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Porthtowan daymark
Porthtowan daymark
Porthtowan daymark.
Porthtowan daymark.
Porthtowan Players performing by Marenghi Organ
Porthtowan Players performing with Marenghi organ in the background.
Porthtowan Players performing by Marenghi Organ
Porthtowan Players performing
Porthtowan Players performing by Marenghi Organ
Porthtowan Players
Portrait of Rowena Cade founder of Minack Theatre
Rowena Cade, pictured at age 80 at the Minack Theatre. This photograph is one of a collection which was used in a London-published magazine feature in 1975, written and illustrated by Richard Angove.
Posed photo of Bal Maidens at Dolcoath
A group of 'bal maidens' at Dolcoath who helped to "dress" or prepare the ores for crushing by the mills or stamps. Large numbers of women were employed in this way on all Cornish mines in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. In fact, during the…
Possibly Wolf Rock Lighthouse before Helicopter Pad added
Wolf Rock Lighthouse (possibly) before the addition of the heli-pad
Post Woman in original Uniform issued in 1915
A woman wearing the original uniform for postwomen, issued 1915.
Postcard of Blackbird Song from Lands End
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…
Blackbird Song
Oi knows where that blackbird be,
Oi knows where ee be .. (bu---r)
Ee Be in Yon wurzel…
Postcard of Cornish Riddle
"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.
Postcard of couple embracing by sea with inset
Penzance Lifebuoy Series. Inset shows Fountain in Morrab Gardens.
This type of card with its many variations was the forerunner of the more usual traditional 'comic' seaside card. It was produced and sold at most seaside resorts during the first…
This type of card with its many variations was the forerunner of the more usual traditional 'comic' seaside card. It was produced and sold at most seaside resorts during the first…
Postcard of Couple Embracing in Morrab Gardens
The caption reads: 'In Morrab Gardens, Penzance. I am quite fascinated by the "surroundings" here.
Postcard of Cousen Jack eating Limpets
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…
Postman about to start his rounds in 1910
Mr W Balkwell, a postman in Merton near Okehampton, standing in front of an ivy-covered stone doorway to the post office, about to start his rounds. He wears a satchel over his shoulder and is holding some post. The sign above the post office door…
Praze Railway Station Loco & Truck Coal Lorry
Coal & Sundry Goods distribution depot
Pre-folded Edward VII Christmas Card 1/2p Post
Photo of a postcard featuring three children and a snowman in a snowy scene with the inscription, 'A merry Christmas'. Folded cards as we know them now did not emerge until the 1920s-'30s. This card, carrying a King Edward VII green half-penny stamp…