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PEOP 8.057.tif
Girl with model train set including engines coaches and signals.

PEOP 8.059.tif
Four young cyclists in front of an ivy-covered house about to depart for a spin, probably in the 1920s. Note the 'revolving chimes' type of bells carried on two of the cycles; these were the 'in' bicycle accessory of the period.

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PEOP 8.060.tif
Mr Milton Nicholls, a St Erth carpenter and undertaker, pictured at his carpenter's shop with his father's bicycle. As can be seen, this c. 1900 machine had solid tyres and a brake which engaged with the outside of the front wheel, an extremely…

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ACTS 8.001 .tif
More than 100 families left houses, fishing boats flung into streets& 4 ton granite blocks dislodged from sea wall. Ash Wednesday Storm

ACTS 9.001.tif
Storm damage on Penzance promenade after Ash Wednesday storm of March, 1962

ACTS 8.004.tif
Man on right is Roger Morris Ash Wednesday Storm 1962

ACTS 9.002.tif
Damage on Penzance promenade after Ash Wednesday storm of March 1962.

ACTS 9.003.tif
The new sea wall built along the Penzance seafront in 1965-67, following the Ash Wednesday Storm of March 1962

STRT 9.012.tif
Ash Wednesday Storm 62

ACTS 8.006.tif
Ash Wednesday Storm. More than 100 families left their homes as fishing boats were flung into the streets and blocks of granite, weighing up to four tons were dislodged from the sea walls
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