Quirky Peterborough
$52.60
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2025
Summary
Peterborough: A Quirky History
Peterborough, a modern city steeped in history, evolved from an Anglo-Saxon monastery into a significant Norman abbey. The Industrial Revolution and railways transformed it into an industrial hub, further reshaped by extensive building in the 1960s and 70s.
From Victorian election riots to tales of a mythical black hell-hound, this diverse city boasts a young population and remarkable success stories, including a Hadron Collider scientist and a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781398123496 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1398123498 |
| Series: | Quirky |
| Author: | June and Vernon Bull, Vernon Bull |
| Publisher: | Amberley Publishing |
| Imprint: | Amberley Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 165mm |
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About The Author
June and Vernon Bull
June and Vernon Bull are keen local historians and founder members of the Peterborough Local History Society. They are also enthusiastic collectors of old postcards of Peterborough and have amassed a collection of originals from the late Victorian period to the early 1970s. Since 1988 they have published a series of Peterborough picture postcard books, as well as many other local history titles. They’re happy to give illustrated talks about old Peterborough.
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