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Street view with Eiffel Tower in background

Paris Avenue

The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel is a triumphal arch in Paris, located in the Place du Carrousel. It is an example of Neoclassical architecture in the Corinthian order. It was built between 1806 and 1808 to commemorate Napoleon's military victories…

The top photograph is a view of St Buryan Church
The bottom photograph is a view of Sennen Cove and the coastline looking down from a footpath on the cliff.

St Buryan Church: Grid reference, SW 4092 2572
For further information see Historic…

Page of three photographs, the top one being of the First & Last House in England, Lands End. The photo shows 4 people outside the building and a lady looking our of the doorway. The sign on the side of the building reads First & Last Refreshment…

A page of three photographs. The larger photo at the top is a view of Penzance taken from Newlyn ( Paul Hill). A group of three are walking on the hill.
Below is a view of the bay taken from Pembroke Lodge in Newlyn. Two lads are sitting on the…

View of a large section of the quarry with a steam train and houses on the horizon.

6 workers in the quarry. No safety clothing. Buildingin the background.

Two photographs of Penzance. The first is a view of the harbour and town from the area known as Lescudjack. St. Mary's Church can be seen beyond the harbour.
The second photograph is a view of Market Jew Street looking towards the Market House. …

Stacked slate, work sheds and other buildings on the horizon. Worker in the foreground in cloth cap and waistcoat.

View inside shed

View inside shed with train track and truck

Taken outside Towednack vicarage where he ministered from 1932-1935.
He was born 8 Nov. 1884 at St. Columb, the son of Richard William Jolly, a tin miner, and Ethelberta Menear.
In 1901 he was a trimmer in the clay works. By 1911 we see him…

Invited to be a Cornish Baird.

On the lawn at Towednack vicarage 1935

Showing the shop of Thomas Osborne. Grocer and Draper.
He was there in 1901, unmarried, and again in 1911.
By 1921 he had left the shop.

With Thomasine Jolly (nee Nicholls)