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Posed photograph of Town Guard, some carrying rifles . It is annotated "K" Company - Section II, Lieut. S Johns, Cape.G. White'
The group possibly includes Richard James Chappell.

Barbara seated in front of sideboard and Christmas tree, dressed on long silk dress. Also wearing pearl necklace and wristwatch.

25 men sitting under awing which says: Plain ir Crean team ices, mineral waters. The small building in the background has the word Diary painted on it.

Barbara and Marjorie wobbling on unstable bridge made of three wooden slats.
Beach in background, bridge over shallow running water.

Dressed in summer dress and St Gertrude's (Penzance) school blazer

Lamorna Mouse Michael

Family at Porthgwarra

The family at Porthgwarra

Porthgwarra

Postcard of an etching of 'The Nile' . Wrecked off Godrevy Point partially responsible for a campaign to instal a lighthouse on Godrevy
Source: Wikipedia
The Nile, an iron-hulled screw steamer, was built at Dumbarton in 1850. She was first…

Lamorna on the quay

Busby left Newport on its maiden voyage for Civita Vecchia on 22 June with a cargo of 4,600 tons of coal and 26 crew. It ran aground on 24 June 1894 in thick fog. However, after the cargo was removed, and pumps installed the ship was refloated, only…

Cliffs at Lands End

Busby left Newport on its maiden voyage for Civita Vecchia on 22 June with a cargo of 4,600 tons of coal and 26 crew. It ran aground on 24 June 1894 in thick fog. However, after the cargo was removed, and pumps installed the ship was refloated, only…

The Alexander Yeats (1876) was wrecked on voyage from Savannah, USA to Devonport Dockyard, via Holyhead, with a cargo of deals and pitch pine on 25 September 1896. The ship went aground on the east side of Gurnard's Head, swinging broadside into the…

The Alexander Yeats (1876) was wrecked on voyage from Savannah, USA to Devonport Dockyard, via Holyhead, with a cargo of deals and pitch pine on 25 September 1896. The ship went aground on the east side of Gurnard's Head, swinging broadside into the…

Features Bell Leader, Birch, Benj Leader and Henry Tippett
(of Boleigh Farm)

Lingering Snows

In the early hours of 23 January 1939 there was a Force 10 storm blowing with gusts of wind at 100 miles per hour (160 km/h). A large steamship was reported to be in trouble off Cape Cornwall but the Sennen Cove lifeboat could not be launched due to…

Clive Carter´s "Cornish Shipwrecks, The North Coast" states: This wreck´s tragic story began at 2.30 am on the 22nd January 1939 when St. Just coastguard sighted a large steamer smothered by breaking seas 2 miles north of Cape Cornwall. At the time…