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Group of people attending a meal

Photograph of the prize winners at Lescudjack School Speech Day.
N.B. The large picture on the right of the Kugelbake, (a historic beacon) situated in Cuxhaven, Germany. Penzance is twinned with Cuxhaven

Two young men holding their Certificates of Secondary Education. The one on the left is holding Roy Jenkins book on Asquith (published in 1986). They also appear in the back row of M.3092, a photograph of the prizewinners at Lescudjack School…

Four members of Penzance Bowling Club with a trophy. The Club is situated at Redinnick, near the Promenade and in the background you can see St. Mary's School and the tower of the Pavilion. (see also M.3095)

Four members of Penzance Bowling Club pictured with the Captain's Shield. The Club is situated at Redinnick, Penzance. Houses and part of the roof of St. Mary's School can be seen in the background.

Page of photographs of Ritz Cinema staff, including Archibald Quilter, (manager) and Dudley Savage, (organist)
plus photographs of three usherettes and a doorman. A photograph at the bottom shows a huge queue of people waiting to see "The African…

Dudley Savage (1920-2008) was a well-known organist. He was born in Gulval and became one of the youngest cinema organists the 1930s, playing at the Ritz, Penzance before moving to Plymouth in the late 1930s. The 1936 Compton Electron organ was the…

Archibald Durrant Quilter (1899 - 1986) was the manager of the Ritz for over 25 years during the heyday of the cinema. Throughout that time the cinema changed from a successful and bustling venue, before being taken over by Mecca Ltd. After Mr…

Mr Quilter was the manager of the Ritz Cinema, Penzance for over 25 years. This image would be towards the end of his career in the early 1960s.
See also M.3104 for additional information.

Smartly dressed usherettes from the Ritz Cinema, Penzance. Left to right: Rosie Cottrell, Marjorie Blewett and Laura (Nicholls?)

Doorman from the Ritz Cinema, Penzance, in his uniform, walking up Market Jew Street. Woolworth's can be seen in the background across the road.

Large queue for "The African Queen" at the Ritz Cinema, Penzance, which was released in 1951.

The Art Deco Yacht Inn, Green Street, was built in 1936 and designed by Colin Minors Drewitt. See the former Yacht Inn: BUILD 7HG 090

A page from a scrapbook belonging to Nina Vague, (nee Bottrell) including a wedding photograph of Leonora and Walter Trehair. Leonora worked at the Ritz Cinema in Penzance, eventually becoming its manageress in the mid 1960s.

A page from a scrapbook about the history of the Ritz Cinema, Penzance, belonging to Nina Vague. The page comprises of information and photographs of Archibald Quilter and Leonora Trehair, who worked at the cinema together for many years during the…

A page from a scrapbook about the Ritz Cinema, Penzance, belonging to Nina Vague. (nee Bottrell) On the left are photographs of the cinema staff, with close-ups of Nina's mother Rosie Bottrell, and aunt Nora Trehair, to the right.

Group photograph of Ritz Cinema staff outside the cinema in Queen Street, Penzance, possibly on a staff outing, as no-one is dressed in uniform. The following have been identified:
Back row - 3rd from left is Archibald Quilter, manager.
Middle row…

Staff photograph, possibly on an outing, as all are in casual clothes. They are posing in front of the Ritz cinema and a bus. Nora Trehair, the assistant manageress, is sitting in the centre, with a white-collared dress and a flower buttonhole.

Mr W Prodgers, District Manager, presenting Rosie Bottrell, usherette and cleaner, with an award, other staff looking on.