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The ruins of Levant Mine, showing Headgear engine house.

Men surveying on the surface at Levant Mine, with a theodolite.

Note bunches of candles being carried for work underground.

Bill Semmens, Will Nicholls, Jim Nicholls, John Williams, B J Keast The power to work the tin Buddle was by a pony trap wheel & "bully beef" tins created the driving power when filled with water. Boys wages 7/6d per week.

Traction Engines towing a beam for 90" cylinder engine from Grenville to South Crofty

An early photograph of Levant Mine before the 1899 construction of Pendeen Lighthouse.

Top Chamber on the day East Pool closed in 1954. Engine built by Harveys of Hayle 1892 with a 52 ton beam or "bob". William Jelbart helped to build the engine in 1892

The Bassett Memorial, built at the summit of Carn Brea Hill, between Camborne and Redruth, in memory of the Bassett families who owned and controlled vast mineral-recovery areas in Cornwall in the 19th century. From this vantage point, the remains of…

The Big Bass Drum of Helston Town Band pictured with Helston Mayor on Flora Day in 1982. Helston Town Band is divided into two sections and augmented for some of the big Dances when the numbers may tail back for a hundred yards or more.

Helston Furry Dance at Flora Day, 1982. The children's 10am dance rounds the corner into Wendron Street.

A Padstow street scene of the Obby Oss dance with bands and the May Pole, in 1982.

The decorated May Pole at 'Obby 'Oss in Padstow, 1982.

An accordion band at 'Obby 'Oss in Padstow, 1982.

Is there a vet in the house? Running repairs to the 'Obby 'Oss at Padstow in 1982.

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The brass band 'The Band with the Curious Tone' returning to the Guildhall in Helston on Flora Day, 1982.

Furry Dance. The fashionable midday dance on Flora Day. Helton, 1982.