Sculpture at Royal Life LynchwoodSculpture at Royal Life Lynchwood
Sculpture at Royal Life Lynchwood

The next picture is taken from Long Causeway and shows Hereward Centre on the corner of Broadway and Midgate.

The next photograph taken in 1988 shows the Lawson Avenue shops in Stanground.

The last picture was taken in 1993 and shows Paston church and the nearby flower-filled roundabout.

More Peterborough nostalgia in pictures:

Longthorpe TowerLongthorpe Tower
Longthorpe Tower

- Celebrating 900 years of Peterborough Cathedral

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- 12 things you never knew about Peterborough’s lost tram network

- Peterborough under construction - do you recognise these city centre sites before they were finished?

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