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

View of the western end of Praa Sands.

Contact sheet

General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, arriving at Penzance station (centre). He had a great affinity for West Cornwall and visited Penzance several times between his laying of the Citadel's foundation stone and his death in 1912.

Westward Television's pirate 'Jethro' who handed out the money on their weekly quiz game, 'Treasure Hunt'.

Westward Television was the first ITV franchise holder for the South West of England, and operated from 1961 until 1981.

Jethro is the…

George DeVey with son George and grandson Simon, pictured at their winter quarters at Cullompton, Devon, in the early 1960s. Simon (centre) went on to play a leading role in the firm's (Anderton & Rowland) travelling fairs, driving the huge…

George Jackson Churchward. Born at Stoke Gabriel near Totnes in 1957, died on 19th December 1933 when struck by a South Wales express train near his Swindon home. He was apprentice engineer to the South Devon railway from Totnes Grammar School. When…

Devon-born George Jackson Churchyard, Chief Engineer of the Great Western Railway, started with South Devon Railway in 1896, retired 1921 and was killed on the line at Swindon in 1933. He was a designer of engines and boilers.

engine pulling tubs of ore

Girl with model train set including engines coaches and signals.

VIEW POF THE SCHOOL WITH WASHING ANMD GARAGES IN THE FOREGROUND

Twice Daily Trains of Glass Lined Tankers containing 3000 gallons Milk each travel from Unigate creamery to a Bottling Plant at Vauxhall London

General view of Goonhilly Earth Station taken from the road.