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German Engine

With part of Newlyn's vast trawler fleet in the background, one of Messrs Barriball's machines starts work on Newlyn harbour expansion programme at Mary Williams pier (which officially opened in 1980).

Vol IV Pl CXXXIX P.85

The interior of St Levan Church, facing the altar

Used in Cornwall between Wars PREVREF 2054 duplicate

Iron Maiden, Kitchener Steam Traction Engine

Brunel with background of massive chains used in launching the SS Great Eastern

Double Headed Royal Train crosses Tamar during Royal visit to Cornwall in Oct. 1947

Built to give children free rides around Rally Ground
Reg: 219 KUO

Portrait of Jack Worth, coxswain of Penlee Lifeboat.

Postcard depicting couple at a railway station looking at a sign advertising 'Cornish Riviera'. Text of poem 'Jan and Jane's Holiday' reads:

"The Carnish Riv-reera! Well, Jane!!
I wonder what that there do mane?
It do seem some queer;
Let's…

Jayne Thomas of Brixton samples some new flavours at the South Devon Catering Exhibition in early 1983.

Trips to Lands End for Tourists from GWR. PREVREF 1482 duplicate photo

Jimmy Trezise, Penzance, barber, with some of the steam engines he has painted over the years. PREVREF 1958 Exhibited at a Steam Nostalgia Show1870-1934.

John Passmore Edwards Free Library and Technical School, in Truro, with cyclist and sign for St Mary's Methodist Church.