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Image of Lads Bank Penzance. Timothy Whites still on corner

Stereo photograph of a group of about 20 people in Victorian dress, most with their backs towards the camera.
This image is located in a box of glass negative slides donated by Mr Chitson. It is the only positive printed image, and very different to…

Studio portrait of Morley Richards, owner of Richards Cycle Shop, 51 Causewayhead, Penzance.
Image probably taken in Penzance.
Donated by April Arnatt, descendant.
Information from donor reads "Morley Richards (1888-1980) grew up in Penzance after…

Morley Richards standing outside his shop, 51 Causewayhead, Penzance. The building signage is "Mafeking Stores" and has the proprietor as G Green, who was still in business there in 1914. Morley became proprietor between then and 1926.
Donated by…

Morley Richards standing outside his cycle shop, 51 Causewayhead, Penzance. Toys also in the window, and possibly Christmas decorations.
Image donated by April Arnatt, descendant.
Information from donor reads "Morley Richards (1888-1980) grew up in…

Photograph of rugby team winners 1908/09, possibly Penzance club. On the ball is written "All Black 1908-9"
Morley Richards is in the back row, 4th from left.
Information from donor reads "Morley Richards (1888-1980) grew up in Penzance after…

Group photograph of Penzance Cricket Club. Label on back states location as St Clare. There appear to be tennis tramlines in the foreground. Lone woman standing in doorway in luncheon hut. Image damaged with ring mark and spatters.
Donated by April…

Information from donor reads "John Charles Rogers (1863-1928) grew up in a family of butchers, living in the St Clare area of Penzance. He dealt in cattle, bred poultry and, with his wife, Annie, opened a provisions shop at 43 Causeway Head,…

Studio Portrait probably of John (Jack Rogers) (1893-1929), son of John Rogers, butcher.
Information from donor reads "John Charles Rogers (1863-1928) grew up in a family of butchers, living in the St Clare area of Penzance. He dealt in cattle, bred…

Group of RNAS Servicemen. Image includes William James (Jim) Rogers who served in 1917-1918. The postcard was sent on 15 September 1917 from William to his brother Charles. The postcard was sent from Norwood, near Crystal Palace where RNAS was…

Group photograph including William James (Jim) Rogers of Penzance, who served in the RNAS in 1917 and 1918, and in the RAF between 1918 and 1920.
On the back is written "To Charlie, with kindest regards", this was his brother Charles.
The Rogers…

Group of family and friends at Hayle. The back is annotated "not sure, Fred + Jim, Dutch family,? Rule, Joan Greenslade, not sure."
One of a collection of holiday photos of the Richards family at Hayle Towans between the wars.

Eight children in costumes at Hayle Towans. This might have been for a carnival.
Girl (front right) identified as Jean Richards. Between the World wars the Richards family, from Penzance, decamped to Hayle Towans for the summer holidays, along with…

Titania, Oberon and Puck surrounded by fairies and imps. Girl (front right) identified as Jean Richards from Penzance.

Two girls dressed as fairies from "A Midsummer Night's Dream." They are identified as Jean Richards and Diana Uren(?) Between the World wars the Richards family, from Penzance, decamped to Hayle Towans for the summer holidays, along with many other…

Group dressed in costumes for Hayle Carnival.
Between the World wars the Richards family, from Penzance, decamped to Hayle Towans for the summer holidays, along with many other families. They stayed in a converted single-decker bus and took part in…

Group photograph of Sports Day at Hayle. From a collection of photographs of the Richards family, from Penzance, who decamped to Hayle Towans for the summer holidays, along with many other families. They stayed in a converted single-decker bus and…

Richards family and friends having a picnic at Hayle River. L-R Mrs Frank Treglowan, Millicent Treglowan, Mrs E Richards, Jim Treglowan, Jean Richards, Fred Treglowan, plus Nipper the dog.

Five teenagers and ice-cream salesman at Hayle Towans. The group includes Fred Treglowan, Jack Symons and Jean Richards. From a collection of photographs of the Richards family, from Penzance, who decamped to Hayle Towans for the summer holidays,…

Five children standing in a small dinghy at Hayle River.
They are identified as Jean Richards, Jean Mathews (Pearson), Fred and Jim Treglowan and Cousin Millicent. From a collection of photographs of the Richards family, from Penzance, who decamped…