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The 162 ton transformer was bound for an electricity sub-station in Indian Queens.

1971 Mounts Bay Open Bowling Tournament winners pictured on the green at Penlee Bowling Club, where the finals were held.
Standing 3rd left George Richards, 4th left Johnny Blewett, 4th right Dick Cattran, 2nd right Geoff Abbott, 1st right Jack…

Penlee Bowling Club "A" team 1971
Cornwall County Champions, winners of the Nicholl Cup
Standing: W. Payne, John R. Johns, F.C. James, R. Quick, H. Roberts, G. Madden, F.H. Tonkin, Jack F. Stafford, Fred W. Day, R. Nicholls, Bron S. Tonkin
Seated:…

A 162 ton transformer being transported to an electricity sub-station in Indian Queens. It was brought into Penzance by boat, and a dummy run of the journey through Penzance town centre was held 18 months in advance.

Rugby football match at Mennaye Field, Penzance, featuring Penzance Pirates. Houses on Larrigan Road behind the goalposts, and allotments wall can be seen in the background.

Whole school photograph of West Cornwall School.
Label on reverse states " West Cornwall School, c1930,
Jean Rogers. sat front row, 3rd from L, RH section"
Identified by descendant April Arnatt.

Line-out in a Rugby football match at Mennaye Field, Penzance, featuring Penzance Pirates. Photograph taken from the stand, roof can be seen in top left corner.

Rugby match featuring RFC Penzance Pirates at Mennaye Field, Penzance. Mennaye Cottage and allotments can be seen in the background.

Four men and a woman sitting on wooden seat in front of a granite wall. The man in the middle has been identified as Richard Payne Rowe, retired fisherman, by his descendant April Arnatt. On the reverse it is annotated "Mousehole 1940s Dicky Payne…

Staff of J.C. Rogers Butchers, 37 Market Jew Street, Penzance. Labelled on back of photograph "L - R: Sid Dunn, Pam ?, John Rogers. John Charles Rogers opened a Provisions Merchants and butchers shop at 43 Causewayhead, Penzance in the late 19th…

6 women and 5 men at touch football game, Penzance rugby field, dated March 1944. Men are all in uniform.
They are named on the back of photograph:
"L to R standing: Jean Richards, Ray O'Connel, Heather Williams, Ivy, Stan Zajah (?), Kay, Earnie…

William James Rogers,(1889-1954), with knife in hand, probably at his shop in Market Jew Street, Penzance. His father John Charles Rogers opened a Provisions Merchants and butchers shop at 43 Causewayhead, Penzance in the late 19th century. A second…

Studio portrait of William James Rogers, (1889-1954). On the right is an unknown man with a bulldog.
His father John Charles Rogers opened a Provisions Merchants and butchers shop at 43 Causewayhead, Penzance in the late 19th century. A second shop…

Studio portrait of William James Rogers, (1889-1954).
His father John Charles Rogers opened a Provisions Merchants and butchers shop at 43 Causewayhead, Penzance in the late 19th century. A second shop was opened at 37 Market Jew Street soon after. …

Window display of Cee Roy Margarine in Rogers, butchers shop, 37 Market Jew Street, Penzance. A boy is standing to the left of the door and produce, including the margarine, plus joints of meat and sausages, are displayed in the window. John Charles…

John Charles Rogers opened a Provisions Merchants shop at 43 Causewayhead, Penzance in the late 19th century. A second shop was opened at 37 Market Jew Street soon after. His son William, and grandson John, continued the business until it closed in…

Penzance Wheelers Cycle Club, photographed at Robinson's Cafe. Jean Richards identified, top left, one of three females. Her father Morley Richards was Club President at the time.

Group of about eighty people on a pleasure boat called "Mapledurham." The "Mapledurham" operated trips along the Thames from 1927. Part of a collection photographs featuring the Richards and Rogers families from Penzance. John Charles Rogers is…

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 between the World Wars. They stayed in a converted single-decker bus and took part in all the…

Group of about fifteen children sitting in front of chalets at Hayle Towans, none identified. 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…