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Train coming into Penzance over the wooden viaduct (best view of the collection) .

Trafalgar Day Procession passing Madron Church,
Banner inscription reads "Mourn for the Brave, the immortal NELSON...
his last sea f... his work of..."

Traction Engines towing a beam for 90" cylinder engine from Grenville to South Crofty

40 Ton Granite Block transported from Penryn Quarry to Winchester for carving into Monolith for King Alfred Milenary

RAVIOLI FAIR ORGAN 1876

Similar to TRANS 6.189

Marble from Wreck of Petrel 9th December 1886 bound from Leghorn to Leith. Blown ashore at Wine Cove 5 miles West of Padstow

Bus registration T 1406. Early bus services met with many "teething troubles" on the hilly unmetalled roads of Cornwall at the turn of the century. All the neighbours turn out to watch the event. Picturepurchased over 40 years ago.

Traction Engine being renovated & restored at Brian Sanders Yard near Penryn

Traction engine and drive belt with haystacks.

West of England Steam Engine Society's 28th Annual Rally. A Mardsen stone crusher built in 1920 and driven by John Dyke's Wallis & Steevens S/C Traction Engine 2672.

Front and verso copied

Travelling Post Office showing Catching Gear. Mr Leatherby 3rd rightwas Asst Head Postmaster Plymouth until 1934 PREVREF 1247 duplicate of this photo