The First Time Ever I Saw Your Ground: Peterborough United, London Road and the ABAX stadium

John McCormick writes: It was an easy walk from our house to the railway bridge where, if you timed it right, you could be enveloped by the steam emitted from the likes of the Flying Scotsman and the Mallard as they thundered up and down the line between London and Newcastle (our thoughts never went further north). Only now, while looking for material to embellish this tale, have I found out what class of engine they were.

Pete Sixsmith, of course, knew. Is there nothing this man cannot turn his hand to?

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