peterborough_memories : Message: Re: [peterborough_memories] Re: Peterborough Showground

Hi Everyone,

I know this was a while back, but I am now working on the Peterborough Showground page for Peterborough In Pictures. I'd like to thank everyone who replied to my previous e-mails, the feedback was fantastic! I just need to get my head round all of the information!

Thanks

Nik Williams
www.peterboroughinpictures.co.uk - A history of Peterborough in photographs
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Good evening everyone! Does anyone have any information regarding the original showground? I vaguely remember reading about it years ago and as far as I can...

Nik or Sadie Williams
nik_peterbor...

Apr 25, 2007
8:09 pm

Just asked "Elderly Mother" and she says the main entrance was in Eastfield Road and was a big gate with an archway, and the main field for the show butted up...

Jayne R
robbo_realm

Apr 28, 2007
8:28 am

-- ... showground? I vaguely remember reading about it years ago and as far as I can remember the showground was located on Eastfield Road or Lincoln Road (New...

Dave Ward
daveward3718

Apr 28, 2007
7:55 pm

Hi everyone, yes the Peterborough Showground was on Eastfield Road, somewhere around the site that Tate Close is now, and surrounding area. The Peter...

Christine Chadwick
christine_m_...

Apr 29, 2007
11:32 am

Hello All, Yes my husband and family lived in Newark Avenue opposite the Eastfield Rd showground- father in law lived there 64 years! Peter, husband, remembers...

wesbrencro

Apr 29, 2007
12:46 pm

Hi, all, I will paste below the piece from my book Park Ward Bits and Bobs about the Showground a lot of which came from the Century Story published by the...

Marion Brown
peterborough...

Apr 29, 2007
3:21 pm

Hi Christine, Not sure how I missed this first time round, but thanks for the reply I can now picture exactly where the showground must have been located. I've...

Nik or Sadie Williams
nik_peterbor...

May 7, 2007
7:13 pm

Hi folks, I lived in Ashcroft Gardens from 1952 until 1967 and well remember the old showground. The site also contained the Peterborough Rugby Club whose...

makm42@...
makm42...

Mar 1, 2009
7:27 pm

Hi Everyone, I know this was a while back, but I am now working on the Peterborough Showground page for Peterborough In Pictures. I'd like to thank everyone...

Nik Williams
nik_peterbor...

Jan 2, 2008
9:39 am

Hi I've just discovered this group on peterboroughinpictures. I identified with the message about going through the fence from Newark Avenue, we lived on...

adele102002

Jul 23, 2008
7:20 pm

... I lived in Dogsthorpe from 1955 - 1960. Christine...

Christine Chadwick
christine_m_...

Jul 24, 2008
7:15 am

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