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Collecting Seaweed with Horse & Cart Porthcurno
Photo of painting of horse and cart collecting seaweed at Porthcurno
Horse team hauling Newquay lifeboat back up from the beach
Horse team hauling Newquay lifeboat back up the beach road after practice launching. Note men on either side with shovels having spread ashes in the route.
Two Horse-drawn China Clay Wagons Coal Store
A typical scene of china clay wagons, their contents being loaded onto trucks at the St Austell terminus of the Pentewan Railway for onward transmission to the port for shipment. The section of the railway track was lifted in 1916, but some remains…
Loading China Clay from Carts & Chute to Ship
A copy of a postcard depicting the loading of china clay from cars and chute to a ship in Charlestown Harbour, St Austell.
Carclaze China Clay Drying Sheds Horses Wagons
Carclaze china clay drying sheds with wagons and horses.
Three Horse 1920s Albion Reaper at work
1970 recreation of a 1920s scene. Typical horse-drawn binding reaper. The bound sheaves were collected and up-ended to dry out in 'shooks' of about a dozen sheaves. Part of a row can be seen on the right of the photograph. One sheaf has just been…
Three Horses & Reaper wait during croust break
1920s Albion binding reaper scene recreated in 1970. Sovereign, Baron and Prince wait with their 1920s Albion binding reaper while 'croust' is served by Diana Flowers.
Horse-drawn Jersey Car & Passengers departs Penzance, 1920
Bound for Logan Rock & Lands End
Three Horse Plough & Ploughman
Typical horse-ploughing scene.
PREVREF 2161 duplicate
PREVREF 2161 duplicate
Mare & Foal with Richard Hoskin and Amanda Williams
Mare named Margaret at Devonshire Horse Centre
Sam Pinney aged two leading two horses
Sam Pinney aged two leading two horses
Newquay lifeboat being hauled in on Lifeboat Day
Newquay lifeboat being hauled on Lifeboat Day.
Horse-drawn Lifeboat in Street with Spectators
Horse-drawn lifeboat in street with spectators.
Decorated Horse 146 Bells 700 Brasses 4.5 cwt
John the horse owned by Mr Rowe of St Austell is seven years old. Here he carries 4 1/2 cwt of harness including 146 bells and 700 pieces of brasswork. PREVREF 2127 duplicate
Cultivator or Scuffler hauled by three Horses
Typical late-afternoon scene in almost any Cornish scene in the 1920s or '30s. The machine is a cultivator, known all over Cornwall as a 'scuffler'. The height of the tines is adjustable through the handle on the driver's right.
Clod Crusher hauled by three Horses
A horse-hauled clod crusher used for cultivation (used from about 1900), A typical country scene in Cornwall.
Loading China Clay from Horse & Cart onto Ship
Loading china clay from a horse and cart onto a ship in Penzance.
St Buryan Church with Two Carriages Pulled by Horses, Full of People
St Buryan Church, pictured with two horse-carriages in front, both full of people. Sign on the right side for St Buryan Hotel. (Photo donated by E. Richards, 6/7/1980)
Nine Horses tow Showman Engine to Paddington, 1922
Engine had been to Smithfield Show & was on way to Exeter by rail for delivery to Anderton & Rowland PREVREF 2153 duplicate