Humphry Davy Grammar School Football U15 XI 1961
This studio portrait was in a broken frame with an inscription on the back which appears to say Christmas / New Year 1906. See file M.3101A
A view of the Jubilee Pool without water or people
Roof tops on Marine Terrace, looking towards the Jubilee Pool
Art Deco house, Marine Terrace, Penzance
The Art Deco Yacht Inn, Green Street, was built in 1936 and designed by Colin Minors Drewitt. See the former Yacht Inn: BUILD 7HG 090
Large queue for "The African Queen" at the Ritz Cinema, Penzance, which was released in 1951.
Doorman from the Ritz Cinema, Penzance, in his uniform, walking up Market Jew Street. Woolworth's can be seen in the background across the road.
Smartly dressed usherettes from the Ritz Cinema, Penzance. Left to right: Rosie Cottrell, Marjorie Blewett and Laura (Nicholls?)
The PZ Gallery, Coinage Street, Penzance, was housed in the former Taylors Garage. Built in 1938 the art deco building was demolished in 2025 to make way for a housing development. Charlie Roff (1952-2017) an internationally renowned photographer was director of the gallery from the 1990s until his death and showed art and photography from local artists and from further afield.
Mr Quilter was the manager of the Ritz Cinema, Penzance for over 25 years. This image would be towards the end of his career in the early 1960s. See also M.3104 for additional information.
Archibald Durrant Quilter (1899 - 1986) was the manager of the Ritz for over 25 years during the heyday of the cinema. Throughout that time the cinema changed from a successful and bustling venue, before being taken over by Mecca Ltd. After Mr Quilter retired in 1964 it became a bingo hall.
Dudley Savage (1920-2008) was a well-known organist. He was born in Gulval and became one of the youngest cinema organists the 1930s, playing at the Ritz, Penzance before moving to Plymouth in the late 1930s. The 1936 Compton Electron organ was the only cinema organ in Cornwall, it would rise up from the basement in the interval.
Page of photographs of Ritz Cinema staff, including Archibald Quilter, (manager) and Dudley Savage, (organist) plus photographs of three usherettes and a doorman. A photograph at the bottom shows a huge queue of people waiting to see "The African Queen" released in 1951. The scrapbook belongs to Nina Vague, (nee Bottrell) whose aunt worked at the Ritz Cinema in Queen Street, Penzance for many years.
written on the print "Tests of 85mm lens Victoria. Victoria IV. N201/200 (bottom last 3)" Random shots of individuals and pigeons around Victoria
0113 "teenagers, August Bank Holiday, Victoria Leant Leningrad 35mm lens" 0114 "kittens ...animals Leant Leningrad
Written on the print "promicrol/Tri.X Exposure & dev. tests" "N(198)(23-26)&N(199)" self- and other portraits, street views.