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Leaving the dock after having delivered a huge transformer destined for Indian Queens

The Knill Ceremony. The fiddler leads dancers along the plinth of the steeple in the 1976 ceremony.

The participants in the 1976 Knill Ceremony walking up the hill to the summit where the celebrations take place.

Knill Ceremony participants and accompanying visitors assemble in the forecourt of the St Ives Guildhall before proceeding to then monument for the 1976 ceremony.

Walking from St Ives Guildhall to Knill Monument.

Walking from St Ives Guildhall to Knill Monument, with fiddler leading the way.

Rocket Apparatus and Breeches Buoy in use

72ft diam x 6ft wide Waterwheel used to pump out Laxey Iron Mine Isle of Man

Photo of a photo

Boiler being hauled to Dolcoath by 10 horses in the days before traction engines.

Hotel run by Abner Grenfell - now St Buryan Inn. Union Flags on Charabanc.

The Vineries sent grapes to Buckingham Palace. Site is now Chalet Park. Before water-mains cows were driven to the pool to drink from neighbouring farms.

Grapes from Heated Greenhouses sent to Queen Victoria. Pond & Green-houses now gone

Landing a catch of mullet at Sennen Cove in the 1950s.

Hand written note on the back "Cyril Harvey, my wife and friend Lanyon Quoit. 1924"
Lanyon Quoit.
Grid reference, SW4297 3368.
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