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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…

Hayle Harbour Regatta.

The front of the Hea-moor Post Office with the post master Mr Spinks standing outside.
Two stamp machines and a post box are set into the window panes. A White Telephone box is standing outside .

Hea Corner , Heamoor Penzance.

The sign reads:

First line: J. Woolcock (?)
Second line: Pony Jingles & Tractors
Third line: Illegible
Fourth line: (first word/s partially obscured) Firewood

Helford Creek

Helford Passage

Helicopter over ship in difficulty O P 61.

The ball has their nickname written on it, "All Blues".

Roundabouts, fun fair, modern circus.

Henry Jenner , Portrait.

Higher Faugan House, Paul Hill, House of Stanhope Forbes.
Article regarding the burgalry and attack of Maude Forbes.

Hitchens House built 1709
Rebuilt as The 'Alms House' and often known as 'The Gift House" in Paul Village near Penzance

The only visible wreckage on the Doom Bar is the bottom tanks and plating of the minelayer HMS Medea, wrecked on January 28th 1939 during the hurricane which destroyed the Glasgow Collier Winston near Zennor. The 540-ton Medea, launched in 1915 by…

Royal Navy’s First Diesel Powered Sub Launched 105 Years Ago Today

On 16th May 1908 HMS D1, the first of the D Class Submarines of the Royal Navy was launched. The photo above, taken by Stephen Cribb, shows the D1 moored in Portsmouth harbour…

HMS Diomedes anchored in Mounts Bay

HMS Warspite was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. Completed during the First World War in 1915, she was assigned to the Grand Fleet and participated in the Battle of Jutland. Other than…

HMS Wave broke her moorings in a storm in the early morning hours of 30th September 1952. The crew were evacuated by breeches buoy.

HMS Wave broke her moorings in a storm in the early morning hours of 30th September 1952. The crew were evacuated by breeches buoy.