Speeding!

20/09/1907

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The Stamford Mercury of 25 October records the court appearance of Joseph Hodierne of Coventry. Joseph had been summoned for driving a motorcar at a dangerous speed at Wansford on this day. PC King told the court that Hodierne had been driving at a rate of 18mph. The defendant retorted that he had in fact been driving at 8mph! The court believed PC King and Joseph was fined £7 10s plus 3s costs.

Taken from The Peterborough Book of Days by Brian Jones, The History Press, 2014.

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The City Bombed

24/05/1941

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This Saturday morning saw a mixture of incendiary and high-explosive bombs dropped around the Broadway and Lincoln Road area. Some 100 houses were damaged and three destroyed. One house was saved from destruction when PC Richardson climbed onto the roof and threw a burning bomb down into the road. Controversially, however, the siren had not been sounded until after the attacker had left. (Gray, David, Peterborough at War 1939-1945, David Gray, 2011) Taken from The Peterborough Book of Days by Brian Jones, The History Press, 2014.