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Ladies of the Post Office seen here sorting telegrams which had been handed in at various counters, and sending them to the appropriate transmission points.

Ladies of the Post Office seen here operating at an early telephone exchange when all calls were connected by hand at every intermediate exchange.

St Ives Consols showing children at work.

Children were often employed on refining stages, sometimes working in water with bare feet. Their ages ranged from about seven or eight to 12 or 13. Their pay would have been from 1d to 2d on starting,…

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…

A 19th century scene at Tincroft Mine in Carn Brea. The man and 'bal maidens' with their hammers and typical Cornish shovels broke down the large lumps or ore to prepare it for further crushing and washing when the tin and copper was later refined on…

Grapes from Heated Greenhouses sent to Queen Victoria. Pond & Green-houses now gone

Signs in Window for Furniss' Biscuits & one headed 'Emigrant(e)' of interest to out of work Miners.
Photo has been retouched.

In Market Jew Street?

Traded for almost a Century. Demolished in 1950s.

In Market Place, it was the first self-service store in Penzance

Brian Moseley as Alf Roberts Julie Goodyear as Bet Lynch Lynda Beckett as Edith Foster

Harness Horse Collars Saddles

Barbara Knox as Rita Fairclough Peter Armitage as Bill

Barbara Knox as Rita David Hatton as Mr Heslop

Sweetshop & Tobacconist. PICTURED: MRS ANNETTE BUCKLEY. Typical village shop interior of 1920-20s

Sweetshop & Tobacconist Model of Man. Mrs Annette Buckley runs(?) a Shop Museum in Polegate, Sussex

JOE TREARY

TWO PRINTS ONE VERY MUCH SUPERIOR BY JOHN WATTON.
Donkey Cart & Basket probably two horses note granite base for shrinking iron wheels.