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Note Booking Office on right advertising Emigration to South Africa

Built for a London Company, and run by Steam.
After it was demolished, Mr Bedford Bolitho bought the site and created The Italian Gardens 1916.

Engraving from Magazine dated 5th August 1865
Caption reads "The Prince and Princess of Wales descending the Botallack Tine Mine - see page 111"

Levant Mine with various Surface Workings & Buildings
Image is of photograph pinned to a board.
"1 Cabinet" mirror written on mount above image

Engraving showing Surface Workers Levant Mine
Signed bottom right corner "The Levant mime (sic) drawn and etched by AMP"
Word below possibly "Poltair"or "Pattern"

Possibly Tin Streaming Works at Rospeath Mine, Ludgvan.
Tin was processed & stamped
Info given by Mrs Ellis relative - lady in black Laura Bowden seamstress made curtains in Blue Room on the Mount
Photograph in image sellotaped to paper

Sewing room of Knitting Factory. There was a knitting factory at Orchard Place, The Fradgan which burnt down in 1956/57. First woman on left facing camera possibly Phylis Lodey, known as Nanette.
Newlyn Archive offers the following information…

Double image
Above -Serpentine Factory built for London Company ran on Steam, later site of Italian Gardens created by Bedford Bolitho
Below - Photograph of painting of Fishing Boats in Newlyn Harbour
Both images pinned to a board

Note brick pile and vehicles in yard

Three men in yard of Gas Works
Note large coal heap on right

Note Scaffolding and Ladder

Note Scaffolding and open gates to yard

Looking from Penzance Gas Works Site across Harbour
Note large amount of demolition and rubble in yard

The identity of the man in the photo was confirmed by his grandson. 2021-04
See also IND 16HG 020

See IND 16 HG 019, where the man welding was identified by his grandson as Harry Scrase 2021-04
Possibly Queen Street, Penzance