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Damage to South Pier Penzance
2nd April 1960.

Queen Street, looking up towards Queen's Square

Chyandour Place, Penzance.

Excavation of site for Drift Dam.
Annotated "2 curyd(?) Concrete Batching Plant 8-6-59"
Note McAlpine sign on building.

.St. Clare Street. A row of cottages in a pedestrian lane

A close up of the floor tile pattern at the corner of the path at the Old Foundry Chapel in Hayle

Image is annotated "View of rock excavation on right bank 8-6-59"

GA Property Services premises, Chapel Street, Penzance

Annotated "General view of excavation, plant etc on right bank of river 8-6-59"
McAlpine signs are on the crane and concrete works.
Men are working in pit to right of the crane.
Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros, 2 Queen Street, Penzance"

This is a photograph of a photograph, the original of which was very creased and damaged.

The board at the bottom of the picture says they won 22 of their 28 games.

The ball has their nickname written on it, "All Blues".

The boys' caps are embroidered with the Cornish shield and the date 1929-30

General view of excavation annotated "View from right wing showing excavation in monolithic 7-8 8-6-59"

Large pipe in foreground balanced on wooden beam, two men in top right near lorry.

Overall view of excavation works. Man standing to right of lorry on left side.
Annotated "General view of excavation, plant etc on right bank of river 6-7-59"
Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros, 2 Queen Street, Penzance"

A close up of entryway floor tiles at the Old Foundry Chapel in Hayle.

The overall pattern is made up of white, blue, terracotta, cream and brown tiles of various shapes and sizes to make the overall pattern.
It also has patterned tiles at…