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Street Scene of Obby Oss Dance
A Padstow street scene of the Obby Oss dance with bands and the May Pole, in 1982.
Flora Day children's 10am Dance
Helston Furry Dance at Flora Day, 1982. The children's 10am dance rounds the corner into Wendron Street.
Helston Town Band Big Bass Drum
The Big Bass Drum of Helston Town Band pictured with Helston Mayor on Flora Day in 1982. Helston Town Band is divided into two sections and augmented for some of the big Dances when the numbers may tail back for a hundred yards or more.
Memorial to Sir Francis Basset Died 1835 Tehidy
The Bassett Memorial, built at the summit of Carn Brea Hill, between Camborne and Redruth, in memory of the Bassett families who owned and controlled vast mineral-recovery areas in Cornwall in the 19th century. From this vantage point, the remains of…
Top Chamber East Pool Pumping Engine
Top Chamber on the day East Pool closed in 1954. Engine built by Harveys of Hayle 1892 with a 52 ton beam or "bob". William Jelbart helped to build the engine in 1892
Levant Surface Complex before Pendeen Lighthouse
An early photograph of Levant Mine before the 1899 construction of Pendeen Lighthouse.
Tin Streaming Workers Overshot Water Wheel
Bill Semmens, Will Nicholls, Jim Nicholls, John Williams, B J Keast The power to work the tin Buddle was by a pony trap wheel & "bully beef" tins created the driving power when filled with water. Boys wages 7/6d per week.
Miners posing at Dolcoath with Candles
Note bunches of candles being carried for work underground.
Levant Surveying with Theodolite on Surface
Men surveying on the surface at Levant Mine, with a theodolite.
Ruins of Levant Buildings
The ruins of Levant Mine, showing Headgear engine house.
Shovelling Refined Arsenic into Grinding Mill
White Arsenic
Horse Whim to raise & lower Skip at Geevor Shaft
Horse-drawn 'whim' or winding drum at Geevor tin mine at Pendeen, near St Just. These were commonly used in Cornwall's mines until the early 20th century when they were replaced by steam engines. Traces of the circular cobbled or flagged tracks can…
Horse & Jingle in 144" Pumping Engine Cylinder
A horse and jingle (a loosely sprung, two-wheeled, roofed carriage, usually used as a hackney coach), pictured in a 12-foot pumping engine cylinder in Hayle. This was a pumping engine cylinder for the Cruquius steam pumping station in Holland, which…
Lancashire Type Boiler pulled by 10 Horses
Boiler being hauled to Dolcoath by 10 horses in the days before traction engines.