Peterborough has been home to numerous big-name companies employing thousands of people for many years.
Changing demand from customers, innovative technology and competition at home and from overseas have taken their toll on some of our former leading names.
Yet they live on in our memories and our photographs show just how times have changed since giants of commerce such as Soda Stream, Freemans Gratton, the building society Norwich & Peterborough and holiday giant Thomas Cook graced the city.
Yet they live on in our memories and our photographs show just how times have changed since giants of commerce such as Soda Stream, Freemans Gratton, the building society Norwich & Peterborough and holiday giant Thomas Cook graced the city.
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Stephen Bingham and staff at Soda Stream which had been in Morley Way, Woodston, Peterborough, until its closure in 2003. Photo: nw
. Peterborough Employers
Stephen Bingham at Soda Stream which had been in Morley Way, Woodston, Peterborough, until its closure in 2003. Photo: nw
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Employee Rachel Dickinson at the former Norwich and Peterborough Building Society, in Peterborough. Photo: Peterborough Employers
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Staff at the former Norwich and Peterborough Building Society's offices in Lynch Wood, Peterborough, before the company's merger with the Yorkshire Building Society in 2011. Photo: nw
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The former Peterborough offices of holiday giant Thomas Cook in 1977 in Longthorpe before its move to Bretton and then to Lynch Wood. Photo: nw
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Staff at the former Peterborough offices of holiday giant Thomas Cook in 1977 in Longthorpe before its move to Bretton and then to Lynch Wood. Photo: Peterborough Employers