High Fashion

29/09/1855

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Miss Brown had much pleasure announcing to the 'Ladies of Peterborough and Neighbourhood' that she had returned from London with 'all the latest Novelties from Paris, in Embroidery, Collarets, Sleeves, Bugle and other Head-dresses with the Eugenie Falls and Barbes', promising that 'the new Selection will be arranged for inspection on Tuesday 2nd October, and during the forthcoming Fair'. (Peterborough Advertiser)

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

Lincoln Road

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Tea in Werrington Tea Gardens

1891

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A pleasant Sunday afternoon could be spent by catching the tram to Walton, which was the end of the line, and walking up Lincoln Road to Rivendale in Werrington. In 1891 Richard William Parr and his wife Ann owned Alexandra House which had uninterrupted views down to the brook. In the gardens tea could be ordered.

The original house still stands today in a road called Rivendale, on it’s side is a shop facing onto Lincoln Rd. Houses have been built along Lincoln Road on what were once the tea gardens.