Monthly Archives: January 2016

On to 1941, and we discover the war situation much different than it had been at this time in 1940.  Since then, France and the Low Countries had fallen, Italy had entered the war, and the massive Luftwaffe attack on … Continue reading →

We will have the “This Week in Peterborough” post for 1941 up on Thursday, and probably not too late, either (it’s nearly done).  In the meantime, the picture above — a detail from a Canadian Legion fundraising advertisement — should … Continue reading →

And here we are with Part 2 of our look at 1940!  On Wednesday, we discussed matters relating to the Second World War, as seen through the eyes of Peterborian newspaper readers of the era.  This time, we look at … Continue reading →

Part 1?  Well, on sitting down this evening to bash out this post, I discovered that there is, in fact, too much material for mid-January of 1940 to deal with in just one article.  And so we will have two.  This … Continue reading →

One last peacetime post, before we head into the dark days of World War Two.  And in January of 1939, residents of Peterborough surely knew that the war was coming.  In fact, it looked like conflict, with Mussolini’s Italy rather Hitler’s … Continue reading →

The full edition of “This Week in Peterborough” for 1939 will be posted tomorrow on Friday, but I thought I’d share the little morsel above with you beforehand.  As I’m sure you know, not only were the reports of Miss … Continue reading →

New Year’s, 1938!  Among Peterborough’s festive entertainments was the Caledonian Club’s Hogmanay Dance; “Good music by the club’s orchestra, assisted by A. Milne with his bagpipes… helped make the occasion an unforgettable one,” wrote the January 3rd Peterborough Examiner.  Less … Continue reading →

As we saw from the cartoon posted here a couple of days ago, 1937 was not viewed as kind to the people of Peterborough, or indeed of very many places at all.  And as the year drew towards its end, the … Continue reading →