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Owned by H D Pochin Ltd. This photo, thought to have been taken in 1914 shows the crew at the time, (L to R) Mr T V Oates of Newbridge and Mr R Jenkin of Sancreed. It carried about ten tons of china clay to ships in Penzance, making two, sometimes…

Steam Wagon owned by H D Pochin Ltd. of Leswidden China Clay Works near St Just. It carried 10 tons of China Clay to ships in Penzance

A large anchor in Penlee Park, pictured with granite moulds and sea shells.

Road Locomotive Earl Beatty showing crane attachment lifting Scenic Ride Cars into position at Penzance Corpus Christi Fair 1923

Anderton & Rowland engine and fair organ in Mawla.

An Anderton & Rowland 'Scenic' ride (left) and an 'Alpine Glide' (centre) dominate this photo of Falmouth Moor fair in the 1920s. Note the central chimney pipes from the roundabouts which took the smoke and exhaust from the steam-propelled…

An Anderton & Rowland Gladiator Engine in Mowla (Redruth).

Anderton & Rowland's traction engine 'Earl Berry', Jungle Speedway.

Anderton & Rowlands Burrell Dragon traction engine

ANDERTON & ROLAND'S BROOKLAND RACES

SEE ENT 4.037

"GLADIATOR" A typical showman's road locomotive. ten or a dozen of this type of engine could be seen on fairgrounds throughout Devon and Cornwall until they were superseded by diesel power in the 1940s.
Supplied to Anderton & Rowland in 1909 and…

Anderton & Rowlands Burrell Gladiator, built in 1909. 'Veterans of the Fairground Tour'.

Supplied by Charles Burrell & Son Thetford Norfolk in 1909 and subsequently owned by a group of Cornish enthusiasts at Redruth usedto raise money for charities with the Gavioli Organ

NOTE: This is probably the oldest print of the same photo in ENT 4.031 & ENT 8.017.
Burrell Showman Locomotive "Gladiator". Built 1909 for first 30 years of century hauled fairground equipmentfrom East Somerset to St Just. (note on photo says it was…