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Postcard. 138mm x 88mm. Postmarked Penzance 6th August 1909. Souvenir Post Card. Valentine's Series. Printed in G.B. Birthday greetings from Marion and Lil to Gertie Lawton, Birmingham. Three views of Penzance and one of Land's End.

Postcard. 138mm x 90mm. No stamp, postmark, message or address. Half-penny postage rate. Divided back. Frith's Series, F. Frith and Co Ltd, Reigate. Seven views of Edwardian Penzance and West Penwith.

Postcard. 137mm x 88mm. The Milton Postcard. The Milton 'Gazette Greeting' Series. Divided Back. Stamped and Penzance postmark 7th May 1923. Thank you note from Hilda to Master Walter Grose, Tremethick Cross.

Postcard. 139mm x 88mm. Postmark Redruth 9th April 1909. Postcard - Great Britain & Ireland. No publisher credited. Divided back. Sent by Millie to Joyce Cattran, Penzance. View of the Mount from Ponsandane area.

Postcard. 148mm x 106mm. British Rail Publications card to celebrate 150th anniversary of GWR. 1835-1985. BRP 21. Reproduction of British Railways poster featuring artwork by Gyrth Russell painted in 1949. No address. No stamp. Birthday greetings…

Postcard. 140mm x 90mm. Postmark 29th Sept 1906. Peacock Brand Autochrom post card. Message from Herbert Osborne to E Metters Tavistock Golf Club. Taken from allotments north of Gulval Church.

Postcard 145mm x 92mm. Plain back. No message or address. Engraving taken from Views in Devonshire and Cornwall by Henry Besley of Exeter published 1861. Dimensions and format of card suggest it was produced after 1899.

Appears to be the tunnel exit at the top

For transporting goods up to the castle

Situated in the Green Market this building was formerly the premises of The Public Benefit Boot Company

With the resident in the doorway

The end wall with plaster exposed shows the Cob construction. Cob is a natural building material made from sub soil, water, fibrous organic material and sometimes lime

Located at the western end of the Promenade, built and opened in 1887, latterly known as the Cafe Marina. Cafe Marina was demolished in 1935 and the site of is now part of the Wherrytown car park

Postcard 150mm x 102mm. Painting by Audrey B Grounauer. Penzance from my Window. Water colour 1984. View over St Mary's Church from the Lescudjack area. St John the Baptist Church in right foreground.

Tinted Pictorchrom postcard, 14cm x 9cm, Celesque Series, Copyright Design no 954. Painting of a seated woman watching a sailing boat leaving harbour west of St Michael's Mount.

Tinted Pictorchrom postcard 14cm x 9cm showing four luggers leaving Penzance Harbour. No message or address on reverse. Note gas holder and tall ship in harbour. Leading lugger numbered 36 PZ. This is the reverse of the current registration system.

Located at the western end of the Promenade, built and opened in 1887, latterly known as the Cafe Marina. Cafe Marina was demolished in 1935 and the site of is now part of the Wherrytown car park

Location Parade Street, Penzance, the man in the doorway is Mr Proctor. As can be seen the shop had multiple usage, selling fishing tackle, cutlery and tobacco products. The premises were opened in 1903 and closed June 1973

Mr Bedford Bolitho purchased the site which later became the Bedford Bolitho gardens, formerly opened 24th May 1916.

Located in the Green Market, Penzance, now the HSBC Bank