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

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.

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…

A group of women by the bandstand in Morrab Gardens. Floral display 'Inner Wheel, Penzance, ~~1935-1985.
Back row L to R: Gwen Oren, Vi Tresidder, Morfydd Harden, Beth Laity
Mid row: Margaret Bason, Jo Goldburm, Joan James, Sybil Eddy, Nesta Rolfe,…

Light Infantry Regimental Association, West Cornwall Branch. A group of veterans wearing medals on the steps of St John's Hall. Including: Peter Michell, 2nd row, second from the left and Peter Tresidder, centre front row.

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.

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 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.

This studio portrait was in a broken frame with an inscription on the back which appears to say Christmas / New Year 1906. See file M.3101A

A view of the Jubilee Pool without water or people

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

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

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.

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

The PZ Gallery, Coinage Street, Penzance, was housed in the former Taylors Garage. Built in 1938 the art deco building was demolished in 2025 to make way for a housing development. Charlie Roff (1952-2017) an internationally renowned photographer…

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.

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…