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.
Tuesday, 13th September 1859 the Peterborough Advertiser reported a Quaker Meeting in Peterborough.
From that date there were infrequent, spasmodic attempts to establish Quaker Meetings in and around Peterborough.
The Peterborough Advertiser was first printed in 1854, which makes it the oldest Peterborough newspaper. Peterborough news had been covered in the Stamford Mercury since the eighteenth century, but this was the first newspaper dedicated to the residents of Peterborough. First published in May of that year as a monthly paper, it was later published twice-weekly. It was merged with the Peterborough Citizen in 1946 to become the Peterborough Citizen and Advertiser.
Tuesday, 13th September 1859 the Peterborough Advertiser reported a Quak…
The Peterborough Advertiser was first printed in 1854, which makes it th…