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St Levan School Group. Names on photo back
St Levan School group photo
Surface Workers Refining Tin St Ives Consols
St Ives Consols showing children at work.
Children were often employed on refining stages, sometimes working in water with bare feet. Their ages ranged from about seven or eight to 12 or 13. Their pay would have been from 1d to 2d on starting,…
Children were often employed on refining stages, sometimes working in water with bare feet. Their ages ranged from about seven or eight to 12 or 13. Their pay would have been from 1d to 2d on starting,…
Treworveneth Street
Halfway up street, thatched bakehouse, at right site of infants school, children in street
Two Young Boys with Dinky Toy Models Buses Lorry
Two young boys with Dinky Toy models of buses and lorries.
Victorian Child & Model of Mounts Bay Lugger
A Victorian youngster proudly presents his home-made model of a Mount's Bay lugger (a Cornish fishing boat of the period), as some of the same rig can be seen in the background.
Victorian Children playing See-Saw
Victorian children with their pet Jack Russell terrier enjoy a ride on a simple seesaw balanced on a sawn-off tree trunk.