The MFV Conqueror was a modern freezer trawler built in 1965 by Hall, Russel & Co Ltd of Aberdeen, for the Northern Trawlers Company. By 1977 she had undergone a major refit to extend her freezer capacity, and left her home port of Hull to go…
Construction of the Penzance floating dock (wet dock) in the 1880s. Taken by G H Gibson at Penzance. The amount of detail in the photo is incredible, with each worker's clothing being plainly visible.
Copy of postcard of the Cornish Reviera Express in Penzance Station bottom of Market Jew Street busy with carts. c1900.. Steam Engine Victorian Costumes Pram seat shelter
The Longboat Inn
Corner of Wood Lane and the Terrace Market Jew Street Penzance was Pump Lane. Langleys Fruit Shop Man sitting on wheelbarrow is the Town Porter who carried wares for the Comercial Travellers. Shop on the left is Ellis Shoemaker.