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Anderton & Rowland's Diving Dolphins roundabout

Corpus Christi Fair in Penzance (1920 or 1921)

Penzance's Corpus Christi Fair in 1923, showing at least 10 engines belonging to Hancock, Jones and Anderson & Rowland.

Richards Photo. Cottages demolished for road widening

Richards Photo. In the hamlet of Roseworthy, approximately 2 miles west of Camborne on the A30 trunk road (London-Penzance), shortly to be realigned. This cottage and No. 21 were photographed shortly before being demolished.

'Hip Hop' graffiti on a wall in Morrab Place (March 1985)

Caerhays Castle in Gorran, St Austell

A photographic postcard depicting a man eating limpets with the caption, "Eat limpets and live. Everything all kiff with Cousin Jack". "All Kiff" was a common term used by miners when writing home from abroad. It is thought to have been a distorted…

Engraving of a cobbled street with the church tower behind.
with bow fronted shops and small group of people.

St Austell church. Grid reference, SX 0141 5245

For further information see Historic Environment Record,…

Reproduction of a postcard grin the First and Last Inn in Land's End showing words to old song thought to have originated about 1910.

Blackbird Song

Oi knows where that blackbird be,
Oi knows where ee be .. (bu---r)

Ee Be in Yon wurzel…

"When was Camborne? When Redruth presented Parwith Double boys." These cards were popular in Cornwall and Devon during the first two decades of the 20th century.

Refreshment for the 'Oss. A bottle of beer is fed into the breather hold as the 'Oss takes a brief break en route!

A close-up photo of the blue 'Obby 'Oss in Padstow, 1982.

The Fashionable Mid-day Dance at Helston Flora Day, 1982.

Helston Flora, 1982. A general view of mid-day dancing.

Helston Flora Day, 1982. The fashionable 12pm (noon) dance, the main event of the day.

MAY DAY PADSTOW

The 'obby 'oss amongst the spectators, Padstow, 1980.

MAY DAY PADSTOW