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The Children's Dance on Helston Flora Day, 1970

James and Honor Stevens. (Refer to A Cornish Farmer's Diary, edited by P.A.S. Pool)

St Levan Cricket Club

Tol Pedn (Gwennap Head) Life-Saving Company pictured at the doors of the Roskestal wagon shed.

Duplicate of PEOP 8.008

Note concrete smuggler on roof on the look-out for Excisemen. Conversion of two old Cottages into Admiral Benbow Restaurant by Roland Morris.

Possibly a touched up photograph or a photograph of a drawing showing the typical 'open heart' of a Cornish kitchen in the 19th century.

Richards Photograph. The Ross Bridge at Wharf Road was placed in position 1881; it was second-hand railway turntable. The bridge was replaced on 9 Apr 1981. This photo shows a full rigged ship in the harbour, a steam roller and a horse and cart on…

Caerhays Castle, designed by architect John Nash; redesigned and rebuilt in 1807. It was originally the seat of the Trevanion family, going back to the Middle Ages.

Punch and Judy: One of the earliest road shows and still a firm favourite with children. Here Mum waits with sandwiches whilst the fascinated youngsters are enchanted by Dan Bishop's show on the beach at Sennen Cove near Land's End.

Pavilion in unidentified garden.

Ground Floor at Parkandillick showing levers and trip latches. Photo by Engish China Clay No.5198.

Boiler being hauled to Dolcoath by 10 horses in the days before traction engines.

A horse and jingle (a loosely sprung, two-wheeled, roofed carriage, usually used as a hackney coach), pictured in a 12-foot pumping engine cylinder in Hayle. This was a pumping engine cylinder for the Cruquius steam pumping station in Holland, which…

Horse-drawn 'whim' or winding drum at Geevor tin mine at Pendeen, near St Just. These were commonly used in Cornwall's mines until the early 20th century when they were replaced by steam engines. Traces of the circular cobbled or flagged tracks can…

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