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Morrab Road under Snow
Taken from R Angoves Door New Years Eve 1978.
Christmas Card posted 24 Dec 1907 for 1/2p
A photo of a Christmas card card featuring Joseph, Mary and the baby Jesus in the stable with the inscription, 'A Joyous Yuletide'. Folded cards as we know them now did not emerge until well into the present century. Cards like this were then in…
Collage from Comics of the 1920/1930s
A photo collage made up from clips from comics, including such well-remembered weeklies as TIGER TIM'S, RAINBOW, CHICK'S OWN, FUNNY WONDER, LOT-O-FUN, COMIC CUTS and many others.
Albert Mellor & his Organ Helston Flora 'Cloggy'
Albert Mellor pictured with his order at Helston Flora in 1978, when he was about 85 years of age. Note the NSPCC and National Lifeboat Institution fundraising signs, as well as many others stuck on a piece of cardboard.
Christmas Card Children with Puddings & Toys
A photo of a Christmas card. Staged scenes such as this were sold as Christmas cards in the early days. Christmas hampers dispatched by rail from London and other big town stores were unreturnable and often given to the children to play with. This…
Children in Victorian Clothes Hoops & Skipping
Children dressed in Victorian costumes, playing with hoops and skipping ropes.
Victorian Children playing See-Saw
Victorian children with their pet Jack Russell terrier enjoy a ride on a simple seesaw balanced on a sawn-off tree trunk.
Victorian Child & Model of Mounts Bay Lugger
A Victorian youngster proudly presents his home-made model of a Mount's Bay lugger (a Cornish fishing boat of the period), as some of the same rig can be seen in the background.
Group of Victorian adults on a See-Saw
Group of Victorian adults on a seesaw. According to Richard Angove, "This photo, acquired many years ago in a collection bore no indication of its origin. A faded pencilled inscription on the back 'Summer Outing'. That's all! Mums and dads too are…
Two Young Boys with Dinky Toy Models Buses Lorry
Two young boys with Dinky Toy models of buses and lorries.
Boy with Dinky Toy Models Lorries Bulldozer
Young boy playing with Dinky Toy models of lorries and bulldozers.
Woman with Model of Railway Carriage
Woman holding model railway carriage.
Girl with Model Train Set Engines Coaches Signal
Girl with model train set including engines coaches and signals.
Young Men & Bicycles with Revolving Chime Bells
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.
Milton Nicholls with his Fathers Bicycle
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…
Penzance Promenade after Storm Damage March 62
More than 100 families left houses, fishing boats flung into streets& 4 ton granite blocks dislodged from sea wall. Ash Wednesday Storm
Penzance Promenade after storm damage March 1962
Storm damage on Penzance promenade after Ash Wednesday storm of March, 1962
Damage on beach Wherrytown, Penzance after Storm 1962
Ash Wednesday Storm 1962