LOL failing that its Travis and Arnold!
I'll ask my family and friends and see what turns up


---- Nik Williams <nik_sadie@...> wrote:
> Hi Jayne,
>
> That's what I thought at first, but I'm only aware of the TA base only ever
being on London Road, I'm most probably wrong about that though!
>
> Nik Williams
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jayne R
> To: peterborough_memories@...
> Cc: Nik Williams
> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 3:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [peterborough_memories] Building with letters TA?
>
>
> Is it Territorial Army? It sounds obvious but it could well be.
>
> ---- Nik Williams <nik_sadie@...> wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I hope you are all ok. I just received an e-mail from someone asking about
the building opposite Westgate House on Park Road. I know the building, but have
no idea what the TA could mean or what the building was originally. Any ideas?
> >
> > This is the e-mail:
> >
> > in park road there is a building opposite Westgate house that thas the
letters TA carved in the stone. its the building that stretches from the pound
shop and ends above a hair dressers. any idea what it was originally? looks like
it would have been a posh place when it was built
> >
> >
> > Nik Williams
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photographs
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> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: peterborough_memories
> > To: peterborough_memories@...
> > Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 11:37 AM
> > Subject: [peterborough_memories] Re: Robert Sayle
> >
> >
> > Hi, Nik
> >
> > Robert Sayle's was in Cowgate, just about on the site of well can't
> > be sure these days but it was on the corner of King Street and I
> > think it used to be the Co-op Insurance. I absolutely promise you
> > that Robert Sayle was on that site - I remember the fire and also
> > when I worked at the Evening Telegraph there was a photo of the fire
> > on the MD's office wall and it was certainly Cowgate..... just had
> > the sense to look in my 1951 Peterborough Street Directory and it was
> > on the corner of King Street. Bit depressing to remember that far
> > back!
> >
> > Peterborough General Electric Co was on the opposite side of Cowgate
> > at no. 8a and not far from Robert Sayle which was between 5 -15
> > Cowgate. Good job I kept that book.
> >
> > Regards, Marion
> >
> > --- In peterborough_memories@..., "Nik & Sadie
> > Williams" <nik_sadie@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Good Evening everyone!
> > >
> > > I have a quick question regarding the shop known as Robert Sayle
> > which was destroyed in a fire in 1956. What I would like to know is
> > the location. The reason I ask, is that I have been handed some
> > photos and the owner thought they were photos of a bomb blast (WW2)
> > in Bridge Street. However, I'm quite certain that there wasn't many
> > bombs dropped on p'boro and I don't think Bridge St was hit. Also, a
> > couple of cars in the photo lead me to believe that they were taken
> > post WW2. A couple of vehicles actually look like they are from the
> > 1950s. I have a pretty good idea of the location these photos were
> > taken (I don't believe they are of Bridge St.), and I suspect it is
> > the Robert Sayle store.
> > >
> > > Also, does anyone remember a store by the name of the Peterborough
> > Electric Company?
> > >
> > > I was going to pop in the library at the weekend to research this,
> > but I thought I would test the group's knowledge first.
> > >
> > > Nik
> > > www.peterboroughinpictures.co.uk
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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