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View looking down into working area, with men and machinery. Dam on right. Image is annotated "View of filter area, downstream of spillway 2-5-60"
Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros, Penzance"

Image is annotated "Downstream side of overflow section from right bank 2-5-60"
Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros, Penzance"

Close-up of concrete. The image is annotated "View at line 216-220 OD. of monolith 9C left side 5-8-60"
Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros Penzance"

View of construction from base. The image is annotated "View from tail bay 5-8-60" The reverse is stamped "Richards Bros, Penzance"

General view of construction and valley.
Image is annotated "View from upstream side of overflow section of dam 5-8-60"
The reverse is stamped "Richards Bros, Penzance"

View across the construction site to fields beyond. The image is annotated "View of tail bay from right bank 5-8-60" Stamped on reverse "Richards Bros, Penzance"

Men working on the shuttering on the overflow section of the dam, with no obvious safety equipment. The image is annotated "View of overview section from upstream left bank. 30-9-60" Stamped on the reverse "Richards Bros, Penzance"

View across the valley towards the work site, men working on the shuttering in the middle section. The image is annotated "View from left bank looking upstream 30-9-60"
It is stamped on the reverse "Richards Bros, Penzance"

Damage on Penzance promenade after Ash Wednesday storm of March 1962.

In the early hours of 23 January 1939 there was a Force 10 storm blowing with gusts of wind at 100 miles per hour (160 km/h). A large steamship was reported to be in trouble off Cape Cornwall but the Sennen Cove lifeboat could not be launched due to…

They were the winners of the Cornwall RFU in 1956. Beat Camborne 16-0.
Back Row L-R: Ray Burroughs, Geoff Vingoe, Cyril Rescorla, Charlie May.
Seated: Peter Michell, Jimmy Jenkins (c) Graham Paul

Children sitting talking.

Elderly Gent

Young Woman leaning on the back of a chair

Female Child

Elderly Gent

Portrait of Youngish Man

Portrait of a Man
Colour has been added

Woman sitting with Book

Young Woman by very ornate chair