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War Memorial and St. Michael's Mount, Penzance
View at the eastern end of the Promenade Penzance, the area in the foreground is now the site of the Jubilee Pool
Penzance from Newlyn
Overview Newlyn to Penzance across the bay.
With a hand written message in ink to the reverse of the card to a recipient in Redcar
With a hand written message in ink to the reverse of the card to a recipient in Redcar
Trereiffe Avenue, Penzance
View looking in a westerly direction
Untitled, Mount's Bay Luggers
A romantic Moonlight scene of Mount's Bay Luggers off Penzance with St. Michael's Mount in the background.
With a hand written message in ink to the reverse of the card to a recipient in Redruth
With a hand written message in ink to the reverse of the card to a recipient in Redruth
Rough Seas, Penzance
View from the Harbour area
Marazion, St. Michael's Mount, by Moonlight
A romantic sepia style view actually taken from the Bolitho Gardens, Penzance, not Marazion
A Cornish Fishwife
A study of a typical Cornish Fishwife in traditional working clothes on Market Jew Street, Penzance. The Humphrey Davy Statue is featured in the background
Penzance Harbour pre Wharf Road & Ross Bridge 1870
The boats 20 PZ 24 PZ can be identified.
Penzance fishing fleet in harbour before the construction of Wharf Road 1880
The boat 168 PZ can be identified (note the reversal of the boat identification - this would now be PZ 168).
Lloyds Bank & Humphry Davy Statue Christmas Day. 1978
Lloyd's Bank and the Humphry Davy statue in Penzance, pictured during Christmas 1978.
Damage on Penzance promenade after storm of March 1962.
Damage on Penzance promenade after Ash Wednesday storm of March 1962.
Railway Engine & Trucks on Penzance Viaduct
Penzance Viaduct the lowest built by Brunel being 15ft above High Water. Suffered storm damage many times & was replaced by Granite Embankment in 1920s
Graffiti on Wall in Morrab Place
'Hip Hop' graffiti on a wall in Morrab Place (March 1985)
Hawkes Farm in Penzance prepared ready for thatching
Hawkes Farm on Alverton Road in Penzance prepared for thatching.
Bodillys Flour Mill Built 1874 Being Demolished
Bodilly's flour mill being demolished in Wherrytown in 1920.
Spectators at Fire of Cafe Marina Hot Sea Water
Spectators on foot and on bicycles at the scene of the fire at Cafe Marina in Penzance (Wherrytown) on 14 June 1935.
Egyptian House built in 1830
One of two surviving relics in Britain of an architectural "frolic" inspired by Napoleon's Near East Campaign. Built in 1830, it was restored by the National Trust 1973 at a cost of £18,000.
Steel Engraving of Penzance and Newlyn
Photo of a steel engraving of Penzance and Newlyn. The steeple is the Chapel of Our Lady, later replaced by St Mary's Church.