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The Turner family home

The Turner family home.

The Turner family home.

Overview.
With a hand written message in ink to the reverse of the postcard to a recipient in Wincanton, Somerset

The First and Last Inn Land's End 19th century Engraving By J P Vibert Positive Trans.

From an old print

Early photograph commonly known as the First and Last House

Located at the bottom of Church Street, Newlyn Town, near the Red Lion Inn. This was a popular meeting place for aged retired fishermen, the building is now a private dwelling

At low tide. Fish jousters with their donkey carts wait on the beach, now the site of the Harbour Offices. Horse and carts transporting goods to Newlyn Town would need to cross here from right to left at low tide until the Harbour Road was built in…

Pier is Grade 2-listed, built before 1435. Longline fish baskets and longlines are in view. The distant view is across to the fish market and ice works. At low tide all vessels are aground.

The view is looking forward along the route of the later harbour road (built 1908). The tall building to the right is still there and the building central left is the Norway Ice Store (aka the Old Ice Store) and the entrance to the Fradgan right.
It…

The site of the later fish market, looking across to Newlyn town before the harbour road was built in 1908. Building on the right was the Norway Ice store before the later, much bigger Iceworks built on the same site in 1907.
Ice was originally…

A view of the gardens with the fountain in the foreground and the Library building in the background.
Hand written message to the reverse of the card to a recipient in Redruth

Duplicate of N 084 but N 084 is better neg though tiny and presents problems for photographer

The Fradgan , Newlyn at the back of the Old Ice works in Street-an-Nowan. On the left, up the steps,the premises of J.C.Harvey boot and shoemaker.Opposite was a sign" A Beckerleg, another another of the numerous boot and shoemakers in both parts of…