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Redruth Gladiator Organ Clubs 52 Key Verbeck
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Redruth (Cornwall) Gladiator Club's 52-key Verbeeck fairground organ purchased from Pontefract, Yorkshire, in 1985 and incorporated into a rebuilt box body onto a lorry chassis by its present owners. They later toured…
Redruth (Cornwall) Gladiator Club's 52-key Verbeeck fairground organ purchased from Pontefract, Yorkshire, in 1985 and incorporated into a rebuilt box body onto a lorry chassis by its present owners. They later toured…
Stithians 100th Show Animals & Fair
Stithians 100th Show, animals and fair. Photo of a photo.
Presentation of Cheque at Fair 3 Men
Three men standing in front of Steven Rowland's Mini Waltzer, with one presenting a cheque to another.
Jimmy Trezise and his Steam Engine Paintings
Jimmy Trezise, Penzance, barber, with some of the steam engines he has painted over the years. PREVREF 1958 Exhibited at a Steam Nostalgia Show1870-1934.
GW Railway Bus collecting Mail Postman Donkeycrt, 1911
Ruan Minor Cross Roads
Model Yachts Porthgwarra Fowling Pool Good Friday
Originally used to decoy wildfowl, Porthgwarra Fowling Pool on the clifftop near Tol Pedn (more generally known as Gwennap Head) Coastguard Station, was cleaned out and used as a model yacht pool in the 1960s. Here, Good Friday was a prominent date.
Model Yachts on Hellesveor Pool Good Friday
Hellesveor Pool, St Ives. On the western outskirts of the town, at the junction of the Nancledra and Zennor Roads, this was a well-known Good Friday boat-sailing venue.
Pre-folded Edward VII Christmas Card 1/2p Post
Photo of a postcard featuring three children and a snowman in a snowy scene with the inscription, 'A merry Christmas'. Folded cards as we know them now did not emerge until the 1920s-'30s. This card, carrying a King Edward VII green half-penny stamp…
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…
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.