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Typical late-afternoon scene in almost any Cornish scene in the 1920s or '30s. The machine is a cultivator, known all over Cornwall as a 'scuffler'. The height of the tines is adjustable through the handle on the driver's right.

1,000 CREW, 13 DECKS

RMS Mauretania (Cunard), built by Swan Hunter Ltd., in Newcastle-on-Tyne, weighting 31,950 tons. The Mauretania served on the North Atlantic run from 1907 to 1935 and is probably the most famous and best-remembered of all the Atlantic…

Held in York Railway Museum

Held in York Railway Museum

Postcard from 'Marian' who had been picking daffodils on St Martins for a month and said she was likely to stay a further two months.

Ash Wednesday Storm 1962

Man on right is Roger Morris Ash Wednesday Storm 1962

Damage on Penzance promenade after Ash Wednesday storm of March 1962.

Ash Wednesday Storm 62