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JDC 275.tif
Before the harbour road was built in 1908. You can see the cart tracks heading along to Newlyn Slip which was the main thoroughfare, only accessible when the tide was out. Mounts Bay lugger aground on the beach. Fishing nets laid out to dry.

JDC 274.tif
Old loft building, right hand side of Newlyn Coombe Road. Coombe River is below to the right.
About 200yds from the village above St Peter's Church.

JDC 273.tif
Cottages behind are Florence Place. Over the bridge to the right leads to Tolcarne. Image is much the same now.

JDC 272.jpg
Later view of JDC 271. Building near the old bridge now rebuilt with shops below. Flooded by very high tides coming from the slipway on the right. Newlyn Bridge bus stop at the railings in foreground.

JDC 271.jpg
Tall granite building near the old bridge. Replaced in 1906 after fire. Was Carters house and bakery. Restored and now houses Warrens Bakery and Lenterns butchers shop. Small buildings extreme left now the Newlyn chemist shop.

JDC 270.tif
View from St Peters Hill near Lynn Terrace across the bay to the Battery Rocks and the Eastern shore. Mounts Bay Luggers anchored. Street -an-Nowan continues down and left to Duke street. Both sections were nicknamed Breakneck Street because of the…

JDC 269.tif
Approach to the Newlyn Road bridge and junction with Chywoone Hill (straight on) and right to Newlyn Coombe. See the garden railings around the house on the right. These were removed for the WW2 war effort.

JDC 268.tif
Sometimes reffered to as the Strand, similar area to JDC 267. Cottages central left have now gone and now area is Newlyn car park.
Tall building right, replaces Carters bakery building which burnt down in 1906. Near junction with Newlyn Road bridge…

JDC 267.tif
Shows entrance to Jack Lane. This was once the main thoroughfare from Penzance going up Chywoone Hill (Paul Hill) before the construction of the New Road and road bridge in 1883. Cottages to extreme right were demolished and now form part of…
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