1903: Today saw an extension to Peterborough's growing tram network when the service to Newark began, the trams travelling along the Eastfield Road. The driver - the motorman - had to stand in an open area to drive the tram and was exposed to all weathers. He worked a ten-hour shift, six days a week, at a rate of 5d an hour, which provided him with a weekly wage of 25s. (Peterborough Advertiser)
Taken from The Peterborough Book of Days by Brian Jones, The History Press, 2014.
After being in existence for less than 10 years the County of Huntingdon and Peterborough merged with Cambridgeshire under the Local Government Act of 1974, so Peterborough was then situated in Cambridgeshire. It remains in Cambridgeshire.
The Soke of Peterborough stops being ceremonially and traditionally part of Northamptonshire, where it had been since the Domesday Book and merges with the County of Huntingdonshire to form the County of Huntingdon and Peterborough, an administrative and geographical county. This lasts only until 1974 when Peterborough became part of Cambridgeshire.
After being in existence for less than 10 years the County of Huntingdon…
The Soke of Peterborough stops being ceremonially and traditionally part…