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Image of Gwennap Head

Early Engineering workshop with belt driven machinery.
Used before electric motors became common.Lathes, shapers or milling machines are visible on the floor.

This is a photograph of an engraving that was added to the page

Pencil name indistinct

On the same page as members of the Davey family

Members of staff at the Telephone Exchange

Postcard of purple flowers with a poem and "A Bright Birthday" addressed to Master Glyn Richards, Pontlottyn. No postmark. Glyndyr was born 1913.
It reads as follows:
"To Dear little Glyndwr
from Grandma"

Woman standing by a window looking at a work sheet and holding what appears to be headphones.

Postcard showing good luck charms and a poem addressed to Mr F Richards, Pontlottyn, South Wales. It is postmarked PENZANCE and date stamped 5.30PM NO 15 11.
It reads as follows:
" Dear Fred and Lottie
Just a post card to let you know we are quite…

Two staff members sitting side by side at the switchboard at the Telephone Exchange

Annotated in pencil but not decipherable

Male member of staff sitting at a computer at the Telephone Exchange

New Year postcard depicting two robins, one holding a card with January 1 in its beak. It is addressed to Mrs F Richards (Lottie) Pontlytton, South Wales.
It is postmarked PENZANCE and date stamped 19DEC11.
It reads as follows:
"Kerris Vean
Dear…

Member of staff at the Telephone Exchange sitting at the switchboard, wrapped in a sleeping bag (see also BR.026 and BR.027). It must be around Christmas time as there are cards on top of the switchboard.

A very cold member of staff at the Telephone Exchange, sitting at the switchboard wrapped in a sleeping bag! (See also BR.026 and BR.028). She is looking at a card and there are Christmas decorations on the wall and cards onto of the switchboard,