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Newquay Harbour showing tunnel to harbour

The vessel on the right is "Emma" of Bridgwater. The ship in the centre is "Hetty" built by Cornish shipwright John Stephens of Devoran in 1878. She was decommissioned in 1938. P L 281.

Cropped version of M.804

Newquay Harbour. The right-hand ships are "Emma" & "Hetty" (P L 206).

Harbour P L 280.

Image of Newquay Headland

Early image of Newquay Island:Purpose: The bridge was built to provide access to a summer house on the island, with some reports suggesting it was commissioned by Victorian novelist Hall Caine.
Construction: The original design featured lattice…

SS Blue Jacket ran around at longships.
Following account taken from Penwith Local History GroupThe last cargo of the long passage – railway sleepers from Danzig – is safely landed at Plymouth. It should be an easy trip for the Blue Jacket, round…

Portrait Nigel Brockman mechanic on the Solomon Brown lost in the Penlee Lifeboat disaster 19.12.1981.

Nina Vague (nee Bottrell) pointing to herself, age 3, in a photograph by Harry Penhaul. An exhibition of his photographic work was shown at Penlee House in 2026. The photograph shows a group of ABC Minors outside the Ritz Cinema, Penzance in 1957.…

copy of record of Baptism Norman Garstin Garstin box 7 Item no 1651/6.

North Cliffs. , Camborne

View across from the North Pier Newlyn towards the Fish Market and beyond to the Strand area and Street an Nowan.
In the foreground , Stevenson's fishing boats. Boy David 90 ft. wooden trawler ,later sunk after hitting the Bucks rocks near Tater Dhu…

North Street Top of Causewayhead looking down unmade road Penzance. c1900.. Barbers shop on right grocers on left

Looking down

On March 4th 1932, the steamer Ocklinge was lost in the same place as the French Collier Gap, as there seemed no reason of weather or visibility for her to have got so far off course.

She had been towed into Falmouth early the same day by the…

Penzance Old Battery Square 'slums',now entirely demolished for the New Battery road and St. Anthonys Gardens. Gibson. Also a Letter from the Borough Surveyor to 'The Daily Sketch" and a cutting from 'The Cornish Evening Tidings.' referring to the…

Capstan winch in Pemberth cove

Old Cattle Trough Cattle Market Penzance signpost to Clarence Street & Clarence Place.