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St Ives Lifeboat Jane & E Skitch wrecked at Godrevy 1938. from Richards Album

Light cruiser R.N. Diomedes having seen considerable Service between 1939-1945 whilst on the way to the scrap yard had drifted onto a reef off Larrigan beach Penzance whilst sheltering in the Bay. 08.05.1946.. refloated and continued journey to…

Interior of old building during renovation showing 1960s tiled fireplace with old fireplace lintels behind.

From the old pier looking across Fore Street. On the left is the old slipway leading down to the beach below the Red Lion Inn. There is an old ships life boat, partly submerged, in view.

View across from the North Pier Newlyn towards the Fish Market and beyond to the Strand area and Street an Nowan.
In the foreground , Stevenson's fishing boats. Boy David 90 ft. wooden trawler ,later sunk after hitting the Bucks rocks near Tater Dhu…

A double image of a painting ,artist hardly visible, of a Schooner in full sail with a pennant reading Lady Agnes. inset is the Figurehead against a walled background ,possibly a garden with a nameplate reading Lady Agnes

Parodi's store was an Italian Fish firm and agents for Pilchard export to Italy. The focus of the photo is Parodi's Store , Newlyn. situated below 'the Narrows' section of Fore St. leading to Mousehole . The Store once housed the fish tanks.
The…

Ash Wednesday Storm. More than 100 families left their homes as fishing boats were flung into the streets and blocks of granite, weighing up to four tons were dislodged from the sea walls

Ash Wednesday Storm 62

Note elaborate working uniform

The long Bar, Railway Hotel, Penzance

The cafe Marina, Penzance after the serious fire in 1935. The cottages visible on the right are the Steven's Serpentine Works cottages.

Dinghy's Hotel Alexandra Road, Penzance.
Now The Beachfield Hotel.
Caption reads "Russian cannon & Coastguard Station on the left; the cottages (known as the Rookery) on the right".

Morrab road, Penzance,
Carriage serpentine works, Photographic studio of Vaughan Paul,
Unfortunately Vaughan Paul's Glass Negatives were recycled as Green-house panes in the 1950s

The bottom of Market Jew Street.
From the Railway Hotel