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40 Ton Granite Block transported from Penryn Quarry to Winchester for carving into Monolith for King Alfred Milenary

The Greenmarket with Lloyd's Bank dominating the centre (December 1978).

Lloyd's Bank and the Humphry Davy statue in Penzance, pictured during Christmas 1978.

Inclusion of gold. Sovereigns were still in daily use

Shows that as late as 1939 the name of Bolitho was on Barclays Cheques

Photo of Harrison Studios advertisement on the back of a postcard from the 19th century. Early photographers advertised on the back of any postcards they produced for general sale. This is a typical layout of a card from a Cornish photographer, dated…

A photo of a c. 1900 postcard (Running Repairs!) depicting an old woman repairing a boy's trousers. The work basket is lodged in the boy's wheelbarrow while granny goes into action on his trousers. Note the label torn from the end of the cotton reel…

PHOTO OF A PAINTING

Payment of £9.2.6d arrears to the Court of the Vice Warden of The Stannaries

ALFRED EVERARD being loaded from the outer conveyor in Newlyn.

The car park at Truro County Hall, full of cars (1976).

Truro County Hall in 1976.