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Trams at Last

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23/01/1903

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It was on this Friday that the long-delayed Board of Trade inspection of Peterborough's new tram system took place - officialdom always takes its time, you know. Two trams left the depot for the Market Place to pick up the official parties. When everyone - including the inspectors - was on board the first car, the driver set off with a fearful jerk, throwing virtually all the officials off their feet! One wonders whether this was a case of nerves, carelessness or intent - we'll never know that. However, the driver reversed the car, made a fresh start and moved off in an extremely smooth manner. The second car followed on, carrying several members of the council and members of the press. Despite this faulty start, the trams passed the test with flying colours. The Peterborough tram service was formally approved and trams from Long Causeway to Walton and Dogsthorpe were able to start carrying passengers. At this time, the Peterborough Electric Traction Co. had twelve open-topped trams for the service. Why, you may ask, were the trams open top? It was because roofed trams would have been too high to pass under the Rhubarb Bridge! (Mitchell, Neil, Streets of Peterborough, 2007; Peterborough Advertiser)

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

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Freemasons' Lodge Meets Above Gateway

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1802

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St Peter’s Lodge Freemasons group was first recorded in 1802. Members met in a variety of locations in the city, as was common with groups at that time; their first meeting place was the Angel Inn on Bridge Street. In 1820 a change of venue was recorded, and St Peter’s Lodge began meeting in a ‘Private Room over the Minster Gateway’. The room was used as a chapel and school amongst other uses over the years. By 1822 the lodge was meeting at the Windmill Inn a short distance away on the Market Place, now Cathedral Square. No doubt the ability to acquire a short draught of ale was an attractive addition to their new meeting place. The lodge is believed to have continued until 1834, and a new lodge of the same name was founded in 1836 in the same location. The new St Peter’s Lodge was in existence until 1863.

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Lane's Masonic Records, version 1.0 (<http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/lane>, October 2011).
Published by HRI Online Publications, ISBN 978-0-955-7876-8-3

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