St Buryan Church, pictured with two horse-carriages in front, both full of people. Sign on the right side for St Buryan Hotel. (Photo donated by E. Richards, 6/7/1980)
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Typical late-afternoon scene in almost any Cornish scene in the 1920s or '30s. The machine is a cultivator, known all over Cornwall as a 'scuffler'. The height of the tines is adjustable through the handle on the driver's right.
A photo of London Bridge with a paddle steamer. Railway and other carriers' wagons dominate the horse-drawn traffic crossing London Bridge in 1890. Motor vehicles were still a doubtful and mistrusted form of transport. Even the buses here are…
John the horse owned by Mr Rowe of St Austell is seven years old. Here he carries 4 1/2 cwt of harness including 146 bells and 700 pieces of brasswork. PREVREF 2127 duplicate