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Officially named the Bedford Bolitho Gardens, these were opened in l916 on the site of the old serpentine works at Wherrytown in Penzance. They were a memorial to Thomas Bedford Bolitho, a member of the banking family in Penzance.
The gardens were…

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Slate Quarries

SLAB Cornish Range

Print and negative

Waiting for calmer seas to rescue sick Keeper Griffiths - E RichardsPhotographer in Life Jacket

Written on the reverse of the photograph in two hands: "Newlyn fishermen preparing bait" and "C. 1938 Skinning dogfish 'Half a Crown' or 'Envelopes' Williams in Trilby (hat)".

Quickly done by impaling fish on a spike and ripping off its skin.

Skiddaw from Ashness Bridge

Sketch. Xmas day 1908

Sketch. Party Time !

Copy of sketch of 'Rastrant' French Privateer of Bourdeaux sunk by H M S Monmouth March 20th 1747.
from the Morrab Library Archives

Sketch map showing the land-connection between England and the Continent in early Neolithic times.

Sketch from the Tour Journal of Caroline Anne Borlase 1875-77 Little Merchants on the day of the Holy Innocents. 1875-77..

Sketch from the Tour Journal of Caroline Anne Borlase 1875-77 4 Rue Soufriere Bruges p 83. 1875-77..