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Group photograph of Penzance Cricket Club. Label on back states location as St Clare. There appear to be tennis tramlines in the foreground. Lone woman standing in doorway in luncheon hut. Image damaged with ring mark and spatters.
Donated by April…

Information from donor reads "John Charles Rogers (1863-1928) grew up in a family of butchers, living in the St Clare area of Penzance. He dealt in cattle, bred poultry and, with his wife, Annie, opened a provisions shop at 43 Causeway Head,…

Studio Portrait probably of John (Jack Rogers) (1893-1929), son of John Rogers, butcher.
Information from donor reads "John Charles Rogers (1863-1928) grew up in a family of butchers, living in the St Clare area of Penzance. He dealt in cattle, bred…

Group of RNAS Servicemen. Image includes William James (Jim) Rogers who served in 1917-1918. The postcard was sent on 15 September 1917 from William to his brother Charles. The postcard was sent from Norwood, near Crystal Palace where RNAS was…

Group photograph including William James (Jim) Rogers of Penzance, who served in the RNAS in 1917 and 1918, and in the RAF between 1918 and 1920.
On the back is written "To Charlie, with kindest regards", this was his brother Charles.
The Rogers…

Group of family and friends at Hayle. The back is annotated "not sure, Fred + Jim, Dutch family,? Rule, Joan Greenslade, not sure."
One of a collection of holiday photos of the Richards family at Hayle Towans between the wars.

Eight children in costumes at Hayle Towans. This might have been for a carnival.
Girl (front right) identified as Jean Richards. Between the World wars the Richards family, from Penzance, decamped to Hayle Towans for the summer holidays, along with…

Titania, Oberon and Puck surrounded by fairies and imps. Girl (front right) identified as Jean Richards from Penzance.

Two girls dressed as fairies from "A Midsummer Night's Dream." They are identified as Jean Richards and Diana Uren(?) Between the World wars the Richards family, from Penzance, decamped to Hayle Towans for the summer holidays, along with many other…

Group dressed in costumes for Hayle Carnival.
Between the World wars the Richards family, from Penzance, decamped to Hayle Towans for the summer holidays, along with many other families. They stayed in a converted single-decker bus and took part in…

Group photograph of Sports Day at Hayle. From a collection of photographs of the Richards family, from Penzance, who decamped to Hayle Towans for the summer holidays, along with many other families. They stayed in a converted single-decker bus and…

Richards family and friends having a picnic at Hayle River. L-R Mrs Frank Treglowan, Millicent Treglowan, Mrs E Richards, Jim Treglowan, Jean Richards, Fred Treglowan, plus Nipper the dog.

Five teenagers and ice-cream salesman at Hayle Towans. The group includes Fred Treglowan, Jack Symons and Jean Richards. From a collection of photographs of the Richards family, from Penzance, who decamped to Hayle Towans for the summer holidays,…

Five children standing in a small dinghy at Hayle River.
They are identified as Jean Richards, Jean Mathews (Pearson), Fred and Jim Treglowan and Cousin Millicent. From a collection of photographs of the Richards family, from Penzance, who decamped…

Group of about fifteen children sitting in front of chalets at Hayle Towans, none identified. From a collection of photographs of the Richards family, from Penzance, who decamped to Hayle Towans for the summer holidays, along with many other families…

From a collection of photographs of the Richards family, from Penzance, who decamped to Hayle Towans for the summer holidays, along with many other families between the World Wars. They stayed in a converted single-decker bus and took part in all the…

Group of about eighty people on a pleasure boat called "Mapledurham." The "Mapledurham" operated trips along the Thames from 1927. Part of a collection photographs featuring the Richards and Rogers families from Penzance. John Charles Rogers is…

Penzance Wheelers Cycle Club, photographed at Robinson's Cafe. Jean Richards identified, top left, one of three females. Her father Morley Richards was Club President at the time.

John Charles Rogers opened a Provisions Merchants shop at 43 Causewayhead, Penzance in the late 19th century. A second shop was opened at 37 Market Jew Street soon after. His son William, and grandson John, continued the business until it closed in…

Window display of Cee Roy Margarine in Rogers, butchers shop, 37 Market Jew Street, Penzance. A boy is standing to the left of the door and produce, including the margarine, plus joints of meat and sausages, are displayed in the window. John Charles…