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Penzance Cricket Team - winners of the Cornwall County Cup 1909. The members of the team are named individually.
J Brewer, SY Williams, F Whiting, JH Trevenen, BB Bennetts, CR Roberts, TD Roberts (Umpire) C Thomas, WJ Kelynack, WS Boase (Capt) W…

Shakespeare production featuring the cast of The Tempest.
Donor believes it may have been at Hayle Towans.

Information given by donor "Penzance children staying at Hayle Towans for the summer. Dressed for carnival(?) 1930s
LH Diana Uren, RH Bottom Jean Richards"
Handwritten note on reverse
"Hayle Towns, Di Uren's chalet, X = me * = Di"

Charles Rogers, standing and Morley Richards, driving. Brothers-in-law both of Penzance.

Coach trip to Gretna Green from Penzance, standing outside Old Blacksmith's Shop. On reverse handwritten note reads "Scotch Holiday with Lottie + Charly Richards, Jim + Gladys Rogers, Grandma + Grandpa" (Mary and Morley Richards) Printed by Ernest J…

Group of men in front of a cricket club pavilion, one woman in second row and policeman at the back. Two crosses marked below men in the front row. Handwritten note on reverse reads "Ravensbourne Club Sec June 27th 1925 Uncle Ted" together with an…

30 men in a truck or open top charabanc. Includes Morley Richards, nearest camera third row above the x.
Information on reverse reads "charabanc, possibly Penzance Football team or Wheelers, includes Morley Richards nearest camera 3rd row x"

View from Cape Cornwall

Early image of Porthhallow

Anyone looking for something a bit out of the ordinary on the weekend of 30/31 March 1930 got a bit of a treat at Porth Nanven. Washed ashore on Saturday 30th was the British World War One submarine L1. The Cornishman reported that the vessel was…

Cadgwith

Cadgwith

Double Fronted House - Location TBD

St Michael's Mount Causeway

St Michael's Mount

St Michael's Mount from Perranuthnoe

St Michaels Mount

Capsized Submarine off Cape Cornwall. Thought to be British L1 that sunk while being towed

Manacles at the Lizard

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