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Woman mending pilchard net. Exact location unknown, possibly Newlyn Town.

Newlyn fishwives and their wicker baskets, called Cowals, congregate near the entrance to the North Pier near the Newlyn Post Office (then the Coastguard building also now at the back of the Newlyn harbour offices).

Area is the Strand, Street-an-Nowan, showing a weigh bridge far left bottom, now discontinued. Buildings left to right are part of Chigwins Grocery Shop (now the Chinese takeaway), then The Swordfish Inn (previously the Union), then the Newlyn Co-op…

End of the railings is where the Mousehole bus from Penzance stops. All white buildings in the centre are gone. Now this is Newlyn car park, not to be confused with the other car park at St Peter's Hill, Newlyn Town. Note: the road looks as if there…

Postcard. 138mm x 87mm. No stamp, postmark, address or message. Published by Paul Bros, Morrab Studio, Penzance. Sepia image of the Sailors' Institute which was opened in 1908. The image was taken before the building of Taylor's Garage in 1936.

Postcard. 139mm x 90mm. 1d postage. Postmarked Penzance, 4th October 1923. No publisher information. Serial number 87392. Addressed to Miss M Mitchell, Cadgwith from D. Colourised photograph of the war memorial from the Promenade before the building…