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Zennor Church. Grid reference, SW 4547 3851
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A postcard featuring a drawing by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827) depicting a circular railway laid down by Richard Trevithick in 1808 on a site which is now Torrington Square, near Euston Station. The locomotive was designed by Trevithick and called…

Statue of Richard Trevithick.

A photo of an oil painting by John Linnell of Richard Trevithick, the 'Cornish Giant'. He was said to be over 6-feet tall with a powerful build. Like many, he did not shine academically at school but developed a broad practical knowledge of steam…

Team of oxen working on Bodrugan Farm at Portmellon near Mevagissey, with the beach in the background.

Bodrugan Farm PREVREF 2199 duplicate

An oxen being shod. Date and location unknown. Photo purchased at auction in a collection of rural subjects in 1934. Note the steel strips in the foreground, typical 'stock' to be found at the threshold of most village smithies of the period. Thought…

Bullock plough at work. Date and location unknown. Photo purchased at auction in a collection of rural subjects in 1934.

Oxen at work. Turn of the century (1900) harvest scene. Date and location unknown. Photo purchased at auction in a collection of rural subjects in 1934.

An oxen being shod. Date and location unknown. Photo purchased at auction in a collection of rural subjects in 1934. Note the steel strips in the foreground, typical 'stock' to be found at the threshold of most village smithies of the period. Thought…

Taken at Stetten on the Swiss-German border. Not a superb photograph but it may be useful. The land here is in narrow strips as when the owner dies his land is divided among his children. A daughter with land is much sought-after as a…

Man in hat resting or sleeping leaning against ox cart with two oxen and several chickens.

Bodrugan Farm

From a drawing by Thomas Rowlandson (175601827), showing oxen with their wagon waiting to be loaded, people sitting near hayricks and trees and hills in the background. PREVREF 2190 duplicate

Richard Angove is in photo

Copy of postcard

PREVREF 2184 & 2186 duplicates

A photograph of a photograph of two women preparing for a major firework show at Standard Fireworks. (In 1988, Standard Fireworks was purchased by Black Cat Fireworks which brought an end to UK production. The Huddersfield site now houses the UK…

A photo of a 1985 newspaper article about Brock's Fireworks, depicting a woman stocktaking at the factory in 1960 above the heading 'Harry's Crackers: Ten generations on, there's still a Brock lighting up the sky each Guy Fawkes Day. Jenny Nisbet…

A selection of Standard Fireworks sky rockets and sparklers ready for the Guy Fawkes celebrations. Firework firms also make various distress rockets and flares for maritime and other emergency purposes. (In 1988, Standard Fireworks was purchased by…